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I drive past my local music shop most days on the way to the gym. It always seems to be girls waiting outside for lessons with their classical guitars in gig bags.
I presume all the boys are indoors discussing their next purchase on t'internet rather than taking lessons
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Having sat through many, many hours of young children playing musical instruments what I tended to see was overall a 50-50 split but by secondary school age mostly only the girls sticking with it. A lot of this was orchestral instruments so maybe the switch to guitar is about finding those instruments less relevant.
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I wonder if it changes with age? I've taken it up at the age of 51 and my guitar tutor says his pupils are mainly guys between 30 and 50, who have told their Mrs they would like to play guitar, subsequently given one as a Christmas present, tried to learn it themselves, got stuck, put the guitar away in a cupboard and a few years later decided they really should do something with that strange looking object in the cupboard taking up space and gathering dust.
He has just one woman from 20 pupils on his books and she's only learning it because her son is.
If this is through school lessons I guess private teachers aren't seeing a change at the moment.
What you're left with probably holds more cross gender appeal.
Clearly ridiculously talented.
I actually have 2 friends who are big in to music but refuse to listen to female musicians. I don't get it at all, it's not even as if they make different but equal music - they just make the same music that men make.
Brittany Howard plays an SG but in the indie rock genre where I've seen the prevalence of female guitarists, I can only think of Fender.
Is that because broads are more susceptible to marketing? :P
One likes my Les Paul and the other told me to F.O.
Samantha Fish - Gibson SG
PJ Harvey - Firebird
St Vincent - Music Man St Vincent (obviously)
...are a few examples
It's not really that much different with males, mind you, it's more of a young hip band thing - the vast majority play not only Fender style guitars but actual Fender branded.
A friend of a friend plays guitar and bass to the level of being on TV fairly regularly (Jools Holland) and played on the radio - he can get any Fender guitar he wants half price because of his status as a mildly famous player - I wonder if that's why it's so prevalent? Would be hard to find a better guitar for half the price of a Fender.
Fender surveyed "500 aspiring and beginning players from the U.S. and U.K, with a representative mix of gender, ethnicity and age"
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
Kind of like taking the popularity of camping from how many kids are joining the scouts or girl guides.