Posts Tagged ‘guitar instructions for kids’
December 28th, 2009 | 
Author: So today we don’t have any guitar instruction books, any Jamorama reviews or testomonials, or anything like that. We’re going back to the basics and keeping it simple, which can be very, very fun!
We’re going to leave you guys here with just a simple video and a hoping you’re doing great on the holidays!:
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Alright peeps, so this post goes back to what most of you might consider “old school.” We’re gonna take it back a bit and delve into classical guitar instruction. That’s right. We’ve been getting a lot of requests lately, so we figured it was time to review a book on the subject of classical guitar instruction, so without further explanation, I give you 50 classical guitar pieces.
So, what makes 50 classical guitar pieces special? It has, as the name suggests, 50 seperate pieces of classical guitar instruction for you, ranging from the Renaissance, the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, and a few others. This book teaches in both tab and in music notation for those who know how to read it.
Put simply, it’s a jam packed classical guitar instruction package that will keep you very satisfied with your classical guitar instruction needs. Everything you need will be in here in an orderly and easy to read fashion.
What’s unique about this book, is that it’s finger picking methods are quite possibly the best finger picking instructions that you can find for the guitar in a book form to date.
To find out more, check out the link below and have all of your classical guitar instruction wants met, and then some!:
Music theory is something that several musicians tend to neglect in their study. It continues to baffle me as to why! I can relate in the fact that music theory can be a real brain buster, but today, we’ve got you a few products that teach music theory in a way that makes music theory made easy for you to understand. Many books on music theory make that claim, but being as I personally learned music theory from this book, I can attest it’s not lying when it says that it is music theory made easy, as it truly is.
So, what book am I talking about? I’m talking about Alfred’s music theory complete - music theory made easy.
A few interesting things to note about this book, is that it’s really three books in one! It has three comprehensive sections to it which build upon the last, ensuring that you will know all there is to know about music theory by the time you’re done. Each section is around 40 pages(some are a bit more), and has an accompanying CD to go along with it. At the end of each chapter, there are tests that you are to complete before you go ahead to the next chapter(to make sure that you understand everything that is being taught in the course).
So, what range of topics can you expect from alfred’s music theory complete that makes music theory made easy?
This book claims to be a complete self-study course for all musicians, and in my opinion, it does not fail to do that.
In the first section, it has 6 units which are broken into different chapters all on their own. Ranging from learning the staff, how to read and write musical notation(Unit 1), to reading the different time signatures and ties and slurs(unit 3) ending with flats, sharps, naturals, and Enharmonic notes.
Unit 2 goes into tetrachords and major scales, and ends with triads, scale degree names, and the dominant 7th chord. In between there, you’ll find information on scales, intervals, 16th notes, 16th rests, and even more time signatures.
The final unit, unit 3, begins with Triad Inversions, Figured Bass, Major Chord Progressions, delves into harmonizing a melody in a major key, broken chords and arpeggiated accompaniments, composing a melody in a major key, and ends with give you all you need to write music, and the different types of writing music.
Each chapter also has ear training to go with it, as well. The book goes well into the theory of music much deeper than that, but if I were to write it all out, this would be more than just a review!
So if you want music theory made easy, and you want the real deal, go ahead and check out the link below. Have a good day!
Have you ever tried to find guitar instructions for kids, but everything just seems to difficult to figure out for them? Or maybe your son/daughter is interested in the instrument and you’re wondering what to do now? Not to worry at all! There are plenty of solutions for this type of situation.
First one being that you and your child remember, that guitar instructions for kids work similarly to that for adults. It requires persistance and a love of music. For kids, this is somewhat hard, as there are so many things to distract them for one reason or another, or they get bored very easily and go do something else.
You have to have something that makes it FUN for kids to want to learn. At least, that’s how it was for me when I was a kid. I bet your’s isn’t too much different. So, while you’ve got guitar instructions for kids that are great, if they’re also not fun(which, sometimes, guitar instructions might not be…), it’s still going to be a challenge.
So how do you make learning guitar fun? Simple!
You may it like a game. Make it like a contest. If there’s even the tiniest bit of challenge to it, a child can’t help but be fascinated by whatever he or she is doing. How DARE you say he can’t do 30+ chord changes in a minute? What do you mean you don’t think he can learn Hero of War by Rise Against? You’re insane!
Little things like that can make guitar instructions for kids fun.
Now that we’ve got that covered, it’s time to make sure we’ve got some good lessons in the first place!
Personally, these guitar instructions for kids happen to be my favorite(and my son’s favorite!). I actually bought this for him for his birthday and he’s been perpetually entertained since. He’s also continually progressed since and I’m getting to be very impressed with what he’s able to do now. Heck, I’d say in a few years he might even be better than me!
A fine and integral part of playing the guitar, is an often underrated and overlooked style: Country guitar. People often think that this style is outdone and/or easy, so they rarely reap the benefits the country guitar instruction has to offer them as a musician. There’s just something about that fun, twangy style of guitar that you just can’t help but love. Even if you’re not really interested in country music, you can’t just overlook the benefits of at least looking into country guitar instruction. I mean, I’m not really a fan of Country music(except ‘Texas Country’, which could be more classified as a more rock-ish kind of feel), and as such, I never really looked into the style for my own playing until quite a bit down the road, but once I did, I was very glad to have been swept in by this fun style of playing.
So, for this lesson, we’re going to give you guys some tabs to read so you can see what would be in store for you in Country guitar instruction. This will be a short lesson, where we’ll give you guys tabs, and a link to some of our personal favorites in this area. So, let’s get started!
A simple riff you can play that’s fun and easy to learn would be:
E ——————————————
B ——————————————
G ——————————————
D –3-3-2———————-0-3-0—-
A ———5-3—————3————
E —————5-6–3-1—————–
Give that a go over a few times, see how it feels. Feels good, eh?
Some of you may have recognized that as a riff that Johnny Cash played in a few of his songs. It sounds good when he does it, and it’ll sound good when you do it!
This was a quick and fun little tidbit of country guitar instructions. We have our personal favorites here:
1) Amazon.com’s Guitar Instructions
3) Youtube
Honestly, finding country guitar instruction that will suit you isn’t hard and you will constantly reap the benefits of practicing this style. We hope you enjoyed this post as much as we enjoyed writing it!