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I would love any input. My five year old daughter asked for a guitar on Christmas. I took her to the music store and let her pick a ukelele. She loves to play a
by thatjoeoverthr 4y ago
I would love any input. My five year old daughter asked for a guitar on Christmas. I took her to the music store and let her pick a ukelele. She loves to play at it hard and sing, and doesn’t “get” that she’s just strumming blindly and making noise. it’s adorable but I wonder if there is something I can do to nudge her. At the moment I’m thinking to
1) act impressed when she plays
2) get my own and let her see how I learn to play it
(I tried borrowing hers but she’s very territorial about her guitar.)
These are not high stakes but it would be so nice to see it go somewhere.
What do?
- ctchocula 4y agoGet your own ukulele, learn to play and inspire her to learn and get better! Ukuleles are great for jamming, so your second ukulele won't be a waste. Learning to sing and strum chords at the same time was a transformative experience for me and incredible bang-for-buck compared to learning piano, because that immediately unlocks being able to perform most pop songs with chords. Someone above posted a great collection of pop songs written for ukulele that I can't wait to try playing tomorrow: https://sanjoseukeclub.org/song_book.html https://sanjoseukeclub.org/song_book.html
- balfirevic 4y ago> Learning to sing and strum chords at the same time was a transformative experience for me and incredible bang-for-buck compared to learning piano, because that immediately unlocks being able to perform most pop songs with chords. You can do the same on the piano, with comparable effort to the guitar! Some songs are more amenable to piano accompaniment than others - ballads work great.