Dougf
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My wife teaches a K-1 class (kindergarten-first grade combo, five and six year olds), and lets the kids play with a Makala Dolphin during choice time. She hasn't given them any instruction, just lets them play around, and of course, the first thing they do is mess with the tuners. No matter how much she tells them to leave the pegs alone, the poor uke ends up horribly out of tune.
So I thought maybe she should just teach them to tune it themselves, maybe using an electronic tuner. That way they will be responsible for keeping it in tune, and it will also satisfy their need to fiddle with the pegs.
So a couple of questions. Do you think five and six year olds are capable of learning to tune the ukulele, and if so, what's better, an electronic tuner, or a "by-ear" method, maybe with a pitch pipe or tuning fork? Thanks,
Doug
So I thought maybe she should just teach them to tune it themselves, maybe using an electronic tuner. That way they will be responsible for keeping it in tune, and it will also satisfy their need to fiddle with the pegs.
So a couple of questions. Do you think five and six year olds are capable of learning to tune the ukulele, and if so, what's better, an electronic tuner, or a "by-ear" method, maybe with a pitch pipe or tuning fork? Thanks,
Doug