How Do You Teach Guitar To Children?
teaching guitar to children requires a slightly different approach to instructing adults. Become familiar with the CAGED SYSTEM used by guitar teachers around the world. You can download and print this handout with all of the chords on the caged system free from http://teachwombat.com Bear in mind that if a lesson is not fun then a child is not going to participate fully. Children are much less likely to practice scales and arpeggios than adults because at this stage of their development they want instant gratification. If the full chord shapes are too much for small hands then four string versions of the chords of G em C and D can be substituted in the early stages until dexterity and reach improves. Don’t try to teach entire songs. Children are happier playing short tunes or fragments of music. Single note things that work at the moment seem to be the three note theme from Shreck, The Simpsons theme and chordwise Rockstar by Nickelback gets the job done My guitar teacher’s resource w
