#musiceducationforkids

[j4brown]

My son gave his very first lesson in Ukulele today and he earned his very first $2. He sold his very first book too! Get it now at the link at Bio or at conbriotherapy.com/shop for a 20% off! #ukulelebook #ukuleleforbeginners #instrumentsforyoungchildren #musiceducation #musiceducationforkids #conbriomusictherapy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnl5eaIOR_8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[j4brown]

Have a guess what song Joli was playing on the glockenspiel? See the contentment in her expressions after she played the tune? It wasn’t a perfect performance but it didn’t matter to her. Musical boos fade away and they don’t last. Music brings joy and plenty of health-related benefits. You may ask if I taught her to play the tune? I did- but she didn’t learn from me because she is too young to receive formal music education. Her brother might have taught her using his self-created #colourcodedmusicnotation. I would say, she learnt it by herself, from observations, explorations, and practising whenever she wanted to. All I did was to provide her with a musical environment by singing to her before and after she was born, making music with her, making up lyrics spontaneously, and providing her with musical instruments that suit her developmental stages. #musiceducationforkids #earlymusicexposure #conbriomusictherapy #babiesconbrio #musicandmovement #earlymusic #glockenspiel https://www.instagram.com/p/CIAgMlrHnEm/?igshid=1jnuryr6gyfx3

[j4brown]

Ideally, children should only begin instructional instrumental lessons at age 5, once they have acquired the ability of audiation as suggested by Edwin Gordon (1927-2015), music educator/ theorist. Audiation refers to the cognitive process by which we hear and comprehend music in our head, even when there is no music playing. My son had a trial lesson with a teacher with a doctoral degree in piano few months back and was rejected, since he was “too young” to start. I reviewed the literature and talked to various esteemed pianists/ violinists and spurred a discussion on what’s the best age to begin instrumental lesson in young children. The article “Music as a first language” (published on Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association, 11(1-2), 5-6), by Bolton (2016) revised Gordon’s music learning theory and came up with this pyramid of the sequence of music learning, called the Music Learning Vocabularies as you can see in the second picture. Learning music is very similar to learning a language. The prerequisites are 1. Listening- our jobs to provide our children to a huge repertoire of songs 2. Singing and chanting 3. Thinking, audiating and improvising Only after that, the child is ready for instructional instrumental lessons that include reading and writing music! From the video, Joli (3 months to 2 years) are now at the second stage of the Music Learning Vocabularies, whereas Jason (4 months to 5 years) is currently at the reading stage. A child’s musical milestones should not be defined by his/her chronological age, but if the child has reached those stages! Music has such vast benefits in our health and well-being, it brings us joy, opens up opportunities for our children to learn about the world, to fulfill their sensorial urges and needs through instrumental exploration. Special thanks to Ms Natalie @creativehearts.sg for creating such beautiful piano instructional books with child-friendly sized notations and simple tunes with fun lyrics, Jason and Joli truly enjoy their weekly piano lessons (although Joli really was just dancing, singing and having picnic to her brother’s piano music). #musiceducationforkids https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dWMGvBxRX/?igshid=1vfrt184rdf3z

[j4brown]

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His face wore a look of pure contentment ❤️ Jason at 4 years 7 months. Do I teach him how to play the ukulele? Yes; but informally and only when he approached it himself. All I did was to model, and provided him with the exposure to a musical environment. #ukuleleforkids #4yearsold #conbriomusictherapy #babiesconbrio #musiceducationforkids #musiceducation https://www.instagram.com/p/B0R_9cAhGl6/?igshid=wyk20ss3qfpo

[crimsonsymphonymusic]

Another video for the aspiring guitar players out there from Damon Marks from the Traveling Guitar Foundation ! #savemusicinschools   #musiceducationforkids ▼ Reshared Post From Damon Marks ▼ For all you Guns N' Roses fans.. I had to cover the main guitar solo from Knockin' On Heavens Door.. Matt Gibson  #guitar   #guitarsolo   #guitarist   #guitarlessons   #shredding   #bluesmusic   #music   #musicians   #carvinofficial  EMG Pickups  #line6   #gunsnroses   #knockin   #on   #heavens   #door   #slash http://click-to-read-mo.re/p/55dO