Reluctantly, I agreed to teach my friend's daughter some guitar. Turns out he bought her a Baby Taylor, I sanded down the saddle a bit because the action was so high, oiled the fretboard, and put on a new set of Martin Marquis Silk and Steels, now it's much easier for her to play.
I believe they should have a song to play after the first lesson so they can have some success and have fun with it. So I taught her "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on just the high "E" string. She was really proud of herself for learning it and practiced it last week, and played it for me last night at our 2nd lesson.
I taught her the two string "A7" chord last night, she'll be practicing that this week. I'm pleasantly surprised that she is so focused; she really pays attention and asks good questions. She did a great job of forming that A7 chord last night and she was even arching her fingers like I showed her, so she was close to playing a clean A7.
I suspect she might be the rare one that actually learns to play, because she really wants to.
I believe they should have a song to play after the first lesson so they can have some success and have fun with it. So I taught her "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on just the high "E" string. She was really proud of herself for learning it and practiced it last week, and played it for me last night at our 2nd lesson.
I taught her the two string "A7" chord last night, she'll be practicing that this week. I'm pleasantly surprised that she is so focused; she really pays attention and asks good questions. She did a great job of forming that A7 chord last night and she was even arching her fingers like I showed her, so she was close to playing a clean A7.
I suspect she might be the rare one that actually learns to play, because she really wants to.