lynn Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 DD is 7 and wants to learn to play guitar. Do we have to start with piano? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My son has just started guitar at age 10 and hasn't taken any piano lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 There is no need to start with piano. Just bring your daughter to a music store and see what size of guitar would she be comfortable with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Ds9 started guitar at 8, and thoroughly enjoys learning to play. No need for piano lessons first. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamturner Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My ds 12 (almost 13) started learning to play the guitar when he was 10 and our co-op offered a guitar class. Prior to that, I had asked a friend who played guitar and he advised me to wait until 10-12 years of age to start guitar. I did start my dc on piano when they were 7 and they are still taking piano lessons as well. My ds who plays the guitar was able to teach himself new chords and progress on his own because he understood music from piano. He has learned scales and chords on the piano and it translated very well to guitar. My philosophy is to have a few years of piano and then branching out to other instruments after that. I admit I am biased though since my mother was a piano teacher and I took lessons for 9 years. :tongue_smilie: I also think an older child will have more maturity to persevere with the guitar as it is challenging. We happened to have a nylon stringed guitar on hand which is what he learned on. After almost a year with that one, we got him a steel stringed guitar, which hurts the fingers more. I think starting with easier, softer strings helped with the learning curve as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My DS 8 started last May. He has not taken piano lessons. My husband plays guitar and said to wait until around 8 so I would say 7 is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebacabunch Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My dd12 has taken guitar for a year and is pretty good! She has never taken piano. Why would you need to take piano to play guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 My dd12 has taken guitar for a year and is pretty good! She has never taken piano. Why would you need to take piano to play guitar? I was thinking piano is good introduction to reading and understanding music if she was to young to start with guitar lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 My ds started guitar at 6yo for a year, then took a year break to let his hands grow a bit (and for me to find a better teacher) because he wanted to learn electric guitar. He started back at 8yo with a great teacher playing both electric and acoustic. He has now sold all his electric guitars and plays exclusively acoustic. He never took piano lessons. He started by learning to read "tab" and then progressed to reading music on a staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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