This is the guitar-playing daughter, back when we were still homeschooling. She used to play the recorder, and just like how is learned to play guitar later on, she taught herself how to do just that, play the recorder. I can’t recall how but I remember we used to watch YouTube video tutorials. She would also play some notes with the keyboard at home.
Photo from my Photo Blog.
Because the shift in the choice of musical instruments happened, she now reads about guitars instead of her reading about armstrong flutes and the like. I prefer she know how to play both though and I am happy she has flute lessons in school for this grade level.
I saw a tab opened at fender at Guitar Center the other day and I just know who was looking at the page about guitars.
Some of the youngest daughter’s electic guitar pieces that she currently loves to play are the following:
- Eraserheads “Huling El Bimbo”
- Pachelbel’s Canon in D (while she is listening to the violin or piano version in her mobile gadget and wearing a headset)
- a Simple Plan song (forgot the title)
- Plain White t’s 1234 (video featured below)
During this time when the youngest child in into music and has expressed intentions of getting a bit serious with the stuff that goes into playing music, it makes me wonder how I need to cope with what they know and what they still need to know.
So when this child talks about something I am not familiar with based on the conversations she had with her classmates and friends, I need to read about what she is talking about.
tabs
plucking
strumming and what?
great boss dd 3 at musicians friend
I’m happy though that apart from the YouTube tutorials, she reads up on the things she still needs to learn to improve her guitar playing skills.
I get lost sometimes but I know I will cope up if I read what she is talking about 😀
We went to have the youngest child’s guitar strings replaced yesterday at the store where we bought said guitar.
As early as 11am there was already a crowd in the mall because apparently, there was a big sale. Much as we wanted to look around especially in the building we were in where the big hardware store was located (we need to get a few things for some things like cabinet handles, threaded standoffs and batteries)
New strings, happy girl 😀
Thank you to the staff of RJ Guitar SM North EDSA Cyberzone Building.
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These are the trees in the school’s parking lot where my children go to.
If I remember it right, this tree used to have a wrap-around terrace where the children can play on. Attach to the terrace are wooden slides that they can use to get down. The playground became a parking lot. A part of the playground still stands though.
I’ve seen a few students who love to stay there. Sometimes they sing along with someone playing a guitar (and maybe an autoharp at musicians friend) or just sing acapella, which is good because they try to make a harmony among their voices.
Just remembering. My eldest used to love playing at this spot.
The youngest daughter requested that we have her guitar brought to her where she is vacationing. Three family members have been to where she is staying but alas, we can’t possibly ask them to bring a guitar with them, too big to carry.
She said however, that she just borrows an older cousin’s guitar to practice on.
They were kinda sad when one of the guitar strings broke and the one they got was not to their liking. They use elixir strings and couldn’t find a music store that carries the brand.
They said it the sound that the new string has is different. 😀
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