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Location: Spain | My son is 3 and already showing a complete fascination with all guitars and music . How big does he need to be to start playing and what can I buy that will at least be practical ? bare in mind that A. Im broke , and B, what ever I buy might be as well??? |
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Location: NJ | ukelele. |
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Location: Scotland | I had a guy call me on friday wanting to buy a Uke for his 3 year old grandson. I tried my best to sell him a 35 dollar beginners model but he insisted on one of our nicest $350 cedar and rosewood concert ukes. Lucky kid. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | At 3 years old he's unlikely to learn how to play (unless he is unusually gifted), but he CAN develope a familiarization with the guitar, its parts, and its sounds. So (as a father of 4) I would recommend the cheapest thing you could find at a department store that resembles a guitar well. At 3 he's likely to destroy it and you'll be replacing it often. On the other hand, you'll quickly discover if he loses interest without investing much. I DO think its a good idea do expose children to music (especially GOOD Guitar music :) Those sounds will absorb into there little brains and effect musical development.
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Location: NJ | I started to take lessons when I was in first or second grade. Before that I had a bunch of ukes, a mickey mouse guitar, lone ranger guitar, maccaferri plastic guitar etc. I never really learned on any of those but it was fun to hold while watching American Bandstand |
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Location: CT | 1. It should be cheap. There's a good chance he'll lose interest, or if he doesn't , a good chance it will get broken. 2. It should resemble a guitar. If it doesn't look like what you're playing, it won't be as desireable. 3. It should be tuneable. Some of these toys in stores are just that. If you can at least tune it and show him where to put his fingers to make the same sound you can make, he will be more likely to keep at it.
I wanted to play guitar as long as I could remember. In 1st grade (7 or8?) I begged my father to get me a guitar so I could take lessons at school. My parents didn't have money so he came home with this beat up piece of crap that could have come from the dump for all I know now. But back then it looked real cool! (red western w/white pickguard oohh!)The teacher told my dad it was unplayable, and I wouldn't be able to learn anything on it. Dad returned (or got rid of) the guitar and DIDN'T get me another one!!!!!! EVER!!!!! I was only a kid, and they thought it was a phase that would go away. One Christmas (14 or 15) I got mom to splurge on a cheap department store Harmony that made my fingers bleed. It was wrapped and under the tree for a week. She wouldn't let me play it because she thought I would bore of it quickly. I used to open the paper with a razor blade, play it when everyone was sleeping then slip the triangular box back in the wrapping paper. Every night for a week!! If a child shows interest, encourage him. If I had been playing since age 7, who knows what a virtuoso I'd be now! |
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Location: NJ | oops
forgot to mention
my dad beat me with a couple of the ukes shattering them on my behind.
my maccaferri was left at the bottom of the stairs and my dad stepped through it in the middle of the night.
wish I still had the wind up mickey mouse one |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by alpep:
my dad beat me with a couple of the ukes shattering them on my behind. And you wonder why Al gives me no respect ... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Pardon the correction here, Dave, but I'm not sure anyone here was really wondering... :D |
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Location: Spain | And here we go again tangents are us!!! its why I love this board. |
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