How to Teach Guitar to Children

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The caged sytem shows the chords that beginners should learn first

teaching guitar to children requires a slightly different approach to instructing adults.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

the first guitar chords from the CAGED System that a beginner should learn

Become familiar with the CAGED SYSTEM used by guitar teachers around the world. You can download and print this handout with all of the chords on the caged system free from

http://teachwombat.com
Step 2

Bear in mind that if a lesson is not fun then a child is not going to participate fully. Children are much less likely to practice scales and arpeggios than adults because at this stage of their development they want instant gratification.
Step 3

caged system guitar chords for smaller hands

If the full chord shapes are too much for small hands then four string versions of the chords of G em C and D can be substituted in the early stages until dexterity and reach improves.
Step 4

Don't try to teach entire songs. Children are happier playing short tunes or fragments of music.
Single note things that work at the moment seem to be the three note theme from Shreck, The Simpsons theme and chordwise Rockstar by Nickelback gets the job done
Step 5

My guitar teacher's resource website

http://teachwombat.com

will allow you to download and print over 100 GIANT Chord Grids (including all of the open chords in the caged system).
These chord grids can be printed and laminated for group teaching or distributed to students so that they can put them up on their own walls at home.
this allows them to study the guitar from the comfort of their own beds.

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