Teaching a 6 year old child to play the guitar. Guitar courses

"Guitar Magazine" begins a series of publications dedicated to initial learning to play the guitar. We bring to your attention, dear friends, the thoughts of Moscow teacher Ilya Shumailov about his non-standard approach to “how fun it is to teach young children to play the guitar.”

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How to have fun teaching guitar to young children

Currently, the age of those starting to learn to play the guitar has noticeably rejuvenated. Guitar pedagogy is not quite ready for this remarkable phenomenon, as I had to verify from my own experience. Applying generally accepted methods in working with young children, I began to notice that they were ineffective and did not give the expected result - it was difficult, boring, painful, and uninteresting for the children, and for me as a teacher it was deplorable. Thinking about what to do, I began to study literature, attend seminars of Waldorf pedagogy (Rudolf Steiner, Germany), courses in elementary music-making by teachers of the Institute. Carl Orff (Salzburg, Austria), analyze the experience of teachers such as Irina Shuvalova, Vyacheslav Zhilin, Tatyana Tyutyunnikova, Tatyana Rokityanskaya, Ilya Podkaminsky, Elena Robashevskaya, and her own experience. From a host of questions and many options, a characteristic feature of children of this age began to crystallize: a thirst for understanding the world around them through play. Of course, there is nothing new in this, but I had not thought about it before. Gradually, from lesson to lesson, the baggage of didactic (educational) games began to accumulate. Some of them help develop attention, concentration, patience, perseverance, others help develop fantasy and imagination, and others introduce you to the world of guitar and music.

First lessons
I recommend conducting the first classes in a group of 3-4 people. The first acquaintance is important not only for children, but also for the teacher - children instantly sense the slightest falsehood or insincerity on his part. Everyone knows about this too. The question is how to get to know the guys and win them over to confidential communication? I use the game “Interview”.

Interview
The teacher asks questions, the children answer, or one child interviews others, the teacher is also allowed to ask questions. As a result of the game, the teacher and the children get to know each other’s character, habits, tastes, favorite activities, and surroundings. A relaxed atmosphere is established, and we move on to the next game “Magnet” to maintain attention.

Magnet
First, let's find out what a magnet is. After which the teacher invites the children to check the “magneticity” of their hands and knees, legs and floor, arms and head, palms, etc. The strength of “magneticity” is checked by the teacher or one of the children: you need to open the magnetized arms, legs... Of course, this is not difficult for an adult to do, here it is important to evoke in the children the need to concentrate will and strength. Children like the game; it infuses them with muscular energy and activates the body despite rather passive behavior. Another level of the game “Magnet” is “Magnetic Eyes”. At first, we focus our gaze on the floor, ceiling, door, closet, window (children love to look around, especially since the room they find themselves in is unfamiliar, but they want to look, and this is a great opportunity to get acquainted with the guitar cabinet), then to others to the children, their noses (this is very funny), ears, eyes, knees, and subsequently to the teacher’s right and left hands, his fingers, hands, eyes. All this is necessary to maintain a focused gaze and attentive observation. Subsequently, the teacher’s voice command: “Magnet!” instantly collects and organizes children.

Mirror
This game has several levels. The transition to the next level is carried out only after the previous level is completed freely and accurately. First, we cultivate in children imitative (imitation) abilities, then not only coordination of movements, but also a sense of metro-rhythm, then we move on to setting up the performing apparatus - the position of the guitar, the position of the guitarist, the positioning of hands.

Imitation– the teacher makes various movements spontaneously, out of rhythm (scratching his nose, the back of his head, yawning, sneezing, jumping, bending, conducting, etc. – as far as your imagination allows), and the children repeat them. This easy and fun game teaches students to be attentive, without verbal warning, following the teacher, changing movements and actions, literally “eating” him with their eyes, so as not to miss anything. To enhance organization and fully engage the will, we arrange a “winner” game - then instantly everyone begins to act harmoniously. Coherence, as you know, is one of the necessary features of any musical ensemble, and it will be very useful to us in the near future.

Metro rhythmicity– the teacher makes various movements and sounds at a certain tempo and metro rhythm. Of course, the first games are carried out on the bodily and intra-auditory sensation of measure or pulse, since the children’s sense of metro rhythm for the rest of their performing life depends on this. Children must reproduce the same actions, sounds, movements as the teacher. This game lays down and forms the skill of ensemble performance, maintaining a single tempo, as the same for all performers of breathing.

Well-established executive apparatus– the game is funny and exciting, because in addition to the correct settings, the teacher, and behind him the children, show the most incredible ways of sitting, positioning the guitar (only safe for the instrument - we stipulate this in advance) and hands. The guys playfully understand the most important guitar postulates and at the same time develop a wild imagination.

