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In a message dated 3/22/03 11:44:50 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


> Wanting to play guitar doesn't always equal wanting to take guitar
> lessons. Get the guitar and let her play, and if she wants to know more
> find a book and help her out. Or, find a teenager who plays and see if
> he or she would show your daughter how to play some songs. Don't confuse
> a desire to play with a desire for lessons. NOT the same thing.
>

I agree. My brother started playing drums when he was about, I don't know,
12 maybe. He was good at it and played in the band at school. But he quit
that because it was too "confining" for him. He was quickly becoming an
incredible drummer, and one day decided he wanted drum lessons. That lasted
about 2 sessions. He said he couldn't bear to sit there and play what the
instructor wanted, and it wasn't advanced enough for him. (He was teaching
him how to do drum rolls "properly" yet my brother was already playing along
with records of his favorite groups!) He quit lessons and still became one
helluva drummer that spent hours a day playing in the basement just out of
total interest. I could have sat and listened to him play for hours, that's
how good he was. No lessons, just a thorough interest to play.

JenW


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Elizabeth Roberts

To be honest, except for me showing her what I know
(which means learning myself) I can't see Sarah
sitting down for lessons with anyone else. She's very
much a "let me figure it out" type.

Elizabeth

--- JennWeed1@... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/03 11:44:50 AM US Eastern
> Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
>
> > Wanting to play guitar doesn't always equal
> wanting to take guitar
> > lessons. Get the guitar and let her play, and if
> she wants to know more
> > find a book and help her out. Or, find a teenager
> who plays and see if
> > he or she would show your daughter how to play
> some songs. Don't confuse
> > a desire to play with a desire for lessons. NOT
> the same thing.
> >
>
> I agree. My brother started playing drums when he
> was about, I don't know,
> 12 maybe. He was good at it and played in the band
> at school. But he quit
> that because it was too "confining" for him. He was
> quickly becoming an
> incredible drummer, and one day decided he wanted
> drum lessons. That lasted
> about 2 sessions. He said he couldn't bear to sit
> there and play what the
> instructor wanted, and it wasn't advanced enough for
> him. (He was teaching
> him how to do drum rolls "properly" yet my brother
> was already playing along
> with records of his favorite groups!) He quit
> lessons and still became one
> helluva drummer that spent hours a day playing in
> the basement just out of
> total interest. I could have sat and listened to
> him play for hours, that's
> how good he was. No lessons, just a thorough
> interest to play.
>
> JenW
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>


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kayb85

My brother dropped out of highschool and taught himself how to play
guitar, well enough to get into Berkley college of music. I think
he bought a video of some rock star teaching how to play guitar and
he probably had a few books too.

Sheila

--- In [email protected], JennWeed1@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/03 11:44:50 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
>
> > Wanting to play guitar doesn't always equal wanting to take
guitar
> > lessons. Get the guitar and let her play, and if she wants to
know more
> > find a book and help her out. Or, find a teenager who plays and
see if
> > he or she would show your daughter how to play some songs.
Don't confuse
> > a desire to play with a desire for lessons. NOT the same thing.
> >
>
> I agree. My brother started playing drums when he was about, I
don't know,
> 12 maybe. He was good at it and played in the band at school.
But he quit
> that because it was too "confining" for him. He was quickly
becoming an
> incredible drummer, and one day decided he wanted drum lessons.
That lasted
> about 2 sessions. He said he couldn't bear to sit there and play
what the
> instructor wanted, and it wasn't advanced enough for him. (He was
teaching
> him how to do drum rolls "properly" yet my brother was already
playing along
> with records of his favorite groups!) He quit lessons and still
became one
> helluva drummer that spent hours a day playing in the basement
just out of
> total interest. I could have sat and listened to him play for
hours, that's
> how good he was. No lessons, just a thorough interest to play.
>
> JenW
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Backstrom kelli

my husband plays guitar and teaches professionally now. He always feels so much pressure from parents who want their kids to perform for them at a certain level ect. Most of everything that he has learned has been himself locking himself in a room and playing over and over again. However, he had a private instructor for years as a kid that he acknowledges moved him in the right direction and facilitated some of his skills. Kelli
kayb85 <sheran@...> wrote:My brother dropped out of highschool and taught himself how to play
guitar, well enough to get into Berkley college of music. I think
he bought a video of some rock star teaching how to play guitar and
he probably had a few books too.

