Is my child too young for guitar lessons?

The main impediments that young children experience when first learning the guitar are lack of manual dexterity and poor hand-eye coordination — conditions which are especially evident in children between the ages of 5 and 6. However, over time, I’ve developed a teaching method that relies on singing and using other instruments to promote the child’s musical development while taking age-related development issues into account. This method lays the foundation for future work on the guitar and has worked well with students as young as five. Generally speaking, eight is probably a good age to begin studying guitar. By that time most coordination problems are resolved and the majority of students are able to read and recognize differences in pitch.