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06-04-2019, 05:15 AM
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When I was young and taking guitar lesson in school, yes we could take guitar lessons instead of the usual music appreciation class. One of the first songs we were taught was Greensleeves, the old English folk song.
I remember it being fairly easy to learn and it was a type of song I was not regularly being exposed to. I still like that tune. With her taking piano lessons also this song could apply for both instruments.
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06-04-2019, 05:26 AM
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I may be lazy but...
Teach her G C and D. Then have her look for songs she likes that use those chords. The inter webs is easy for kids. Then while looking for songs that use those chords she might find other songs that don’t use those chords, and want to learn more chords.
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My 13yo daughter has been using various Guitar apps / internet to find songs that she wants to play. There are versions of nearly every song, even ones without guitars native to them. She plays a nice version of Billie Eilish's "Ocean Eyes," as well as some songs she previously learned on uke.
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06-04-2019, 01:01 PM
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My kids loved the classics even though they weren't from there generation. A couple favorites were Rocky Raccoon and Free Falling from Tom Petty, both easy and fun to sing.
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06-04-2019, 01:28 PM
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Fortunately, my 10 year old student is an exception in many regards. But again, I have to be sensitive to the content of the lyrics before I propose a song.
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06-04-2019, 01:52 PM
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Once she can handle F and Bm, "Under the Sea," from The Little Mermaid, is fun. And she undoubtedly already knows the words.
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06-04-2019, 09:39 PM
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It’s fantastic that you are trying to understand what songs your young student relates to, and also are age-appropriate. I’m sure you inspire all of your students with that level of respect for them as individuals with their own interests. If you lived nearby, I’d urge my sister to send her 10 year old over for lessons, even on trumpet.
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06-05-2019, 05:55 AM
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I teach a 10-year old (boy) and had the same situation. After several weeks of learning open chords and strumming patterns and fingering exercises, I asked him what song he'd like to learn. Turns out his favorites are songs his parents listen to. Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, AC/DC, Neil Young etc. Go figure. A Horse With No Name is a simple one and he loves it. Also, Wish You Were Here and Heart of Gold. I guess what I'm saying is, find out what (s)he's been listening to all her life at home.
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06-05-2019, 06:51 AM
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rpe1's suggestion is pretty good. I started learning the violin at 10 and never had any problem with the music I was given to study. It was only a few years later that I started to feel like listening to things my parents didn't listen to. You may already have an idea of the kind of music that's played at her house, assuming you know why she's studying the trumpet!
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06-05-2019, 12:58 PM
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 to have heard "California Dreamin'" et cetera many hundreds of times.
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... but will she? :0 ). I listened to a few and I think i have to tread lightly having listened to some of the lyrics. I'm not sure where her mother's bounderies for her. So again, I'd better ask. The guitar stuff is sort of an add-on to the trumpet lessons, but I want her to be inspired to play which will happen through the songs. I've already given her a chord sheet for the basic cowboy chords. Now it's up to her.