Sheila

--- In [email protected], JennWeed1@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/03 11:44:50 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
>
> > Wanting to play guitar doesn't always equal wanting to take
guitar
> > lessons. Get the guitar and let her play, and if she wants to
know more
> > find a book and help her out. Or, find a teenager who plays and
see if
> > he or she would show your daughter how to play some songs.
Don't confuse
> > a desire to play with a desire for lessons. NOT the same thing.
> >
>
> I agree. My brother started playing drums when he was about, I
don't know,
> 12 maybe. He was good at it and played in the band at school.
But he quit
> that because it was too "confining" for him. He was quickly
becoming an
> incredible drummer, and one day decided he wanted drum lessons.
That lasted
> about 2 sessions. He said he couldn't bear to sit there and play
what the
> instructor wanted, and it wasn't advanced enough for him. (He was
teaching
> him how to do drum rolls "properly" yet my brother was already
playing along
> with records of his favorite groups!) He quit lessons and still
became one
> helluva drummer that spent hours a day playing in the basement
just out of
> total interest. I could have sat and listened to him play for
hours, that's
> how good he was. No lessons, just a thorough interest to play.
>
> JenW
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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zenmomma *

>>I think he bought a video of some rock star teaching how to play guitar
>>and he probably had a few books too.>>

Oooh....good idea. I'm off to Google now. <g>

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[email protected]

In a message dated 3/22/2003 12:10:06 PM Central Standard Time,
JennWeed1@... writes:


> Don't confuse
> > a desire to play with a desire for lessons. NOT the same thing.
>

I know! This is exactly why I resisting the idea of ballet lessons for my
two. They just love to dance around to (lately) Cinderella or (previously)
Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Also Don Giovanni now, but that's an opera and
doesn't involve quite the leaps and prancing they make with the actual
ballets. People keep saying we should get them lessons, but we just don't
want to kill their love of dance with a lot of rules in a ballet class.

Elizabeth (the old one)


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Elizabeth Roberts

Sarah wanted ballet lessons...lasted one session
before she started literally lying down on the floor
claiming she was too tired to dance. (this was an
after school class before HSing began)

Elizabeth
--- ejcrewe@... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/2003 12:10:06 PM Central
> Standard Time,
> JennWeed1@... writes:
>
>
> > Don't confuse
> > > a desire to play with a desire for lessons. NOT
> the same thing.
> >
>
> I know! This is exactly why I resisting the idea of
> ballet lessons for my
> two. They just love to dance around to (lately)
> Cinderella or (previously)
> Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Also Don Giovanni now,
> but that's an opera and
> doesn't involve quite the leaps and prancing they
> make with the actual
> ballets. People keep saying we should get them
> lessons, but we just don't
> want to kill their love of dance with a lot of rules
> in a ballet class.
>
> Elizabeth (the old one)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>


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In a message dated 3/22/2003 5:31:47 PM Central Standard Time,
ladyeliza_r@... writes:


> Sarah wanted ballet lessons...lasted one session
> before she started literally lying down on the floor
> claiming she was too tired to dance.

That's exactly my fear! I remember starting ballet at 4 and being terrified
of the teacher, watching everyone else who seemed to know what was going on,
etc. I eventually grew to love it, but then grew too tall for it way back
when. Plus, I have ballet to thank for my lack of flexion in my foot. In a
relaxed position, my foot is pointed more than most people's full stretch.
When the surgeon tried to push my foot back to a neutral position, under
anesthesia, it wouldn't move. So, almost four months after my cast came off,
I'm still hobbling down the stairs.

So, do I really want to destroy my children's love of dance and deform their
feet at the tender ages of 3 and 4?

Elizabeth (who's ballet dancing, tight wearing, no hair cut since August four
year old is learning the aerodynamics with his father using a paper airplane
as we I write)


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Kelli Traaseth

**Elizabeth (the old one)**



Hmmm, there ya go, I was wondering how I was going to differentiate between the other Kelli with an i and me.



I guess I'm the old Kelli, with an i.



Kelli (the old one) wondering how Sandra has been able to be the only Sandra? hmmmmmm...its a conspiracy! <g>





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[email protected]

In a message dated 3/23/2003 11:10:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kellitraas@... writes:


> Kelli (the old one) wondering how Sandra has been able to be the only
> Sandra? hmmmmmm...its a conspiracy! <g>
>
>

Naaaahhh. It's just not an "unschooly" name--like Kelly (and it's odd
variations! <g>) and Elizabeth and Pam! <G>

~Kelly


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