• Sas [she/her]@beehaw.org
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    18 hours ago

    Isn’t starting out with easy songs good? There’s a reason why every guitarist knows to play Wonderwall. I think it’s just a consequence of teaching that you don’t do complex stuff. The students that are able to do complex stuff probably teach themselves at that point.

    • TotallyNotSpez@startrek.website
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      15 hours ago

      It actually is just the way you described it. But one of my students is technically far beyond most others her age - and still demands playing shitty pop music. Sometimes I really want to make her angry (she’s heavy on the spectrum), just so she can unleash her full potential. Have fun with other genres. Like, idk, play a song of my late friend’s band Static-X. :D I know she could do it, but she prefers not to. I am not shoving or pushing her. She does what she feels fine with. So, I guess more Swift, more Lady Gaga, more Billie Eilish… ;D