You would have fired me as your student as I fall in the category of the 11 year old.īased on what did you decide? Judging by your story, I would love to engage with you for your advancement. I am 59 years old and have been taking lessons for a bit over 5 years. The important thing is if the child is trying, the teacher should be supportive and encouraging. The children you teach, will take what they learn to adulthood and it may impact if they enroll their children in music programs and how he/she views arts later in life. Since my parents exposed me to the arts I developed a love for music and the theater. If I did not take music lessons as a child, I may have never started again. Due to school budgets music education may not be supported, and that is unfortunate. Parents enroll children for personal growth and development, to expose children to the arts. I would imagine most children will select other professions than music, although some who are talented may be attracted to that field. Music is a hobby I enjoy, I am not going to earn a living at it. You would have fired me as your student as I fall in the category of the 11 year old. Https:/ / fedprac/ article/ 106295/ mental-health/ prescription-music-lessons I have written an article on the benefits of music lessons There is a Guitars for Vets program which helps Veterans work thought mental health issues For example, an abstract posted for the Journal of Research Studies in Music Education article Piano Performance: Group classes for the life long learner by Elizabeth Haddon Ap"The findings suggest that learning in a non-assessed semi-formal group not only informs individual practice, technique, musicianship, analytical and performance skills but also has a positive impact on other areas of the participants’ lives." I do not have access to the entire article, but I bet it would be an interesting read. Maybe an instrument such as band/orchestra children become part of a social group. Peer-reviewed literature suggests there are benefits for children who take music lessons, such as concentration, better memory, problem-solving, math ability, discipline to set goals and accomplish something, and communication skills. Nahum: Children and adults will benefit from music education, he/she does not necessarily have to be good at singing or aural skills. (Or anything else by ear, for that matter.) You even have no idea of what chords to use in C major, for Silent Night.Īnd your friends are astonished: "You play Sorabji and Gaspard and Islamey, but you can't play Silent Night?" But maybe you could sing the bass line to supply basic harmony, even if you can't play it by ear? Nope, you can't sing it for love or money either. and you realize you've just given your Dan Coates volume of Easy Christmas Carols for duffers to your daughter, who lives 1,000 miles away, and you can't even play Silent Night by ear, let alone O Come All Ye Faithful. They see your shiny new big Bösendorfer Imperial (Bosies are all shiny & new, as well as big) and the huge tome of Opus clavicembalisticum on the music rest and say: "I didn't know you play the piano! How about accompanying everyone singing some carols? Let's have Silent Night!". The thing about aural skills is - you don't know what you don't know, and you never know what you miss until you need it.įor instance, you invite friends round for a Christmas dinner.
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