MAKE HER! pin her down. give her no options. :) jk
-- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM, David Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:262737 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
