Acoustic Guitars

[rainrainwash3]

I love the fact that there is an endless supply of it, how it exercises both the mind and the whole body.  There seems to be no limits to the combinations of notes.  It's a language which speaks to every race, religion, and belief.

I firmly believe that music should be required education for every young student.  In my eyes there is no excuse for a school whether public or private to dismiss music's beneficial role in any setting.  It should be a required subject for all majors in college.  It teaches not only self discipline, but strength of character, increased perception and intellect, coordination, dexterity, and greater confidence in other areas of life.

We should be putting musical instruments in our youths hands, not guns!

[The EAKLE]

The problem isn't necessarily getting school to implement music programs, but getting kids to be interested in them. I went to a private school from pre-school-8th grade. Whe had required choral classes, art classes that touched on music, and the school provided extra-curricular piano lessons. Two kids from the class went on to band/choir in highschool.

To me, it's more sad that kids don't take an interest in music. Even if you force it on them through school, they won't automatically enjoy it, and from a musician's perspective that can be hard to grasp.

[Graeca]

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rainrainwash3 wrote:

I love the fact that there is an endless supply of it, how it exercises both the mind and the whole body.  There seems to be no limits to the combinations of notes.  It's a language which speaks to every race, religion, and belief.

I firmly believe that music should be required education for every young student.  In my eyes there is no excuse for a school whether public or private to dismiss music's beneficial role in any setting.  It should be a required subject for all majors in college.  It teaches not only self discipline, but strength of character, increased perception and intellect, coordination, dexterity, and greater confidence in other areas of life.

We should be putting musical instruments in our youths hands, not guns!

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Absolute agreement!

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The EAKLE wrote:

The problem isn't necessarily getting school to implement music programs, but getting kids to be interested in them. I went to a private school from pre-school-8th grade. Whe had required choral classes, art classes that touched on music, and the school provided extra-curricular piano lessons. Two kids from the class went on to band/choir in highschool.

To me, it's more sad that kids don't take an interest in music. Even if you force it on them through school, they won't automatically enjoy it, and from a musician's perspective that can be hard to grasp.

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I suspect a lot of that is how it's presented to a young child...one day, when I was in 1st grade, our teacher announced "Kiddos, I've got a special surprise for you!" and in came 3 guys, one with a mandolin, one with an acoustic guitar and one with a 'cello, and they sat down and started paying songs for us...it was VERY cool.

Afterwards, they each took turns explaining about their instruments and the folk songs they'd just played, and let anyone interested come up and gently strum one instrument or the other, while they held chords.

By the time they were through w/ their presentation, every kid in that class room wanted an instrument of their own, and quite likely more than a few went on to get seriously obsessed with music...I certainly did!

[BlackHatHunter]

All I'll say is that music has been a blessing beyond description to my life and I am forever grateful for it.

[poppytater]

I need an almost constant supply. At work,at home, in the car.

[Folky_Grunge]

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The EAKLE wrote:

The problem isn't necessarily getting school to implement music programs, but getting kids to be interested in them. I went to a private school from pre-school-8th grade. Whe had required choral classes, art classes that touched on music, and the school provided extra-curricular piano lessons. Two kids from the class went on to band/choir in highschool.

To me, it's more sad that kids don't take an interest in music. Even if you force it on them through school, they won't automatically enjoy it, and from a musician's perspective that can be hard to grasp.

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Yeah, most people aren't interested in playing music. One year when I was in elementary school, we had to learn how to play the recorder and I remember most kids in my class hating it. When Guitar Hero came out, all my friends were really into it, but none actually wanted to learn how to play a real guitar; one tried and he hated it, the rest were just uninterested. I'm also known people who constantly talked about their love of music, but found the thought of learning how to play anything ridiculous. It's kind of strange (and sad), but most people don't care about music, or playing it, that much.

[Opa John]

I can't imagine going through life without music. For those who don't know this, I'm an old fart and have been playing music, in one form or another, since I was three years old when I began plinking out "ditties" on a toy xylophone. By the time I was in the first grade, I could play quite a few songs on a harmonica. Started taking accordion lessons at age 8 (yeah, I know....don't tell me about it), got an ukulele at 9, and began playing guitar at age 14 (although, I didn't actually have one of my own until I was 17).

Since those days, I've branched out into keyboard, mandolin, violin, penny whistle, a little banjo pickin', and anything else I can get my hands on that resembles a musical instrument.

I could never understand why someone who enjoys listening to music wouldn't want to try to make some of their own! They just don't know what they're missing.

[Freeman_Keller]

In my opinion, the three greatest things that you can give your kids are love, music and books.   And the worst are television, games and little electronic boxes of all sorts.

[Frets99]

Music been berry berry good to me.

[american sinner]

I'd have ended up in the nuthouse a long time ago if'n it weren't for my Elvis room. 

[coogar]

Well what can one say regards guitars and music

playing the guitar has given myself an instrument in which relieves stress

being from a very cold climate and the Government thats at present in Government

has put much stress on many with their barbaric treatment of even disabled people i add

But yes the guitar has helped in the relief of stress as music is something ive always loved

much and playing that very first tune brought a smile to my face for sure

As for in Schools i agree with the poster and think that is a good thing

although like everything else some kids shall pay much attention and try to learn

others wont as find it too hard at first and so give up easily

though its a good way to introduce kids to musical instruments is the School

in which i never had myself .. But a good way of beginning on a road which can last

a lifetime and a lifetime of fun  playing whatever instrument they wish for .

[Michael Martin]

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Freeman_Keller wrote:

In my opinion, the three greatest things that you can give your kids are love, music and books.   And the worst are television, games and little electronic boxes of all sorts.

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Unless the little boxes are Zoom H2s, Baggs DIs or Overdrive pedals 

[EdBega]

A gift from heaven ...

[guitarist21]

God bless music. It's my livelihood, my best friend, and my only marketable skill.