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I'd say that teaching kids piano is a mistake. It gets them zero respect as a teenager, so they tend to quit. You should really look into a string path, like u
by wmil 4y ago
I'd say that teaching kids piano is a mistake. It gets them zero respect as a teenager, so they tend to quit.
You should really look into a string path, like ukulele to guitar once their hands get large enough.
- criddell 4y agoThe guitar feels like an instrument that is once again in decline as far as importance in music goes. I might not get them a piano, but a keyboard of some type with a DAW could be a pretty good choice, depending on what music your kid likes.
- jimmyjazz14 4y agoyeah I'm pretty decent at guitar but nobody really cares they can easily find way better guitar players on Youtube. Honestly if you want respect from others learning to play musical instruments ain't going to get you very far in general.
- asdff 4y agoGuitar sales are up 15% in recent years actually: https://musicstrive.com/guitar-sales-statistics/ https://musicstrive.com/guitar-sales-statistics/ Its got the advantage of being a convenient instrument unlike a piano or a keyboard that probably lives in one room for the most part. Its polyphonic so you can feel like you can play an entire song without wanting for a band necessarily. Plus these days there are so many youtubers teaching you how to play every song imaginable, and a lot of software too that helps people learn.
- mbg721 4y agoBut then they would learn to number their fingers wrong. 1 is the thumb, dang it. Piano skill is pretty transferrable to other instruments. It has the same advantages as the guitar in that you can play entire chords at once and you don't have to empty your saliva out of it, but I at least think it's easier to get into music theory when you have the white and black keys in front of you.
- jacquesm 4y agoPretty hard disagree. You'd be much better off to teach your kids that respect from their peers is fickle and that it matters whether they themselves feel that it is worth their time. Otherwise they'll end up doing anything stupid in order to get their peers to like them which is setting them up for massive problems when their own judgment is all that will keep them safe.
- tomjakubowski 4y agoI don't know about that. I knew a guy in high school who threw big, decently wild parties (with more than nerds present), and was also a legitimate piano prodigy. Sometimes after a few drinks he'd sit down at his piano and play something, and every time the house would quickly fall silent and everyone listened. People, even drunken teenagers, respected his obviously great skill, and not just privately.
- brandall10 4y agoIn general it’s good to just let them do what they want, regardless of instrument. Piano could be appealing if they’re McCartney, Billy Joel, or Elton fans… or even because they saw Taylor Swift play one recently. I did guitar lessons twice… once at 10 years old on a classical, and stopped after my 8th lesson when I came home crying about how I had no interest in the material and wanted to play on electric with distortion. Picked it up again at 14 on an electric, learning rock songs I wanted to play. Massive difference, I would often hole up in my room playing 4-5 hours at a time. Still play 30 years later.