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Originally Posted by DocBop  Hope they have an instument they can play. I had a little kid once whose parents signed him up. His father made instrument cases and Fender was one of his customers. Fender gave him a PBass and he wanted the kid to take lessons on it. The kid was small and even smaller hands. I tried to talk to the parents suggested a short scale bass or even guitar instead; the kid just wanted to play music. No, they insisted on using the PBass. The kid gave it a good try and learned a couple simple lines, but even holding that bass was a hassle. So he quit after a month.
Some parents just don't get it. |
Major problem for a beginning student is an instrument that fits. Most instruments can be handled by a ten year old: the trumpet, the piano, the clarinet, even the trombone. In the violin world sizes are a given. But in the guitar arena it is a constant fight. The common argument is, "He'll grow into it." like it is a pair of summer sneakers. If the parents don't play it is hard for them to understand. Sometimes the golf club analogy will work. The worst case is when they've received advice from a player. That advice will be unshakable in their minds. Interestingly enough, the player may have only taken a few lessons but has played clubs for years. In the parents' minds that advice is unbiased but the advice they are receiving in the music store is bad because "they only want to sell them something". Sometimes it is hard to do the right thing for people.
