The problem with You Tube Some of my students in their teens and many adults have tried to learn guitar from You Tube, a video or a book and nearly all of them got a poor result. If you don’t know what it is you really have to know to learn the skills to play…
Won’t know unless you try Can autistic or handicapped kids learn guitar? In my experience, yes. I can’t say 100% across the board that all can learn. There is no 100% success rate of any student even without special needs becoming 100% successful at guitar. If someone doesn’t practice they will not improve. At…
Guitar is fun, here’s how If you guitar or piano or singing is not fun then why do it? When guitar becomes fun then your child will not be looking at their phone as much or playing games. It’s a battle for their attention these days. In the very first lesson I give the student…
Best choice: Acoustic or Electric So your child wants to play guitar. Now you have to buy them a guitar so they can practice between lessons. The first consideration is how much do you want to spend. Thiis will determine what tp buy. There are entry level guitars that are under $150. I recommend an…
Here’s the evidence The same skills your child needs to do well in school are the same skills to play Piano. In school, most studies are using memorization. Studying piano definitely builds this skill. It’s okay to read sheet music, there’s still a lot to remember with that and in real time. But when a…
The healing power of music lessons To say music lessons is better than medicine is a big statement. Why can I say that? First of all, the mental, physical and artisitic rewards are life changing. I see the coginitive abillities of ages 5 to 80 year olds having to think through, to work through the…
What makes piano easy to learn on as a beginner? The fact that you are sitting above the piano keys looking straight down at them, with an aerial view. The simple way to start is to number the fingers 1-5 and line them up on the keys and then you play by the numbers. It’s…
Isn’t music theory taught in college and is too complex for my kid? Yes and no, it depends how it is shown and explained by the teacher. My teachers in the beginning taught me the ideas but did not give me a way to use it or play it. If it’s just head knowledge it…
We’ve invest money and time in our kids Music Lessons so shouldn’t they be getting a good result and play well? Here are few basic ideas so your child’s practice time goes smoothly. We don’t want them agggravated and not wanting to practice. What’s the practice plan? If your child’s guitar teacher doesn’t give them…
I see this happening daily in the lessons I teach and I teach guitar six days a week. I ‘ve taught as young as 5 year olds and the oldest student was 82. Music transcends just learning to play guitar. I believe it gives us better life skills, listening and talking, when taught a particular…