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My husband loves country music and blue grass music just about more than anything else in life. His enthusiasm seems to have rubbed off our children, most particularly our son Ethan. My husband enjoys playing acoustic guitar and Ethan seems to relish the time he gets to spend with his father watching him play. We would love nothing more than to surprise Ethan this Christmas with his very own childrens acoustic guitar! My husband has a lot of connections and seems to have quite a lot of friends who really know guitars and know where to find quality beginner childrens guitars.
I am so excited to know that we can find a good affordable kids acoustic guitar and have it sent to us well before his birthday at the end of October! Ethan’s older brother also shares the family passion of loving to play guitar and is actually a bass guitarist in a local band. We also started him with a beginner guitar and saw amazing results! One day I know I’ll be sitting in the front row watching my husband and two sons play together!!
Learning to play the guitar is no easy feat for anyone child or adult and my seven year old daughter wants to undertake this venture in the worst possible way. In order for her to do this I need to get her a kids guitar not an adult sized guitar! I think I’ll begin looking for kids acoustic guitars. My daughter is nine years old and after speaking with several knowledgeable friends of mine they feel that a kids acoustic guitar would be a great starting place.
After looking at several music stores and online as well, I think I have some really good prospects regarding beginner acoustic guitars. In addition, I have some good references for guitar instructors. I have also bought my daughter books and DVD’s about learning to play the guitar. I want my daughter to be happy and I will do what it takes to help make this kid’s dream come true!
What age to let your child learn to play acoustic guitar?
You might have a child that really wants to start learning to play the acoustic guitar, but what is an appropriate age for them to begin learning? There are some very basic things to take into consideration before answering this question. The first question you need to ask is whether your child is big enough to hold an acoustic guitar comfortably? The smallest real guitar that you can buy is a ¼ size guitar designed for kids between the ages of 4-6 years old whose height is between 3ft 3inches – 3ft 9inches. The next size guitar is a half size for kids between the ages of 5-8 years old with a height between approximately 3ft 10inches- 4ft 5inches. The ¾ size guitar is made for children 4ft 6inches- 4ft 11inches and finally the full size guitar is for children 5ft and up.
Once you have established the size of the kids acoustic guitar that your child needs the next questions you need to be concerned with is whether or not your child’s fingers are strong enough to hold down the strings of the guitar? This question cannot be ignored because even if they can hold a guitar doesn’t necessarily mean that their fingers will be strong enough too able to play it. It is also important that when buying a beginner acoustic guitar for your child you buy one with nylon strings. This is because nylon guitar strings will be much kinder to young soft fingers than steel strings. And probably the most important point of all, is whether or not you feel that your child is old enough to sit down and practice, and commit to learning to play guitar. Will their enthusiasm for the instrument last long enough? If you can answer yes to all these questions then your child is probably ready. If on the other hand you have the smallest doubt, then it might be best to wait a couple of months and review the situation.
My daughter has grown up with a fascination of the guitar. She has watched her father and I play acoustic/electric guitar in a Christian rock band that performs at churches on Sunday mornings. We also do performances for special occasions within the local church community in our area. Music has always been such a big part of our lives. We never tried to get our kids involved but it seems that they have chosen on their own to become musicians. We would support our children no matter what they choose to do with their lives in terms of careers or hobbies but of course we are delighted when they can share something in common with us.
Our adorable five year old daughter has been begging us to get her a kids acoustic guitar. We are on board with this plan and have begun in earnest to look for childrens acoustic guitars! We are just loving this whole process! I am very happy with what we are seeing and it’s great to see such high quality durability in a small kids guitar! So maybe it’s true what they say, the family that plays together stays together! Well, maybe it’s not exactly what they say but it sounds good enough to me!
My daughter seems to gravitate toward music. As an infant she would start to clap and giggle as soon as music would come on the radio. Then she would start to sway and rock to the beat. When she got older she would hum along and before we knew it she would strum an “air” guitar seemingly in rhythm to the beat of some of her favorite songs, (i.e. John Denver tunes believe it or not!) It has really been quite impressive to watch this natural progression. Now as she approaches the age of six, my husband and I have a pretty good idea of the PERFECT gift for her!
Without further ado, we know that a kids acoustic guitar would be a gift that we be SO good for her on many fronts! Not only would she truly enjoy it but it would teach her proper technique, how to read music and the added benefit of self discipline. I have been looking at kids acoustic guitars for the past six months and have been SO excited at what I’ve seen and what is available to children. I really look forward to what the future holds for my daughter. Only time will tell!
