The reality of music education
The only universal language in the world is Music. It brings people together and connects them regardless of origin, gender, background and the whole spectrum of broader enculturation. The vibration of sound can emanate from any even closed heart. Since music can help you express your emotions and experiences naturally and directly, it is worth betting on its highest quality during education.
I M P O R T A N T S T A G E S
The initial period of teaching children should involve expressing their own musical thoughts. Learning by heart
a particular melody or piece of music is actually assimilating the thoughts of others. Musical language involves above all the ability to pour what is "in your soul and head" into a given instrument. Therefore, if your child trains a given piece of sheet music by heart, he or she will only reproduce this notation. Yes, reading from the stave is important for general musical education, but it cannot be its dominant feature.
We are used to treating a child who plays an instrument as the family mascot. Entertaining, comforting loved ones in difficult times, beautifying family celebrations or even boasting on social media about the fact that a child can play or sing are among the prime reasons for loved ones to pay any attention. Hence, it is another argument that learning "necessary" songs such as "happy birthday" is really a parent's invention. The child might as well perform such a song quietly for a few years in better quality and without time pressure. The child will then be able to prove himself/herself how talented he/she is, rather than having to prove this ability and level to his/her relatives or friends. Accustoming a child to being constantly boasted about in his or her circle of adult friends only creates in the child's mind the need for more and more frequent and large-scale adoration and attention in the future. Therefore, tread carefully with your child.
A child, unlike an adult, exceeds with its cognitive abilities and flexibility of mind. So here is the answer - why prominent pianists, composers, etc. trained from a very early age in childhood. In China, they still experiment on children to this day, where they test certain mechanisms of equipment on them to see at what rate and overall time such a young mind is able to learn the principle of the mechanics of operation to be able to operate such equipment. Therefore, taking the time to learn simple and famous melodies during a child's education is simply a waste of the young mind's full potential. Hence,
it is worth trusting an experienced music teacher to wring the most out of your child. In the future, such a person with a solid foundation of musical practice will be able to polish himself into a beautiful musical diamond.
Orientation - this is another key element of good music education. If a child develops his or her musical hearing and the ability to find his or her way around the keyboard efficiently, then he or she will not be afraid of anything during further exploration in musical education. Any "mistakes" and "errors" will become just another form of learning for him, without which he would not have got to where he is at the moment so quickly. Random sounds will be a new colour palette for the child, through which he will more quickly understand the existence and principles of improvisation and harmony
in classical as well as in entertainment. The final aspect of breaking the mould will show him that this is where his original musical style is born. In my practice as an educator, I notice that a randomly played sound in students sometimes creates new unconventional and tropical sounds. In the future, the musician can use this as an innovation to a particular musical style or simply as an original sound to his piece.
"Bottomless study". Yes, your child embarking on the adventure of musical practice and its theory will in time see for themselves that it is a never-ending adventure. The construction of chordal consonances, melodic runs and increasingly complex rhythms is a musical powerhouse. Hence, a child who 'swallows' the hook into the world of music is unlikely to return to 'normality' again. On the contrary, he or she will fall in love with the constant discovery of Music again and again, like a healthy and true partnership, whose discovery of new paths would never end. Here, too, in Music, the establishment of a proper relationship with it starts at an early age through aspects such as the approach to practical and theoretical training. Systematicity and dedicated time should become allies for your child. They are the ones who simultaneously teach the warrior path of self-discipline. When everything proceeds naturally at its own pace, your child will develop the virtue of patience in the process.
"Practise everything in every key". - A popular principle among musicians which is to practise everything in all keys. With this approach, the musician gains great freedom and bravado when moving through a given rhythmic-melodic progression in every key. It also helps to initiate one's ideas randomly during the course of playing, as the musician feels confident enough to always find an interesting solution, even if he were to 'roll over' for a while. Hence, in addition to the patience that your child can develop, your patience as a dear parent to not put any pressure on him or her will also come in handy.
"Playing by ear". This is a positive effect built on the efficient activation of the orientation on the instrument keyboard / strings / or the human voice. Without any preparation and without unnecessary practice, a person with this practice can immediately play a piece of music. Of course, when listening to a musical theme for the first time, an experienced musician will take into account basic elements such as the flow of the main melody and the rhythm. During his/her interpretation, however, he/she will skilfully add there elements such as harmony, dynamics, colour, articulation and possible changes
in agogics. A child with such a wealth of experience will then adapt without any problem to the random key in which a person in the family at a party begins to sing. If a child only learns songs in one key, and without developing improvisation skills, he or she will have a problem. He or she will then find it difficult to find his or her way on his or her instrument, because the singing person in the family may be in a totally different key to the one the child has trained in at home. Such a situation in a too sensitive musician can still cause the beginnings of embarrassment and lack of self-confidence. "Mechanical" learning of songs or melodies ends up with the child only playing exactly what he or she has learned from sheet music, but not being able to transfer it to the practical world of music.This is how a certain person in the family or friends can turn the whole potential of a young musician upside down.
Dear Parent !
Therefore, awareness and more awareness! You need to pay attention to many details.
Remember also and don't be fooled by "we'll teach you how to play ... or your money back"
"we'll teach you to play ... or your money back" advertising.
That is not the way. Listen to your heart and always follow the truth and you will find the best solutions.
"Be able to play"
❤ Involves Feeling, Understanding, Hearing the music in your mind
in order to then transfer it to the instrument in question. ❤
