When I was young and starting to find an interest in playing guitar, My dad told me it was a
good idea because it might help with my Attention disorder. People with add have toubles paying attention to things because they are easily distracted. It is the hardest to pay attention to things that you don't care as much about. I find that it is easy to pay attention to playing guitar just because playing guitar is easy to get into. As I grew up and continued to play and
learn guitar, I found that it helped me with so much more than that. Because guitar is played with the
hands it helped me with my hand eye coordination and made me more ambidextrous. Also, It gave me callus's on my finger tips, which helped me to be able to pick up hot pizza and not get burned. I also became more socially active. By wanting to show people what I had learned on guitar, I was forced to get out more. And so it begins, I have played for large groups of people a lot and have gained self confidence from that. Growing up I've always heard people say that learning to play guitar is a good way to "pick up chicks" I feel that there is some truth to that. But only because it forces you to be social and more confident. I have also heard that learning to play an instrument helps to increase the amount of grey matter in your brain and help with memory and creativity. I would have to say that I agree. I could say with absolute certainty that learning to play the acoustic guitar is only beneficial to people in many ways. And for the most part with only a few exceptions, I believe it is never to late to start.
I think you had some good view points within this essay, but it doesn't seem like a cause and effect essay completely. I think it needs more causes as to why it may be important, related to you attention disorder. I can relate since one of my children have this type of disorder
ReplyDeleteLots of good info. You sited some good examples of why learning to play the guitar is benificial. Maybe a few more examples in other areas of life would have helped but overall good.
ReplyDeleteI like the part about ambidextrous and then the callous- kind of made me chuckle. I do not share in your desire for the guitar, but it is apparent in your writings. Good read. Thank You
ReplyDeleteI like how you explain the effects of why playing the guitar is beneficial. I have to agree with Melissa, I didn't see any causes but you did have some good information.
ReplyDeleteCould use some more info, but over all good i would say
ReplyDeleteI think that you did a very good job and I like how you made it personal in how it helped you. I like how you said that it helped you gain more confidence.
ReplyDeleteMaybe its just me, but for some reason the essay is like a poem or something in its layout. I highly doubt you did it, so its not your fault, but I can hardly read the paper. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you said learning the guitar helped you concentrate with having add. I feel you could have put more effects of this concentration. Did it help you with other aspects, like concentrating on school and so on?
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