Rex, owner of Guitar confidence takes you through full steps and half steps on the bottom (top) guitar string. Guitar Confidence comes to your home for private guitar lessons in Pleasanton, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin and Livermore, CA
Rex – guitar, banjo and mandolin lessons – Dublin, San Ramon, Pleasanton, Livermore CA. In this guitar lesson for beginning guitar students , Rex talks guitar – from the guitar head and neck to the guitar’s body parts and strings.
I have about a dozen students in San Ramon CA taking guitar and banjo lessons. Most are elementary and middle school students. This is the perfect age group to begin taking guitar lessons – there bodies are growing fast and their ability to enhance mind body coordination is at a high level.
There are numerous studies that show how music can enhance brain development and learning. So, learning to play the guitar or any other instrument has benefits way beyond just becoming a rock star!
Research has found that learning music facilitates learning other subjects and enhances skills that children inevitably use in other areas. “A music-rich experience for children of singing, listening and moving is really bringing a very serious benefit to children as they progress into more formal learning,” says Mary Luehrisen, executive director of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, a not-for-profit association that promotes the benefits of making music.
Research indicates the brain of a musician, even a young one, works differently than that of a nonmusician. “There’s some good neuroscience research that children involved in music have larger growth of neural activity than people not in music training. When you’re a musician and you’re playing an instrument, you have to be using more of your brain,” says Dr. Eric Rasmussen, chair of the Early Childhood Music Department at the Peabody Preparatory of The Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches a specialized music curriculum for children aged two months to nine years. Read more »
Musical training doesn’t just improve your ear for music — it also helps your ear for speech. That’s the takeaway from an unusual new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers found that kids who took music lessons for two years didn’t just get better at playing the trombone or violin; they found that playing music also helped kids’ brains process language. Read more »
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Another thing about these youngsters is that they already have very specific genres of music likes and dislikes. It’s fun to be teaching the next country music legend and then go to the next rock star’s house!
The GC3CE is a stage-worthy acoustic-electric classical guitar that features solid-top construction, a soft Venetian-style cutaway and a superior-sounding Takamine electronics system.
Now guitarists can have all three volumes of this classic guitar method in one convenient book! Created by popular demand, this new edition of the method used as the basic text for the renowned Berklee College of Music guitar program is a complete compilation of the original Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Innovative solos, duets and exercises progressively teach melody, harmony and rhythm. Perfect for the serious guitar student and instructor alike.
As the New Year begins, you may find yourself yearning for something new. A whole world full of joy can be found in a musical instrument. Guitar has long been many music lovers’ first choice when deciding
upon an instrument – it is an unforgiving, yet riveting instrument. For instance, guitar requires accuracy – one wrong fret and you’re out of tune. However, don’t take this as discouraging for it can only carve a
better skill set for one who practices and wishes to master the art of playing guitar. The key is dedication and determination. Time and time again, we may find ourselves lacking motivation. Yet, that is no reason to give up.
Struggle is a part of the journey. When you find yourself lacking in inspiration, read about musical artists that you admire, browse posts on how to improve your skills and fix your mistakes rather than let the
guitar defeat you. Many great artists find themselves in pitfalls along the way to their successes; the learning process may be slower for some than others (like myself), but by following a sufficient practice
routine, you will be sure to accomplish your goals.
So, start this New Year off right and put your best fret forward and reap the rewards of your determination to master guitar!
This is a full sized classical acoustic guitar with nylon strings by Yamaha that is perfect guitar for beginning adult guitar players. This package includes:
Fender Squier children’s electric guitar package black with 10 watt amp, gig bag to carry your guitar, guitar stand, instrument cable, tuner, picks, string winder and polishing clothe. 43 percent discount and its PRIME.
This electric guitar package by Epiphone has everything you need to start playing now. This package includes:
This is great starter package for ages 14 and up. The Yamaha Gigmaker Black Electric guitar package comes with: