flip Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I decided to join because as a Gibson ES335 owner myself since 1979, on his next birthday my grandson will become an Epiphone ES339 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Nice! May he have great fun thanks to your generosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Welcome Flip. Nice guitars, how old is your grandson? I tried to get ours interested in playing at one. He's 5 now but now we don't have him so much. His sister is 3 and of course I got her interested also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Welcome aboard Flip. Enjoy your stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flip43 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/13/2020 at 11:35 PM, Retired said: Welcome Flip. Nice guitars, how old is your grandson? I tried to get ours interested in playing at one. He's 5 now but now we don't have him so much. His sister is 3 and of course I got her interested also. He'll be nine in August. I gave him a 1/2 size Spanish guitar with nylon strings when he was 6. We worked our way through a Beginner kid's book (published in Australia, sorry don't have it here) which was mainly single notes on staff music, a few chords and rhythm. You'll know he's clicked when he starts playing it without having to be reminded to practice. He now follows a book by Justin Sandercoe which has staff notation, TAB and chords. Many years ago I ran a kid's music group in the village where I lived - invaluable experience though I have no other qualifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 18 hours ago, flip43 said: He'll be nine in August. I gave him a 1/2 size Spanish guitar with nylon strings when he was 6. We worked our way through a Beginner kid's book (published in Australia, sorry don't have it here) which was mainly single notes on staff music, a few chords and rhythm. You'll know he's clicked when he starts playing it without having to be reminded to practice. He now follows a book by Justin Sandercoe which has staff notation, TAB and chords. Many years ago I ran a kid's music group in the village where I lived - invaluable experience though I have no other qualifications. I like Justin Sandercoe. First song I learned from him was, "Stairway To Heaven". He taught it in sections so I learned one, and practiced that for a week and then did the next one and so on. He's pretty accurate. As a teen, I used to read notes and knew them all on the guitar past the 12 fret but had forgotten most all as I aged. I just do tabs now, Much easier for me. I plan on getting Grayson his first guitar this next birthday. He's still pretty small for his age so it will have to be a small guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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