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My Grandaughter's Birthday Guitar (from PatIam)


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Any of us that spent any time over at our old home know about the very amazing repair work on guitars that PatIam is capable of.  It was well documented over there.  I was talking with Pat about the annual toy drive here to provide toys for underprivileged kids on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.  Pat very generously donated three of his guitars to go along with us to the reservation to give to kids wanting to learn to play guitar.  There are some very happy kids on the reservation learning guitar as I type this and I am going to have a full post about that soon.

The conversation turned to my granddaughter wanting to learn guitar. Pat said "I have just the perfect guitar for her".  In fact, Pat gave me the choice of two different parlor size guitars and a very, very attractive price on it.  Pat couldn't have begun to cover his time but I know, for Pat,  it's not about making money.   And Pat shipped it to my son's house so I didn't even need to worry about taking it on the plane to Chicago!

My granddaughter's birthday is after the first of the year so at that time we went to Chicago and had a late Christmas and birthday celebration.  There was one very surprised, happy 10 year old girl.  And after that Papa had the great time of taking her to her second guitar lesson.  And I had arranged for her lesson with a guy I had taken some lessons from on trips to Chicago.  And the real treat was spending some time with my granddaughter helping her practice.

My son and I and granddaughter  got in the car to go to that lesson and my granddaaughter said to my son, "Daddy drive carefully!  I have my new guitar back here"!!!   :D:x

 

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Awesome story.  It warms my heart!

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Wow what a happy story Mantonanjin. I hope she carries through with her start. Looks like she will from the look on her face.

 

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That is one happy face on your Grandaughter Matonanjin:)   That guitar fits her perfectly.  Not sure if Patlam has migrated over here yet, if so Great job on all you do Pat.  

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That looks like the perfect size!

Work with her when you can and the skills will come. 

The more skills you can get into a child before the teen years the farther along they will be.  If you can get enough basic skills into them before the teen years then they will play the rest of their lives.

- Steve

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Get them started early!!!

I wish I had started playing when I was her age.

 

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She looks so sweet...and the guitar fits here so well! What a great way to spend quality time together, too. :)

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Thanks everybody.  I was an absolutely great time that I had with Malene, my granddaughter.  As you said Cindy, quality time!

7 hours ago, JayKayWright said:

That is one happy face on your Grandaughter Matonanjin:)   That guitar fits her perfectly.  Not sure if Patlam has migrated over here yet, if so Great job on all you do Pat.  

Jay, Pat has migrated over here.  But has not been on here since Tuesday.

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It is great to see that Pat is still working his magic with the guitars.

Well done Matonanjin, the gift of music is a wonderful thing. I hope the lucky young lady perseveres with it, with you as a teacher she will make a great guitarist.

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Beautiful!

Ian

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Great story.  My best two cents, make sure she learns basics on music SHE likes.   My first guitar instructor in mid sixties was teaching me basics with Anchors Aweigh and Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue...a Rock-n-roll kid couldn’t play any that to any of his friends!   Needless to say, guitar found a home in closet.  ☹️

So if she likes Taylor Swift...

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This is a great testimony about how powerful our guitar family is.....we have a great tool in the forum to share and converse; we establish a trust to share and value others comments and experiences; we are fortunate to share a common goal with people of with the same goals that are truly nice people.  Patlam & Matonanjin story is an examples of what transpires daily here on our forum.  Pat's skills of repairing damaged guitars is well know. His heart for sharing and giving is even bigger and greater. Matonanjin shares and spend a fair amount of time helping on this forum. Well done Pat and  Matonanjin. Great story!

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Fantastic story Matonanjin and Pat. I am just starting this process with my grandaughters 8 and 10. Both birthdays are this spring, so I am searching for those 3/4 size guitars. I have a couple of solid leads through friends.

Henk

 

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Very cool story. You are in for some very amazing times together I predict. Thanks for sharing this heartwarming story with us.

 

Greg

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Mantonanjin has become a good friend over the years and it has been good to converse with him over the old site, email, and phone.  I had known about his support of the Pine Ridge Christmas project and it was a natural fit to donate guitars through him.  Mantonanjin is an open hearted supporter of those kids.  And when he said "Grand Daughter", (I have 5) I was hooked. 

Nothing better in this world to be able to help and share.  Nothing.

 

By the way, Ron sent me the photo he attached to this post.  It is now in my framed kids gallery of happy kids playing their guitars.  They feel just like us big people when we get a new guitar.

Thanks Ron for what YOU do.

Pat

 

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Ron, I sincerely hope you will update this from time to time. Personally I find this thread to be one of the most fascinating on the forum for two reasons. I have my own heartwarming memories of wonderful times shared with my grandparents (who sadly have been gone for many, many years). So from both your perspective as a grandparent and from her perspective as a grandchild, you will wind up with some amazing cherished memories to look back upon.

Secondly it was pointed out on the last forum about the benefits music has on the brain. Supposedly there is a 5% increase in the cerebellum due to learning music which translates to a higher IQ. Looking forward to hearing about your musical adventures with your granddaughter! :D

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25 minutes ago, Cindy said:

Ron, I sincerely hope you will update this from time to time. Personally I find this thread to be one of the most fascinating on the forum for two reasons. I have my own heartwarming memories of wonderful times shared with my grandparents (who sadly have been gone for many, many years). So from both your perspective as a grandparent and from her perspective as a grandchild, you will wind up with some amazing cherished memories to look back upon.

Secondly it was pointed out on the last forum about the benefits music has on the brain. Supposedly there is a 5% increase in the cerebellum due to learning music which translates to a higher IQ. Looking forward to hearing about your musical adventures with your granddaughter! :D

Exactly, about music -benefits- concerning the brain. Don't understand it but have seen time and again . . . elderly that don't know my name, sometimes cannot remember theirs' or can no longer verbally communicate with others. Then — only to see many of them "sing along" to songs. Don't understand it, but it happens time and time again. 

Grandchildren: Yea, got two of those at six years (granddaughter) and one year old (grandson). Granddaughter been playing with my guitars since she could crawl and now doing some limited Ukulele chords with her mother as her mom has been putting together a library of tunes. Have one guitar on wall hanger close to the floor, so grandson can "strum/pluck" all he wants. Just no chewing allowed as he's currently cutting teeth. Don't want any beaver marks on any guitars. 

 

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A good story never gets too old to warm the heart. I'm just seeing this post. Very touching and kind!

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