Are The Teaching Techniques I Use Différent In Teaching A Child Guitar Compared To Teaching An Adult Guitar?
Depending on the age of the child, I go a lot slower than when I teach an adult. For example, a child of seven, I would start with learning the note durations a half note and a quarter note and having the child be able to count the durations aloud, clap them, and draw them would be enough for the first lesson. Then in the next lesson, I would start to introduce one note per week starting with the first string open E. I would not begin teaching fretting until maybe the third lesson with a child. For an adult, I would out teaching note durations and a song using open strings. I would teach the adult fretting in the second lesson and I could teach three notes at a time, starting on the first string E. I would teach how to read and play E, F, and G on the first string, and teach them two or three notes on the strings per week. For each string, they would learn to read it on the musical staff and play it using prescribed exercises and songs. For a child, they would learn the same thing, but it would take a lot longer to get there. Most important, is to keep them motivated to play and to continue learning the guitar.