My son had been playing the trombone in his elementary school band for a year and also taking lessons. He was doing ok but it seemed as though I almost had to “bribe” him to practice and his attempts at playing were “half hearted” at best. By accident I discovered that what my son really wants to do is play the guitar, and in particular the acoustic guitar. I took my kids to a friend’s house for the weekend. My kids know her kids and for the most part they get along pretty well. My friend’s oldest son recently began playing acoustic guitar and loves to practice quite a bit. My son was so fascinated that by the end of the weekend he already knew how to play several chords and was eager to learn to play songs!
I decided that what I really needed to do was to find a kids acoustic guitar since a full sized guitar would be too big for my son right now. I was pleased at the availability of acoustic guitars for children. I really had a good selection from which to choose. I found a childrens acoustic guitar that seems to have worked out really well and it has been well worth the price I paid as a single parent. Sometimes through “accidents” we learn the greatest things about ourselves!
I think that our daughter would rather play guitar than eat sometimes. It is probably the one activity in lie that we don’t have to motivate her to do. At school she didn’t show much interest in sports, or being a part of school plays. She always gravitated toward instruments, the guitar in particular. At the age of ten, we chose to get buy her a childrens acoustic guitar for her birthday. She seems to love country and folk music so it we felt it was the perfect choice for her. She has learned to become proficient in such a short period of time! She has learned the basics form Dvd’s and the internet and we hope to get her an instructor to further hone her skills!
I am very pleased at her progress and was at first concerned that she would isolate herself from her peers but to the contrary she has been having them over for “mini” concerts! My husband and I were concerned about cost when we purchased a kids acoustic guitar for our daughter but when we searched for cheap acoustic guitars online we were amazed at the availability of good quality and affordable guitars for children! All in all it has really been a win/win situation!
Ask any father and they will probably agree with you that while they love more than anything to bond with their sons and hopefully will one day become buddies with their sons what they most want to do is “spoil” their daughters. I love my baby girl and as long as I live, she will always be a daddy’s girl! She tells me that for her birthday that what she wants most of all is an acoustic guitar like mine. I should be so flattered but she is too young for an adult sized guitar so I will look for a kids acoustic guitar which will be a better fit for her! I will have a blast searching for kids acoustic guitars online and in some local music stores in town.
I have plenty of common interests with my two sons that don’t include guitar playing but playing guitar with my daughter just sounds like a real treat to me! I don’t want to influence my daughter too much and I will support whatever she chooses to do in life as long as it is honest and provides her a good living! Most importantly I love being a father and I want to enjoy their childhood years for as long as I can!
I am going shopping next week and will begin looking for gifts for my daughter’s seventh birthday. I have some good ideas that I know she’ll like but this year I really wanted to get her something special. I wasn’t sure what that would be when suddenly it hit me one night while over at a friend’s house. My husband and I were having cocktails with friends of ours before going out to dinner several weeks ago. Before leaving for dinner we saw their youngest daughter showing her babysitter some new songs that she had learned to play on her kids guitar she had received from her parents this past Christmas. It was really quite an adorable site and the more I thought about it I think my daughter would absolutely love a small kids acoustic guitar like our friends’ daughter.
Because our daughter is so young and not very big, she would require a very small acoustic guitar. We could probably find some that are relatively inexpensive. I am also going to search online for discount kids guitars. I think that this will most definitely make for a special birthday and now I am really excited to begin shopping! Sometimes being a parent is more fun than one might think!
My mother has been hounding for weeks now about my daughter’s upcoming seventh birthday. She wants to make sure all the birthday party preparations are ready to go even though her birthday isn’t until next month. I guess that’s what retirement does to a person. I mean she DEFINITELY doesn’t have enough to do! Anyway she seems to infer that I must be a bad mother since I haven’t yet begun birthday shopping,
My daughter wants to play guitar and has been telling me that for quite some time now. I have been debating whether she is old enough to play guitar and take guitar lessons. I spoke with a friend of mine the other day and he said that his son learned to play guitar with a kids acoustic guitar and has loved guitar ever since. So I think I am going to tell my very “over involved” mother that a childrens acoustic guitar would be the “perfect” gift. I’ll do the leg work to get the guitar and she can pay for it since she is more than willing to do so. Now, time to start my own shopping!