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Helping your child to improve their guitar playing while having fun

Challenge them with fun games

If you give your kids fun challenges, they can improve their skills.

Choose a song you like and let them perform it.

I would like to give you an approximate timeframe for your song, maybe 2-3 weeks. It will put them under some pressure.

After that time period, you may record their guitar performance, regardless of whether or not both of you are watching them. They can compare after a few months, and it will be an encouragement to them.

Additionally, it helps them begin building up a repertoire of songs that they can use to show their talent.

Getting your child to practise (secretly)

Have them perform and play when you have family to come round. Make it into a performance and a game.

See how many different ways they can play a song in different ways. Can you play it rock or reggae.

You can have them dress up and wear fun sunglasses. So it’s extra fun for them.

Make a little stage area for them to perform their guitar solos in.

There are lots of different ways to make their practising more special.

If there are performance opportunities out there. You can use them to help motivate them as well.

Follow our blog for more tips on how to motivate and help your child to learn to practise guitar.…

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Helping your child learn to play the guitar easily

Make It Easy for Them To Learn Chords

It can take weeks or even months to master a new chord.

The child’s fingers are sometimes on the string, but it continues buzzing.

It is impossible to ring the note out with such a buzzing sound.

If your child’s fingers aren’t growing properly, it’s usually because:

Not pressing the strings firmly enough

There is too much distance between the fingers and the fretline.

Even adults who are learning how to play guitar can find this buzzing noise frustrating.

Getting your child’s coordination to improve

As their coordination improves, a little buzzing is okay at first.

However, mentioning will help. Have you got any problems with your fingers? Is the pressure too difficult? Which fret do you use?

Keeping them in mind with little questions shows you care about them, willing to help them. 

Every milestone should be recorded

Even after all these years, I never stop listening to the recordings that my parents made.

You can make a huge impact on your child’s mind by making videos of them playing.

Showing off is a favorite pastime for most children. Learn new chords, scales, or chord progressions. Obtain a recording.

Using recordings as a feedback tool can also be beneficial. You do not have to suggest that they correct their errors. They can spot their mistakes themselves.

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Motivating your child to do better on guitar

Since I was eight years old, I’ve been interested in playing the guitar. The encouragement I received grew my passion even further.

My mother was behind me every step of the way even though I did the bulk of the practice. I was encouraged by her.

Playing my mother her favourite songs

Whenever I played her a song on my guitar, she would sing along to what I played.

It actually doesn’t matter now that some of my guitar playing wasn’t great, but she sang along regardless.

Children must see that you are genuinely interested in their success as guitarists. The joy they feel is the most beautiful thing you can imagine. Especially when they want your approval.

Review their session notes and encourage them to make improvements

For each lesson topic, the kids take notes as they go.

After each session, go over the notes with your child to help them remember.

In any case, 3 days have passed and they are forgetting everything they did.

It may be difficult for their notes to make much sense in the beginning. Especially in the beginning. They will also have trouble practicing.

You need to help them most of all, that’s what matters most. If you need separate assistance from your teacher, do so.

Talking to your child about notes. Your child will then understand that playing the guitar takes a lot of practice. It takes a lot of repetition. There is nothing wrong with that. It takes perseverance.…

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Helping your child with their practising at home

Home Guitar Practice Tips for Your Child

Supportable parenting doesn’t require you to know much about music. It will benefit your child if you are able to help them learn guitar at home.

There is a possibility that the kid is passionate about music and guitar. It may be necessary to inspire him/her every now and then, just as with any other school subject.

Developing your guitar skills is something every player needs to do intentionally and consciously. You need to help your child work through the process if you want them to become better players.

The majority of the time, your child spends outside of the guitar teacher’s presence.

Neither children nor adults have the self-control or discipline of adults. Thus, you must guide them along the way to self-control and discipline.

Although practicing at school is important, playing the guitar at home is equally important.

Now that we have the guide, let’s figure out how we can help our little ones at home.

Read my next post to find out how my mother helped motivate me when I was eight to get me through learning to play the guitar.

How are you getting on with helping your child with their guitar playing?

If you are struggling, remember to follow our blog to get more information on how you can help your child.

Or if you are the one learning to play the guitar, then follow our adult guitar playing content to help you progress on the guitar. …

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How to help your child when they are learning to play the guitar through praising them “correctly”

Help your child to learn the guitar by motivating them in the right way. 

One way is to praise them in a way that motivates them to work harder. 

One way to do this is to give them simple observations. So instead of saying, You’re really playing off the beat they’re saying, I really liked it in the section where you played on the beat. Oh, instead of saying, Why do you have to play so loud is hurting my ears, say, I really liked it in the section, when you play the little quieter, because then I could really hear the nose ringing out. Just observe what they’re doing and comment on it is one way to give feedback to your child without criticising them. After all, if you’ve never done music before, how do you know that’s not how they’re supposed to be playing the piece.

Also, the more you criticise a child, the less likely they’re gonna want to share with you what they’ve been doing. And if practising guitar is such a big part of getting better at playing the guitar they might not want to practice around you anymore. And I’m guessing you live with your child.

So that means they won’t be practising very much at all. As soon as interest that they will lose interest in the instrument, because of it. That’s three praise your child on the effort that they’ve been pushing.One thing that a lot of parents do, is that they will go over the top the other way instead of criticising them, everything their child does they’ll say, That’s amazing. What great playing, that sounded wonderful. Now on the surface, it might seem like you’ve been supportive but actually has the opposite effect.

Psychologically, because your child will want to play things that sound wonderful to you all the time. They won’t want to try new things.

It seems counterintuitive that praising your child doesn’t motivate them. It’s important that you find ways to praise your child that encourages them to work harder and want to be curious and try new things.

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