I agree. If you teach her chords so she can gain some proficiency with the instrument from a technical perspective, she'll be able to determine what she wants to do from there. If she is committed and wants lessons, I would recommend going with the Music and Arts Center (http://www.musicarts.com/) if there is one near you. The prices are reasonable, and they employ professional musicians from the surrounding area to give the lessons. I took guitar lessons with them for a few months and was happy with the results.
But it all comes down to how comfortable she is with the instrument. If she doesn't want to play piano, don't make her. David -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:17 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Music advice teach her enough chords to get her to the "noodling" stage. :-) On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 8 year old and I watched "Camp Rock" on Friday of last week. Right > after that, my daughter started carrying around a paper pad and > writing song lyrics. After I started reading them, I was really > impressed by some of them. So, now I'm trying to figure out how to > keep nuturing this. Her mother plays piano, but she's not shown any > interest in it. She wants me to teach her how to play guitar, but I'm > not really good at it (although I'd love to get better). Is 8 too > young for guitar lessons? Or, would teaching her the basic chords > right now be enough? > > > -- > They say there's a place down in Mexico > Where a man can fly over mountains and hills > And he don't need an airplane > or some kind of engine > and he never will > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
