In a time when parenting means positive reinforcements, many adults find themselves seeking a system of rewards that will not only entice good behaviors, but also teach their teens valuable lessons along the way. Guitar lessons fit this bill for a number of reasons.
First off, few teenagers can resist the allure of guitar lessons. Couple them in a reward system that involves not only lessons, but also a computer and they’re very likely to take them quite seriously.
There’s just something about the potential to become the next great player that makes the musically inclined do their part to earn the lessons they receive. Online guitar lessons are particularly ideal for teens that are new to the instrument and are not entirely sure it will be the one for them.
The benefits of online guitar lessons for teens include:
* Easy parental supervision. When guitar lessons are taken online or via computer programs, they are easy to supervise since the action takes place at home.
* Easy to follow. Many good programs are available that provide basic lessons for teens to take. These lessons are created in such a manner that they are easy to follow, even for beginners. Most programs start out very basic and offer not only instructions about the instrument, but also provide some music theory along the way.
* Ability to work at their own pace. Good guitar lessons online or in program form offer something face-to-face lessons do not – the ability to take the same lesson over and over again or move on when the need arises. There’s no requirement to book another lesson when a program is doing the teaching.
* Pause ability. When something isn’t understood in a guitar lesson, it’s easy for the teen to stop the program and repeat the section over and over again until the lesson is learned. This can be much less frustrating for a teen who wants to learn right but who might be embarrassing by going slow in a group lesson.
* Easy to take away. Guitar lessons in computer form are a great tool to use as a reward, and they’re also easy to take away if grades aren’t where they should be or behaviors are undesired. Since no class has been “booked,” there’s no instructor to disappoint or class slot that might be lost. This gives parents the leverage they might need in trying to implement a system of rewards and punishments.
* Increased concentration. Music instruction in any format is known for helping those who take part increase their ability to concentrate and reason through problems. Music has also been known to help increase math skills and generally is thought to provide other extra benefits, as well.
Guitar lessons can be a great tool for parents to use in creating a system of rewards for positive behavior. Filling a desire many teens have, these lessons also provide some side benefits teens themselves might not be aware of.
With benefits that can even impact school work and translate to other areas of life, as well, guitar lessons or music instruction in general is a smart choice for parents to endorse.
Ray La Foy
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/online-guitar-lessons-are-great-for-teens-137036.html
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How do you respect yourself and set yourself goals when there are always people there who have done better?
Seriously, anything I aim for, I just get the crippling sense that I’m crap. The goals I set which really stretch me, have been achieved and more by loads of people.
E.g. do exceptionally in A levels. Taking a huge number has been covered.There are many people online who have taken 8-10 proper academic subjects at A level, and got As in all of them. A boy in the news (who now studies computer science at cambridge) got 21 As, a B and a C at A level (though admittedly his combination of subjects was a joke, with many soft options and overlap between subjects/doing the same subject twice to get an extra A level). Getting exceptional marks has been covered. Full marks have been achieved in most subjects every year, pretty much.
Another goal: excel in music. I have no creative spark, and no matter how long I sit with a guitar trying to come up with something, or on music software on my computer which is capable of producing music, I just get nothing. I listen to my favourite bands in awe, and know I’ll never achieve anything, musically, which is as great. I’m in late teens now, and recently decided to aim to get to grade 8 in two instruments, from scratch. For those of you who don’t know, this is a big aim for any average guy. It takes a normal person about 6-7 years at least to get to this standard in one instrument, if they don’t push it too hard, but keep lessons going and practise regularly.I started lessons and was working hard. I still am working, but I couldn’t help being put off when I went online and found somebody a year younger than me with grade 8 in the two instruments I’m interested in, and grade 7 in another two.
Or, at the beginning of this year, when I set myself the aim to do well in a maths competition, hopefully get to the third round (called BMO2) and see how I did when I got there. Now, this isn’t easy, I can tell you. Even with very high intelligence, it will require intensive study. For somebody who’s average, the workload required is ridiculous And I’m talking intensive, more than anything you’d ever have to do for an A level, GCSE or anything like that. In case you’re wondering, I failed the first round, and that round is considered a bit of a joke in comparison to the later ones. I then find articles about kids who achieved full marks in that round, others who achieved full marks in the harder later rounds. Others who, in round 4 which is impossible, when the recommended age is 17-18, achieved a gold medal at the age of 13, got their degree by 16-17 etc. Also, I stumbled across something about one boy in england who got to round 4 (which only 4-6 people out of thousands in Britain get through to) in maths olympiad, chemistry olympiad, physics olympiad, informatics olympiad and possibly others, sometimes below the recommended age. TO remind you, my big aim was to get to round 3 in just the maths olympiad, and I failed at first hurdle. I was expecting that if I got to round three, I’d just fail it and get zero percent.
You might say, well…you’ll get achieve all yoru goals as a combination, these people are only doing one of the things you want to better than you. But even that doesn’t work. There are individuals who are better than me at everything I strive to be good at, and more. One boy I know is pretty down to earth with normal friends, and has grade 8 in two instruments, grade 6 in another, got to round three this year in the maths olympiad (was knocked out narrowly there), excels in sport, got onto the uni course I really wanted to do, has a part time job (I’ve never managed no matter how much I apply), and doesn’t seem to be lacking in any way.
It just renders what I aim for meaningless. Before I had the internet, I was happy enough just plodding along aiming for my goals, but the internet has shown me how crap they really are. My big achievement about two years ago was straight class prizes for getting the highest marks in all my subjects, but that was complete crap, since my school doesn’t have anyone who’s that bright, and GCSEs are a joke.
WHO CARES WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.. they did it for them selves.. it takes work to get were u want…. and dont forget all ur life there will always be some one better then u in life and someone that isent
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i don’t feel like reading the details so i just read your title and my rule for being great is when your going to do something tell your self why not like if your friend says hey lets go climb mount everest tell your self why not. easy as pie
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You should be striving for all these things for the reason that they make you a better person, not because you’re setting any records. Once you find a goal that you’re passionate about, it won’t matter if someone else has done it, because you’re doing it because you want to, not because you’re trying to be as good or better than another. Also, if it’s meaningful to you, your achievement will be unique even if others have done something very similar. For example, your music goal. Real musicians, people who have achieved great goals you set for yourself, don’t pride themselves on their skills, but rather on what they have created which is all their own. Great people can never be "beaten" by someone else because the things they do are original and copying them is not to attain their greatness. If you want to feel special in this global world, first do something that is particularly important to you. If you want to get recognition, you’ll have to do whatever it is you’re doing in a creative way. Make a discovery, create a theory, inspire people, or do something great in the arts, where originality is the only possibility.
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well at least you are BETTER than billion of people tho.
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Instead of using so many words against yourself tell yourself ‘This too shall pass’. All one needs to remember – either ‘From where one came’ or ‘Where one would end up’. You do seem to understand that even if you scored highest in your class, in this huge huge universe one does not measure up to even a speck of dust.
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