| Are there More Talented Kids Nowadays or Do | | | | 2. Games: Video games back then were not as |
| We Just Have Improved Teaching Methods? | | | | complex and interesting as the ones kids play with |
| If you look around on the Internet, you will be | | | | now. Guitar Hero, one very popular game today, |
| seeing a handful of kids who are very much | | | | makes you learn how to play guitar but with the |
| fluent with their guitar strings; and not just the | | | | use of buttons instead of strings. Although the |
| chords but in plucking as well. These findings are | | | | execution is not like the actual act of guitar |
| really amazing to watch and you cannot help but | | | | playing, the game develops speed and timing that |
| feel proud also of these savants; but you will also | | | | linking a music piece to their reflexes comes out |
| wonder if their talent is pure or is this because we | | | | naturally after reaching a certain stage or level of |
| are in a more modern-age? | | | | the game. This practice influences the younger |
| Back then, playing guitar riffs required lots of | | | | generation to picture guitar playing as hip and cool |
| schooling and for more complicated pieces, | | | | that developing an interest would be likely. When |
| perfecting a melody will come at around age 12 | | | | the actual instrument is given to them, being able |
| or 13. But if you look at kids now, 5 to 8-year old | | | | to play with the strings will only require a few |
| children can easily play a Led Zep guitar solo, | | | | adjustments from the Guitar Hero button |
| without a sweat. You get to wonder, as you | | | | pressing to strumming and plucking movements. |
| watch closely, how he actually attained to | | | | 3. Computer-generated Teaching Methods: With |
| become such a genius with his guitar. | | | | easy access on the Internet, finding new and |
| 1. Exposure: Exposure to information of topic and | | | | more user-friendly guitar teaching programs will |
| classification in any country can be easily accessed | | | | not be difficult to find. Here, new lesson |
| by children nowadays. Kids tend to get smarter | | | | strategies, tricks, and even quizzes are provided |
| by the day and you will be surprised how | | | | for a quicker way to develop guitar playing skills. |
| knowledgeable they are about topics that seem | | | | Kids, in general, spend lots of time on the Internet |
| to interest them. With a lot of information, kids | | | | and even with just having the slightest interest in |
| easily understand and are aware of music in | | | | guitars; they can easily develop and deepen their |
| different genres and categories that their | | | | interest through these guitar teaching websites. |
| familiarity with octaves, chords, and note | | | | It is good to know that children can very well |
| combinations are easier to pick up and eventually | | | | execute playing the guitar; whether reasons are |
| play in a guitar once they’ve learned the basic | | | | because they are properly exposed or just plain |
| skill. Back then, guitar schools depended plainly on | | | | geniuses in their craft, the act of actually making |
| print flyers to find their targets; but now, the | | | | use of technology and information supplied and |
| combination of both having flyer printing and a | | | | independently transforming into music is still very |
| website doubles the chances to get new enrollees | | | | admirable. |
| for their services. | | | | |