Brandi - posted on 10/03/2009 ( 8 moms have responded )
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My son started playing guitar about 2 months ago. He is learning very quickly and his teacher is pleased. But...when he practices he only does the required 30 min and never picks the guitar up again. Sometimes he does but very rarely. My mother thinks he should just take the guitar to his room every waking minute that he has time and play with it. I personally think he is just starting and it will take him a while to get that interested in it. Am I wrong? Should I make him play it more or should I just let him play it as he wants to, except for the 30 min requirement for his practice?
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Rachel - posted on 03/23/2010
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Yeah, I agree... it's never good to push too hard. Maybe what you can do is find easy songs he likes... try to make it more interesting. Once they learn the basic G C D chords they can play a lot of simple songs! It is ok to encourage. Some kids need encouragement. As long as he's at least doing some hopefully you don't have to worry too much... but do stick to rules. Ex - if I buy a guitar for my kids the deal will be that they have to try it for a year or so.... if after a year they don't like it then they can choose to move on... but we don't give up when we're first learning. It's easy to get discouraged when you're new to things. Wish you the best of luck! Maybe throw on some cds and let him listen to how awesome guitar can be... Some good options... Derek Trucks, Jimi Hendrix, maybe some bluesy stuff... some reggae, some rock.... there are so many cool guitar players.... it takes a long time to learn, but it can be so worth it if they enjoy it :-)