How do you select a book that will bring lasting enjoyment to your child? How do you know which book is a good buy? How do you choose something that will give all the information they need? If it says "easy guitar chords" is that enough?
Choosing the Right Book is Important
Many times over the years, I have seen parents go out and buy music books for their children and the books merely sat and collected dust. The choice was not a good one. Money was not well spent.
Level of Difficulty Must Be Relevant to the Student
If your child is taking lessons, the best person to help you with this information is, of course, their teacher. If the level of difficulty in the book is way over the student's head, few will have any success with the book. It will simply be a dust collector.
It can take time to determine if a book is suitable or not. A teacher has to look carefully through the song. It may, at first, look simple, but then upon further investigation, they may find a tricky spot that is way past the student's technical ability.
Some books will indicate the level of student they are geared for. This can be helpful. I prefer simple songs as opposed to songs simplified. Some books will take old songs, and simplify the melodies to make them easier, often altering them too much, in my opinion. A teacher's assistance is the best bet.
Best Books are Written Specifically for Guitar
The best books, my absolute preference, have two staves (lines of music) and a line of tab. They have a staff with the melody and then a staff with the guitar accompaniment written in notes. Below that they have guitar tab with the guitar accompaniment written again. Guitar tab looks just like music lines (6 lines instead of 5), but just has numbers instead of notes.
This system gives the most information about how to play the song. A teacher who doesn't even know the song can teach it from this system. I would recommend buying books in this format only.
I encourage my students to buy books and begin working on a song they love. It is very inspiring and will make practice all that much more fun. So with a little bit of knowledge, you too can buy a guitar book for your child and it won't be a dust collector.
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Gail Karen (G.K.) Eckert is a vocalist, musician, songwriter, author, artist and teacher. She founded Musikhaus Studio of Creativity in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in 1987. She's been teaching children of all ages, since 1971.
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