Our 14 year old just got a guitar and is excited about learning. He says he can teach himself and he does have a good ear for music. We have a couple of very basic intro books. Can anyone recommend online resources (whether online classes or YouTube videos, free classes, or something else)? Comments about specific books welcome, too, or good/bad experiences with different resources. Any/all suggestions would be much appreciated!

Our 14 year old just got a guitar and is excited about learning. He says he can teach himself and he does have a good ear for music. We have a couple of very basic intro books. Can anyone recommend online resources (whether online classes or YouTube videos, free classes, or something else)? Comments about specific books welcome, too, or good/bad experiences with different resources. Any/all suggestions would be much appreciated!

I am interested in teaching my 5 year old an instrument and/or buy a DVD set that will help teach him at home. BTW, I did take a couple of years of piano from 8-10 and my husband is a drummer. We do not have the money to pay for private lessons in Atlanta. Do you have any suggestions? Here are the programs I am considering: 1. The Violin Book 2. Music for Little Mozarts 3. iPlaymusic If you have used these programs, please let me know. Any suggestions? :bigear:

My oldest son is really enjoying his piano lessons, and is doing very well in them. Clearly, the music gene that skipped me found its way to him. (Well, his dad is far more musical than I am, so he may just be getting it from that side!) The thing is, I kind of "lucked" into his lessons, when I learned through the grapevine that a piano teacher was willing to give lessons at the church next door to us, and the way he's really taken off with his lessons have surprised me and convinced me that music education (or at least a trial) may be worth it for the rest of my sons. My main problem is that my second son is a lefty, which he gets from both his grandfathers. My current plans are to use the child's guitar I picked up at a yard sale long ago and got properly restringed, and have the wife of the pastor of the next door church teach him some lessons for that. He's only three and a half now, so it's not like this an urgent issue; I'd probably be interested in him starting music lessons in another three years or so. So, in general, what would you recommend as a good instrument for a lefty? (The only posts I've easily been able to find on these boards regarding this subject have been about finding left-handed violins, so I'm assuming those are pretty hard to get and therefore definitely not a good choice.) And, since we live about a million miles away from anywhere that would make personal music lessons easy, could anyone recommend a curriculum to help teach it at home? I would be willing to make the drive ("That's quite a commute!" per Hobbes) to the nearest city if he showed an aptitude for whatever instrument he's learning, but I'd like to make sure it will be worth the time, energy, and money first. (After all, he may turn out as unmusical as I.) Or, if it's a fairly common instrument, we may be able to find someone local to teach it. (My husband played sax for years in school band--I think bari sax, actually, though I may be misremembering and it may be tenor--and a little trumpet, for instance, so he may be able to muscle through some lessons in woodwind or brass given a really good curriculum to help him out.) Of course, we may move in the next three years, or have somebody open a Yamaha school two miles away, or something, so who knows how relevant an issue this may end up being. Anybody have any ideas? Recommendations? Practical tips?

Hello! This is my first thread after semi-lurking for a while. I'm thankful for this board, and I hope to have more to offer in the years to come! Anyway, oldest DS begins 1st next year. I've always had visions of all my dc beginning piano lessons by 1st, at the latest, and loving music, becoming accomplished, well-rounded adults, etc. :) We have a piano, but it looks like we just don't have the resources to begin lessons this coming year. DS is completing the Kindermusik Young Child series this spring, and I'm trying to work out an affordable plan for next year. My options: The Kindermusik instructor also teaches Suzuki flute. I have been bartering with her for Kindermusik time for all three dc. She has been pleased with me and is open to bartering for lessons. DS has a relationship with her, and he'll be getting solid teaching from an experienced teacher. I just bought the Piano Adventures primer level books. I am confident in teaching these books to him, and he has a little head start from his Kindermusik experience. I'll continue as long as I can, and if he LOVES piano, we'll do our best to get piano lessons. We're in a college town with a good music school, so we have that option to explore. Both 1 and 2 as long as my sanity allows. I love music and never had formal lessons, so my give-my-children-what-I-didn't-have mode is in overdrive here. I know the effort involved, and I'm not intimidated (yet). So I suppose I'm looking for advice about how much is realistic to do with DS6 who is a bit reluctant to sitting still, but is capable once I provide stucture and make him. TIA!