>>Ya my son decided he wants to learn to play the guitar. I hope he does, but it's a painful start so far :)
>
>You cannot complain! My daughter decided she wanted to play trumpet TRUMPET in grade 5, "fortunately" it "only" lasted 2 years for she decided to quit music altogether (she was in the school choir too) so now our house is only disturbed by the graceful music of Lady Gaga and the likes :)

Similar experience here. Although neither my wife nor me had any musical background, we wanted our daughters to give it a try. (That was our general approach -- expose them to a lot of things and then let them pursue the ones that interested them). The older one never wanted to do it but was young enough that we could still control her, at least up to a point. Clarinet one year, saxophone the next. Those saxophone rehearsal times brought a new meaning to discordant. She kept "losing" her reeds and we let her off the hook. Her younger spinster had more talent and took piano lessons for several years, played in some recitals, and so on. Her best teacher was a no-nonsense Russian immigrant. (One week Irina had to reschedule the lesson because she was being sworn in as a U.S. citizen; we sent flowers to "the newest American"). "Sit up straight." "Keep your elbows up." Like that. But Emily never really developed a love of playing and drifted away from it. AFAIK she has not played in several years.