How to Tell My Guitar Teacher I Don't Want to Learn a Certain Song?

Another learn guitar question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away:

Question: So, my guitar teacher wants to teach me a song that my Nana loved. She passed away over a year ago and when he started playing it in my lesson today, I almost cried. I don’t want to just say, "I don’t want to learn that song." And I don’t want to explain why I don’t want to learn the song, cuz I’m kinda embarrassed by it, so yeah… Is there any way, I can tell him without really telling him?
Answer: "Please, I’d rather not learn to play the song. I hold intense emotions with it for personal reasons. Could I learn something different?"

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