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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Haha perfect. Glad she can hear now. But lol yeah, maybe a little early to start.

Honestly I wouldn't know really, I think it's all kind of subjective. My nephews started expressing interest anywhere from 4-12 years old. Exposure can/will help though usually. The nephews and nieces that saw and heard me or my BIL play more got interested earlier. A ukulele is kind of automatically in an open tuning so you can just strum or pick the strings without even doing anything with the fret hand and it sounding nice can encourage them to learn more - when you can just make something that sounds nice with minimal effort it will make it easier to apporach. I didn't even teach them any chords at first. Just kind of show like, how much you can do with just going up and down one string with even just one finger can make something that sounds nice. Kids are still developing the muscles their fingers and motor functions, just like adults who don't play or use their fingers in such a way, but I think it might be even harder for kids. I can remember a hundred times I almost gave up be cause it was just too hard physically to hold the chords, especially on an oversized classical guitar for tiny child hands.

Like you can even try for yourself. You don't even need to tune the uke differently, just strum the open strings and then go up and down a basic scale on the highest pitched (E) string (on the bottom of the neck): 0-2-3-5-7-8-10-12 frets, in different variations and find a melody. You don't need to do anything with any other string, just strum the open strings along with that one string. Just as an example. From there just expand the same mentality to other strings and start using more fingers. Too much theory can kill any interest very quickly and personally I think it's such an ass-backwards way to approach music. Like learning grammar and how to write before learning to speak.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Eating crust first is a war crime.

To me it's like eating your least favorite candy in a mixed bag first - you're left with the best part last. You have to leave just a bit of it so you can still grab it.

E: Also, if you eat all the crusts last they usually go dry and hard instead of nice and warm when you eat them first or as you go along. Depends on whether the dough is good really.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oooh garlic butter is gonna be my next one to try. Pizza and spiiicy spicy curry is my hangover special - leftover curry and make or order pizza and then eat the crusts with the sauce. Garlic butter sounds like heaven though.

E: Tomato soup is also another great one for dipping crusts.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I mean the correct order is the tip with a bite of the crust from one side, then continue to go along that side biting a piece of the crust along with the base pizza. Unless you have something like curry on the side, then you can just not eat the crust at all and use it as breadsticks for the curry.

I'm confused by this comic, because she's literally eating it crust first, which is not the side. And crust first is a 100% qualified way to eat pizza.

Also pineapple is one of the best toppings

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'd say it's easier, already because there are less strings so the amount of fingers needed and frets to press are less. Like you can play an E minor chord with just one finger on one string. The standard tuning is like the highest 4 strings of a normal guitar. I'd say the size can make it softer on the fingers as well. Other than that it's literally just a tiny guitar. Plus you van get one for pocket change or even a decent one for less than a 100€/€. Also because it's so small you can take it literally anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Oh haha, perfect. You have a ukulele? I highly recommend one even just for you if you want to learn. There's something weirdly inoffensive and less threatening about a uke that it's easier to approach while it's literally just a mini guitar with four strings. I've played guitar since I was under 10 years old and I have half a dozen guitars, but I find myself playing most on these tiny, cute guitars. Like you have a minute till the water's boiling, you can just grab it for a second and chuck it back on the corner of the sofa. Like you're not "really playing" - you're just killing time, but you actually are.

Also just the fact that it has less strings literally makes it less difficult and you can still play it like a guitar. I kind of hate this trend that everyone plays it like they're on vacation in Hawaii, because it literally is just a tiny guitar. It's the perfect starter guitar.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (10 children)

If she ever expresses an interest, maybe even without, buy a guitar and learn with her. Like you're teaching, but you're actually learning with her. Bonding x1000. You can both sing or take turns if it's too difficult to play and sing from the get-go.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goddamn it now I want a couch with pockets. For snack, beer/cup holder, all kinds of tiny things. I'd never have to leave again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah well dumb people will try dumb ways to magically make their dumb kids smart. Wicked smaht. We played them Mozart 24/7 so they'd be smaht and look at him. So smaht. And the kid grows up to be an insomniac serial killer who grew dissecting any animals they got their hands on.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Ok I'm definitely profound. This just made me smile and "Always look on the bright side of life" started playing in my head and my shitty morning turned into a better one. THANKS OPANON.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah chilhood is insane and super interesting the way we process information and emotions and the weird reality we've just been dragged into.

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