Members p1701 Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 Take a listen to my 7-year old nephew on the piano. How will he sound on the guitar if he tries? This kid has potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raine36 Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 *slightly jealous* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darkcheef Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 He has a hell of alot more potential than me on any instrument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlectrumPete Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 I'd not bother with the guitar - just let him play piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 That is my Favorite Chopin Waltz. I have a copy of it, with all four hand written drafts by Chopin, and the copy is hand signed by Byron Janus, the famous Chopin interpreter. I have thought about sticking it on Ebay to see what it will bring. Although the performance is a little slower than normal, as expected by a 7 year old, it was well performed and highly listenable. Your son is highly talented, and it is a no brainer that he would do well on any instrument he set his mind to playing. I would encourage him , along with his classical training, to start playing chords and chord progressions in all keys and to start to get a sense of intervals of notes and intervals of chord progressions. I would also encourage him to experiment with improv and freestyle playing, even some rock, boogie woogie, jazz, etc.... anything he might happen to be interested in. He has talent, but one thing I seee alot with talented kids, especially on piano, is that their parents either force or highly encourage them(which I have no indication to believe you are doing) into rigorously studying classical music, and even though the kids may show amazing talent, some of them tend to get board and burt out early and start looking for other things than music to keep them interested and stimulated. Those kids would do well to be expose3d to as many genres of music as possible just incase classical music turns out to be something that is secondary to something they may truely love and be passionate about. Some of the unfortunate kids never get to experience that because they get burnt out before they are ever even exposed to it. It will make him a much more well rounded player and musician later, as the years go by, instead of the average talented classical robot which the world is always full of. Your son will get work, and be envited to participate in musical situations that the robots wont even have a clue how to function in. But anyway, the little dude is very talented, and he would be great at guitar too. I'd stick as many instruments as I could get my hands on into his own hands and see which ones stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blue92 Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 5 stars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 That is very impressive. What floors me is he is doing it off memory. That's a long piece for somebody so young. Yeah but echoing what Dave said, hopefully his parents do let him be a kid and have fun. If it isn't fun for him, there is little hope he will keep playing when he grows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members p1701 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 Many thanks for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 Good stuff. Who knows about guitar though. It's crap shoot (imo). Give him a drum set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caleb B Posted October 18, 2009 Members Share Posted October 18, 2009 That is my Favorite Chopin Waltz. I have a copy of it, with all four hand written drafts by Chopin, and the copy is hand signed by Byron Janus, the famous Chopin interpreter. I have thought about sticking it on Ebay to see what it will bring. Although the performance is a little slower than normal, as expected by a 7 year old, it was well performed and highly listenable. Your son is highly talented, and it is a no brainer that he would do well on any instrument he set his mind to playing. I would encourage him , along with his classical training, to start playing chords and chord progressions in all keys and to start to get a sense of intervals of notes and intervals of chord progressions. I would also encourage him to experiment with improv and freestyle playing, even some rock, boogie woogie, jazz, etc.... anything he might happen to be interested in. He has talent, but one thing I seee alot with talented kids, especially on piano, is that their parents either force or highly encourage them(which I have no indication to believe you are doing) into rigorously studying classical music, and even though the kids may show amazing talent, some of them tend to get board and burt out early and start looking for other things than music to keep them interested and stimulated. Those kids would do well to be expose3d to as many genres of music as possible just incase classical music turns out to be something that is secondary to something they may truely love and be passionate about. Some of the unfortunate kids never get to experience that because they get burnt out before they are ever even exposed to it. It will make him a much more well rounded player and musician later, as the years go by, instead of the average talented classical robot which the world is always full of. Your son will get work, and be envited to participate in musical situations that the robots wont even have a clue how to function in. But anyway, the little dude is very talented, and he would be great at guitar too. I'd stick as many instruments as I could get my hands on into his own hands and see which ones stick. Nephew. I wish I could play piano... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members p1701 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 Dave, I appreciate and totally agree with you re your suggestions that my nephew should learm about chord progressions, freestyle playing, experiment with improv, etc.. to become a musician rather than just a pianist. Again, many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members redundantshrimp Posted October 21, 2009 Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 He would do well at it, but don't encourage him. The world needs more piano prodigies and less 10-year old Yngwies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cassette Posted October 21, 2009 Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 I'd let him play guitar if he really wanted to, but I wouldn't really push him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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