guitars

[Gary820]

Anyone have much experience with them?

My daughter lily turns 4 in a couple of weeks and has asked to learn how to play one! they've been learning about musical instruments at school/nursery, apparently she always picks a guitar up. Subliminal messages from all the metal she listens to lol

We went to look at some today in an intrument shop and they weren't all that helpful!!!!!

She went straight for an electric one that was nearly as big as her lol.

Of all places we also found some at toys r us, electric and a normal one. Child size and the lad working there got a tune out of it, he said they're not bad for a young child.
Emma says no way to electric though! They do a pink one too which lily loved.

We're going to look into lessons as she seems pretty keen on the idea and neither of us learnt how to play an intsrument.

 

[Shayne]

Chords are all the same on any guitar so just get a cheapo from argos or somewhere and spray it pink , tell her its the only one like it in the world and your halfway there

 

[stumog]

My wife started playing the guitair and we found out once she couldnt get any better that if you buy a cheapo pink one from eblag the strings are to far from the fret board so dont buy something to cheap.
Atu

 

[Shayne]

Look for one of these on ebay Hohner is a well known name http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hohner-HC02-Classical-Guitar-Outfit/dp/B0032FOFI8

 

[silvercruiser]

My Dad got my daughters one from the bootsale, its like new and came with a nice soft case. so might be woth getting up early one sunday.

 

[clivehorridge]

I would go by the recommendations of her teacher. My girl is 6 soon and she's been having piano lessons since she was 4. Her teacher advised a small keyboard because her hands are not big enough to manage a full octave distance on a regular piano. So she's learning on a cheap until she's about 8, the age the teacher recommended for a full size keyboard.

Anyway, as long as Lily is self motivated in music, my advice is to nurture it. Learning young is so much easier than leaving these thing to later in life. Bravo Lily

 

[Gary820]

I left it in the capable? Hands of the wife today. She made some calls and been advised to get a 1/4 size classical guitar, nylon strings rather then steel for comfort apparently. She didn't ask any brands etc but she was happy with her research lol.

Lily likes music, much to Emmas disapproval she likes a good bit of metal too lol. If she wants to stick with it great. Don't want her to grow up thinking TV and computer games are all there is.

 

[clivehorridge]

This damn iPad is a curse, well the games are anyway. Ana surprised me yesterday though, she's fascinated by ocean creatures and she was showing me all the internet pictures shed found of various species of sharks an octopi.

At 6, I don't think I knew a quarter of what she's picked up on her own, browsing.

Curse or revelation, the internet is the next generation's encyclopedia.

 

[Gary820]

She has a leap pad which has helped teach her to count, write and spell. All while playing games and doing fun stuff. she loves using my tablet and phone too.
The reason the wife got her first smart phone was lily could use mine and she couldn't figure out how to answer it lol.

We're hoping she gets into the guitar and wants to stick with it, if she doesn't want to carry on after giving it a good go its her choice.