I roughly divide further training into three periods:

Elementary guitar playing
meticulous guitar playing
original notation period

Elementary music playing
Elementary music-making is a practical way of introducing a child to the world of music, to the world of ethical and aesthetic categories through metrhythmic and pitch “primary elements” that grew out of speech and are not yet music in our understanding. However, they are already an integral part of the basic musical law discovered by Pythagoras.
Everything obeys this law - macro- and microcosmos, its living and inanimate matter. If you agree with this formulation, it becomes clear why the child in the womb reacts to external, in particular, musical stimuli; why after birth he responds adequately to various intonations of human speech; why, gradually growing up, he emotionally imitates the musical sounds around him; why music lessons for many children become a natural part of their existence. An important conclusion arises that the system of elementary music-making, including singing, improvisation and playing the simplest percussion instruments, developed in the 30s of the twentieth century by the Austrian composer Carl Orff (1895-1982), guessed the need for the ethical and aesthetic education of humanity (sorry for the pathos ).

As you know, Carl Orff also developed a special children's instrument for elementary music playing, which was based on professional musical instruments adapted for children: xylophone, vibraphone, flute, harp, percussion instruments. For some reason, the guitar remained outside the field of his attention; apparently, Carl Orff did not imagine the universal capabilities of the guitar, otherwise he would have used the wide possibilities of the imitative properties of this still unknown instrument. To paraphrase Robert Vidal and Andres Segovia, we can say that the guitar is a blessed instrument, known since ancient times, the spoiled child of music, close to everyone, ready for anything, the easiest instrument in the world for basic music playing. Confirmation of this is “The Venetian Carnival” and Variations on a Theme of Jota by Francisco Tárrega, plays by Nikita Koshkin and others, where composers brilliantly demonstrate the imitation capabilities of the guitar.

To be continued…

Ilya Shumailov– teacher of the structural unit of State Educational Institution Secondary School No. 1992, TsTRIGOD “Leader” (Moscow).

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To ensure that playing the guitar for children does not seem difficult, it is necessary to conduct lessons correctly. In addition, it is important to choose the right tool.

Choosing a guitar for beginners (preschool children)

For a child, it is better to choose a classical guitar with dimensions of 1/2 or 3/4, then it will be easier for the child to hold it. Don’t buy an expensive model, because after a while you will want to exchange it for another one. But you shouldn’t buy the cheapest guitars either, because they are difficult to tune. This means it is almost impossible to play them.

Children can be taught to play the guitar starting from the age of 5.

It is better to use nylon strings at first. Of course, they sound quieter, but they are easier to press. And the child’s fingers will not hurt after lessons. If you decide to learn on metal strings, then choose the thinnest ones. Moreover, they should be for an acoustic guitar.

How to teach guitar

It is easier to send your child to a music school, where preschool children are taught by experienced teachers. But if you decide to give music lessons yourself, then follow these rules:

• Make friends with the instrument. To begin, wrap a sock around the neck and let your child just “strum” the instrument. He must learn to use his fingers.
• Learn simple melodies. It’s better to be “Grasshopper”, “Gypsy” or Seven Nation Army first.
• Repeat the lessons you've learned. Kids like to play with what they can do. Therefore, there will be no problems with repetition.
• Improve the speed of chord changes. Having learned new ones, turn on the timer and invite the child to rearrange his fingers several times per minute. Then sort out the mistakes with him and repeat the exercise.
• Simplify the chords. If a child learns a melody, but some parts are not working out, then change the key. Or choose chords that play on fewer strings.
• Leave the theory for later. There is no need to dump all the chord names on your child during the first lesson. This will make learning more difficult.
• Don't ask too much for the house. Of course, it is necessary to encourage practice, but it is better for the child to repeat a short task 5-6 times than to play one long one.
• Don't forget to praise your child for successfully completing tasks. If a child makes a mistake, do not scold him, but point out the mistake in a calm tone.

Teaching a child to play the guitar is not that difficult. The main thing is to be patient and instill in your child a love of music. And then he will quickly master the instrument and achieve excellent results in the game.

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The benefits of music lessons for children

Scientists have confirmed the fact that mastering a musical instrument by a child perfectly develops cognitive abilities, rich and literate speech, attentiveness, perseverance, fine motor skills, memory and general level of intelligence, allowing you to quickly process and assimilate new information. In addition, among children who study music, there is a fairly large percentage of ambidexters - those who are equally good with both hands, in contrast to left-handers and right-handers. This means that the development of both hemispheres of the brain occurs evenly. Moreover, even if the child does not reach special heights in music lessons, he will still have fun, provided that the lessons are interesting and not monotonous. In general, lessons in playing musical instruments develop and harmonize a child’s personality, directing energy in a creative direction and teaching the child discipline. During such classes, musical taste, creative potential, and intelligence dynamically develop.

Teaching children to play the guitar

According to experts, the choice of a musical instrument for a child is not important, but most parents want to teach their child to play the guitar. And this is not surprising, because this musical instrument has a great sound, is quite affordable and has great potential for performing a wide variety of musical compositions, and you can start learning to play it from the age of 8-9.

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