"Look pa, no hands!"

That's totally shooped. I can hear the pixels.

Is this going to be another one of those

"Yeah she can play, but she isn't old enough to play the EMOTION!"

threads?

Clarinch: Is this going to be another one of those

"Yeah she can play, but she isn't old enough to play the EMOTION!"

threads?

Or maybe "she needs to stop looking at the fretboard"?

When my oldest son was eight, he played the Toccata from Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for his piano recital. He wanted to learn the fugue, but it requires an organ with multiple manuals (keyboards) and a full set of 32 pedals. There are arrangements for piano, but they all suck. The Toccata only has one note that needs a pedal (a low D), but it can be "faked" on a piano that has a sustenuto pedal.

Kids can do a lot more than most parents think they can. Honestly, I think the phrase "that's too difficult for you, sweetie" has ruined more budding musicians than anything else. We start them out on stuff that's so stupid and easy that they get the impression that it will take YEARS to do anything demanding. And so it does. Give them the confidence that they can handle anything, and they will work from that assumption with the knowledge that it's just a matter of practice and patience. Some (probably most) of them will still quit. But I'd rather see them quit because they think that it's simply not worth the effort than because they believe it's impossible.

"I've heard a lot better!"
"She can play it, but can she feeeeeel it?"
"I'd hit it!"

These threads are a pain in my ass. She's good, that's cool.

Why do I hear drums?

DSanchez: Why do I hear drums?

Maybe it's just your upper lip?

Cheers for rote memorization. It's great and all, but she's not a genius for practicing something 1000 times. When she starts cranking out original material, or even just throws in a little flourish here and there then that's something.

Eight year olds, Dude...

"8-year-old guitarist makes us all look bad."

TRUE. That level of dedication to practicing is something all musicians should strive for and most rarely attain. Hell, getting guys in my band to practice between rehearsals has been a long-time challenge even before I entered the "parenthood" range.

LasersHurt: These threads are a pain in my ass. She's good, that's cool.

Yes, it is cool... so fortunate when a parent happens to turn a child on to something they're clearly born to do.

She's been on Fark before (new window)

Very, very impressed.!!

It helps to have parents/family members who also play music... kinda jealous of those people...

GoodyearPimp: Cheers for rote memorization. It's great and all, but she's not a genius for practicing something 1000 times. When she starts cranking out original material, or even just throws in a little flourish here and there then that's something.

LasersHurt: These threads are a pain in my ass. She's good, that's cool.

There's an ointment for that.

s2s2s2: Clarinch: Is this going to be another one of those

"Yeah she can play, but she isn't old enough to play the EMOTION!"

threads?

Or maybe "she needs to stop looking at the fretboard"?


Yet here's Yngwie sitting down and staring at the fretboard the whole time once he starts soloing...
Link (new window)

GoodyearPimp: Cheers for rote memorization. It's great and all, but she's not a genius for practicing something 1000 times. When she starts cranking out original material, or even just throws in a little flourish here and there then that's something.



/Hot

zvoidx: Yet here's Yngwie sitting down and staring at the fretboard the whole time once he starts soloing...
Link (new window)

Someone once posted several pictures of guitar greats looking at their hands while playing. I lol'ed.

/does also

nyseattitude: She's been on Fark before (new window)

That's the same girl? I remember seeing that video, too. So she can perform in front of an audience. I know a bunch of local, adult, male musicians that need to go to some classes taught by her on how not to freeze up when people are looking!

what's wrong with looking at the fret board? I do it all the time, most of the people I know do too. If you're not on stage or playing in front of a bunch of people who gives a shiat? even then I still don't give a shiat

tillerman35: When my oldest son was eight, he played the Toccata from Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for his piano recital. He wanted to learn the fugue, but it requires an organ with multiple manuals (keyboards) and a full set of 32 pedals. There are arrangements for piano, but they all suck. The Toccata only has one note that needs a pedal (a low D), but it can be "faked" on a piano that has a sustenuto pedal.

Kids can do a lot more than most parents think they can. Honestly, I think the phrase "that's too difficult for you, sweetie" has ruined more budding musicians than anything else. We start them out on stuff that's so stupid and easy that they get the impression that it will take YEARS to do anything demanding. And so it does. Give them the confidence that they can handle anything, and they will work from that assumption with the knowledge that it's just a matter of practice and patience. Some (probably most) of them will still quit. But I'd rather see them quit because they think that it's simply not worth the effort than because they believe it's impossible.

It's more than just music. My folks let me read pretty much whatever I liked, and taught me to read using passages from stuff like the Iliad. As a result, I had a post bachelor's reading level by 5th grade, and I've never met a standardized test I didn't annihilate. The best way to make a kid good at anything is to let them do it, and help them get better at it.

Conversely, the best possible way to make a child give up on and even resent a subject is for, say, a teacher to take it from them because "it's too hard for you". Tell a kid they're too stupid to read the book they want and they'll never pick up another book again.

nyseattitude: She's been on Fark before (new window)

oh man, they're getting so sued

Impressive. Not exactly sure why the subby decided to make it a my-kid-can-beat-up-your-kid contest. My kids say please, thank-you, don't chew with their mouths open, don't scream indoors and don't interrupt conversing adults. Near as I can tell, they're just about the only kids in their entire school with these skill-sets.

/nice to see a musical parent took the time to pass on their skills
//wish all parents did the same
///get off my damn lawn

Came expecting a snowboarder.

/left disappointed

So when do the sex and drugs start?

Clarinch: Is this going to be another one of those

"Yeah she can play, but she isn't old enough to play the EMOTION!"

threads?

There's no emotion required in needly-deedly.

The guitar starts playing before she does in the very beginning.

MixedNut: The guitar starts playing before she does in the very beginning.

there's drums being played yet clearly no one at the drum set
the sound and her playing are not in sync
I'm saying this is fake

Watch both her hands. You can't fake that.

It's like subby watches me in my house.

Creepy.