I taught myself to play guitar when I was a sophomore in high school, so I'm happy that my kids have started showing an interest in learning to play instruments as well. In addition to my acoustic-electric guitar, we have one electric guitar, one acoustic guitar, one banjo and one "starter" guitar in the house. That one's a five-string at the moment, as my first-grader and his friends insist on "tuning" it, and that never ends well. 
Any given evening, you can find one of my teenagers in front of a computer, downloading chord charts or tabs for their favorite songs. It fascinates me that they can go online and find step-by-step instructions on how to play. I'd have learned so much faster if I'd had a resource like that.
There are pages of "Stop and Stare" on the floor in my daughter's room, and my son is working on "The Joker" on his electric guitar and "La Bamba" on his sister's acoustic.
And since his "starter guitar" is out of commission right now, my first-grader is working on vocals. But he's moved away from the rock music that his brother and sister like. Instead, he's started to develop his very own hip-hop persona. Li'l Brother's new favorite tune is the Bazooka bubblegum song, and he's perfecting his dance moves to match.
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