Hi All.

I have a very enthusiastic 2 year old air-guitarist. He also has a uke. I am keen to get him started on lessons. I think he is too little at the moment, but can anyone tell me when a good time would be to start??

Thanks

MM

Can you or your DP teach him at all? I'd be loathe to go to paid lessons so young, but something less formal would show whether he could cope physically. Picking out some notes on the uke to start if it's more than a toy? And learning the instrument is also the ideal time to read music, so I'd be thinking 5+.

I started learning when I was 6 or 7, and all I remember is the pain of both the strings and stretching fingers across the fretboard. I think I gave up for a year or so, but did go back to it with a different teacher, evetually teaching kids (usually 8-10yo) many years later.

Anyway, don't hold back a child prodigy, but I reckon 2 is far too young.

Kent

Thanks very much dadathome for the advise! It was great.

MM