How to make a kid like a musical instrument?

It is a good thing that your child says he likes to play the guitar but he said that without knowing the struggle one has to go through to grasp it. Let him just play by ear for a while and let another child who has learnt it professionally give a performance in front of your kid and let your child see the difference. I am sure your child will then realise that without learning the instrument he will not make much progress.

I got into guitar around 14, and only for two and a half reasons. 1.) impress girls 2.) rock out with my friends 1/2.) express myself That's it. Its still dear to me though, I mean, I'll straight up fight someone that drops my gibson SG....

I agree with you that you should not force children to play a musical instrument. And you know that most of the time children's interests come and go easily in a short time. So you shall not expect that his passion will last for a long time. However, you shall still encourage him and hopefully he will practise to play the musical instrument willingly. Since you know how to play the musical instrument, perhaps you can make a band with your son and he may have interest in playing the musical instrument. I love China

as for me, there is no point in forcing them.. you cannot force them to LIKE it, as liking comes from within. Ask them what they like, they might be more affiliated to arts than music, or sports in that matter. As for my daughter i would love for her to learn dancing but she is not into it as she loves to have some voice lessons and learn guitar.

I'm not going to MAKE my children anything. All children are like that naturally that if you force anything on them it's not going to be efficient enough. They have to consider this fun. I started to play the flute because I could go to the teacher with friends and I liked the music. My parents weren't like you have to be dedicated with three exclamation marks. It's just not a right thing to do to expect stuff from them especially as they are forced to do way too many things in school. In their free time, even if they are doing something they are going to benefit from mentally, they should do something out of fun. That's all. I thibk you should change your attitude a bit, and let them learn music how they'd like it. I guess for you, your child's happiness is worth more than making a musical prodigy out of them right? They may not be as dedicated as you on the long run, but at least they are having fun... and they might find another thing they are so obsessed with, like sports and dancing.

Hello there safety69! It seems like me and your child are on the same boat. I also practice playing the piano whenever I feel doing so. I also like playing by ear and not by reading notes because it gives my a certain sense of freedom. I advice that you let your child discover different kinds of genre so that his interest in music will boost. That way, he will have the initiative to study, learn, and play music.

Music like any other talent one has to be born with it...yes we can all learn anything we want to but are we going to be good at it? all my children tried a few different instruments and they are good at it and they all play at family reunions...but only one[ my youngest] have real talent and dedication[ she is a singer in her own band]she learnt guitar so fast and she also write her own songs! now no one forced her to do this she just does it because she likes...mind you she is 33 so she made up her mind to do this! When she was a child she could not even think about playing guitar! what I say is if your child have talent for music he/she will develop that talent in he's/her's own time!

First off, I have to say that playing by ear is a great way to start to play music. I have never been able to actually play an instrument by ear (I can play the piano and the viola) but I am able to sing by ear and I've actually realized a little bit later in my life that singing is actually my passion. As far as getting children to like to play an instrument (or have an interest in music) I think that the real key is to expose them to lots of different music. My children are nine and five years old and they both love to sing. In addition to that, my daughter has recently started taking violin lessons and she really seems to be enjoying it so far. Next year, when she is in fourth grade, she will get to join the school orchestra as well as the private lessons that she is getting and she really seems excited about that.

In the end, all you can do is offer your encouragement and your support. If they are bound to be talented, then true talent will shine through and if they are interested, then true interest will shine through. Musical instruments are fascinating as only a handful of people who really intend to learn them often follow through for an extended amount of time. In the end, support is the best and hopefully it will be something that will be enjoyable. If not, then perhaps it is just not meant to be. Different people will have different talents. Heaven knows that there were just many things that I have tried when I was younger, But some things were just never meant to be.

Maybe you should just let him continue playing it by ear- my friend did that before and he is really good at it now. He can compose his own tunes too. You should also let him see professionals in youtube play those instruments, maybe he'll be inspired and want to do better at it.

hi safety69, for me i let my children play what they want to do, like drawing,singing and do what they want to do, and i support them, like my youngest daughter her hobby is singing and drawing.

Nice Discussion Friend. If you want to hear the voice of guitar from your kid you have to encourage him for playing it. But if you think asking him for playing guitar is difficult so dont force him. Allow him to do what he want.

You can't make him like anything. We're each our own individuals. I would suggest to try playing it with him. If he feels like you're forcing him to practice, naturally he won't want to do it. If you just ask him to play with you, he might do it as a nice gesture. Once he gets better, he might like it more. It's hard to start out with something you know nothing about. He might be willing to take lessons which would help out with this. I'm not sure how, but find ways to make it fun for him, instead of being a chore. Perhaps you could try taking him to a performance of someone that plays guitar. Good luck, but just remember how it'd feel if he tried to make you play an instrument you had no desire to.