1 the best age to learn guitar
In fact, there is no best age to learn guitar. Many people began to learn the piano at the age of three or four, and at the age of seven or eight, they became guitar prodigies everywhere on the Internet. There are also many retired people who are nearly old and have fun in the park, and they are still having fun.
However, all this varies from person to person. According to my teaching experience in recent years, children over 12 years old have made faster progress in learning guitar than younger children. On the one hand, children who are too young are more curious, especially attracted by other things, and are easily distracted in class or practicing at home; Secondly, younger children's understanding ability will be relatively weak, so it is difficult to avoid some abstract concepts in music learning; Third, the strings of the guitar are made of steel, which will be tightened and fixed on the guitar after being adjusted to the standard pitch. Children's hands are small and tender, and their strength is small. It will be very difficult to practice guitar in the early stage.
Of course, this is only for most children. There are many guitar prodigies in the world. If your child is interested in guitar or other music, you can rest assured that he will try it. Maybe he is a musical genius.
2 the motivation to learn guitar
"What makes you want to learn guitar?"
This is the question that my students will be asked by me in my first class. His answer will indirectly tell me his learning mentality and what level he may reach in the future.
Everyone should learn guitar for different reasons, some are entertaining, some are ideal, and different motives will probably push you to different levels. But these are not the most important. Whether you feel the happiness brought by music is the most important thing.
Three ways to learn guitar
There are two ways to learn guitar: one is self-study, study hard and learn without a teacher; The other is to follow a professional guitar teacher in class step by step. Just like skill transfer in the martial arts world, it doesn't work at all in learning guitar.
Let me talk about my own experience in learning guitar. Everyone should understand the difference between the two.
I first came into contact with guitar when I was in the second grade eight years ago. At that time, I taught myself. I bought more than 200 guitars and a guitar self-study textbook in Xinhua Bookstore. I forgot the title of the book and started to knock myself to death.
At that time, I felt that I played well, because no one around me could play the guitar. When I was in the third grade, I sang "Love is Simple" by Tao Zhe at the New Year's Eve party, which was awesome.
It was not until I went to college and began to learn guitar systematically that I realized that I used to play a piece of shit. At that New Year's Day party, I might not even sing the same tune. So I lost all my previous playing habits and started again with a professional teacher (my major is pop music), which was very painful.
Therefore, it is not impossible to teach yourself guitar. How many guitar masters in the world are self-taught? We don't have to be masters yet. We just regard it as entertainment in life. If you have confidence in your self-study ability, you can try self-study.
But self-study is definitely not as good as learning from professional teachers. It is no exaggeration to say that someone will lead you, which will inevitably reduce your detours. If you ponder over your knowledge for a year, maybe a word from the teacher will solve it. Self-study usually has many bad habits, such as ugly posture, incorrect hand shape, unstable rhythm and no sense of music when playing the piano.
Find a professional teacher if you can. Not only will you make rapid progress, but you will also play better. Music should be pleasing to the eye.
How to buy your first guitar
You should have your own guitar whether you are studying by yourself or taking professional courses. So how should we buy our first guitar?
I have met many such students and parents, and their ideas are surprisingly consistent. They always want to buy a cheap guitar, learn it first, and then change it into a good one.
If a student comes to class with a cheap guitar, it will be very painful for me.
A guitar whose market price is less than that of 500 yuan often has rough workmanship, poor timbre and poor hand feeling, among which hand feeling can most affect beginners.
Why do you feel?
Touch is generally reflected in the left hand pressing the string (if left-handed, you may use the backhand guitar and the right hand pressing the string). In the process of playing the guitar, the fingers of the left hand will keep pressing strings on the fingerboard of the guitar. If the chord distance of the guitar (the distance between the strings and the fingerboard) is too large, the difficulty of pressing the strings will increase.
There is also the radian of the fingerboard. A slightly better guitar fingerboard has a little curvature to cater to our fingers pressing strings, especially when pressing horizontally. Cheap guitar fingerboards are made of plastic instead of wood, which not only leads to short duration, but also makes it more difficult for the left hand to press the strings. Many friends who have played the piano for several years can't play well, let alone be beginners.
Of course, the guitar that is difficult to play also has its own advantages, such as exercising the strength of fingers; Can exercise a person's perseverance and so on.
Compared with the feel, the timbre of guitar can't be considered as a factor for beginners to buy guitar. Because most beginners don't know the quality of timbre, only after the gradual improvement of musical literacy can they appreciate the beauty brought by a good timbre guitar.
If you don't know how to choose, just buy expensive ones, at least above 700 yuan, to ensure the basic feel. If you have enough money and are willing to spend money, you can choose some international brands with unlimited prices. Believe me, a good guitar can definitely improve your learning efficiency and music experience.
How to have a good class efficiently
The study time in class is particularly important, whether it is taught by friends or some training institutions or musical instruments outside.
Especially in foreign institutions, two classes a week are the most common. You must listen carefully in class, ask questions in time when you encounter knowledge points you don't understand, and you must not go home with questions after class, because you will be alone when you get home, and it will take a few days or even a week to see the teacher again.
If you don't understand clearly in class, then the related exercises in this class will definitely not be practiced well. Of course, this may also be a problem with the teacher's teaching methods, but in any case, if there are problems, we must communicate and solve them in time so as not to miss the personal practice in the next few days and waste the cost of a class.
Be sure to practice the content of the last class before class, otherwise it will affect the progress of the class. At the beginning of each class, the teacher will first check the exercises assigned in the last class. If you don't finish well enough, or don't practice at all, then this class is basically in vain, because he will let you practice in class until you practice well, otherwise you won't be able to teach new content.
To sum up, there is only one sentence-don't go home with problems, go home and practice.
6 How to practice efficiently
No matter what skills you learn, there will be a set of learning methods that suit you, and it may also vary from person to person. Now I'm going to talk about some methods that are generally applicable in guitar practice, or some matters worthy of attention.
The first is the posture of playing the piano. Often your first lesson is to learn how to hold the piano correctly. Correct piano posture can improve your practice efficiency. A wrong piano posture will not only affect your efficiency, but also cause some physical harm.
The second is the hand shape, which is also the content of the first class. It is very important to learn the hand shape of any musical instrument. You must play the piano with the right hand shape. It may be difficult at first, but as long as you practice patiently, you can usually use it freely within one month.
The third is rhythm, which is a very important part of music. Every practice, if you are familiar with it, follow the metronome and make every note right. Only by practicing with metronome can the rhythm of your pop-up phrases be stable and pleasant to listen to.
The fourth is speed. When you are practicing a difficult phrase, you must slow down. Only slowly can you master it quickly. This is the golden rule for practicing all musical instruments.
The fifth is time. If you want to play the guitar well, you really can't spare the time to practice. If you are a student or an office worker, you should also ensure at least one hour of practice time every day. Of course, you can also practice for three or even six hours. You know, one minute on stage, ten years off stage.
Do the above and practice, and you will soon master the basic skills of guitar.
Find friends to play with, or join a band.
It is lonely to play music alone. Music must have playmates and listeners. Find like-minded people, learn from each other and be each other's listeners. You will not only make faster progress, but also get more pleasure from playing music.
When your skills reach a certain level, you can form a band or join a band. This band is the best group in the world. As long as you play different instruments at the same time, you will definitely feel the magical power of music, which is a power that can change the world.
All the above are my suggestions to some friends who want to learn or are learning guitar. I hope I can help you. If you have anything else to ask me, you can leave a message in the comments, and I will definitely reply to you in detail. If you like this article, give me a small red heart, and I will be very happy.
You know, knowing a musical instrument will make life very different.