Topic: Teaching songs
Many times a student wants to get started learning chords and playing songs. Assuming that we all agree that songs like Mary had a Little Lamb and Nursery Rhymes aren't gonna float for people, what songs do you like to expose, or start the student out, that wants to learn to strum their acoustic and start playing?
Another thing, is how do you "sell" those songs. These days people tend to have a very limited exposure to other genres, so if you get kids that have never heard Pink Floyd, how do you expose them to Floyd if you want to teach them, or even get them motivated to learn Wish You Were Here, for example.
I'd like to hear other's thoughts on this. Many times I have a kid thats never heard the song they are now learning. It can be tough.
What are some of your songs, and how do you go about teaching them?
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