{"id":293,"date":"2010-01-22T07:02:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T12:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicboxmusicstudio.com\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-01-22T07:09:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T12:09:10","slug":"how-is-that-part-of-learning-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/how-is-that-part-of-learning-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How is THAT part of learning music??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-296\" title=\"P1001181401448\" src=\"http:\/\/musicboxmusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1001181401448-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1001181401448\" width=\"140\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1001181401448-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1001181401448.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/>This week at The Music Box was Hawaiian week. I spruced up the place with bright paper flowers, birds, a flashy palm tree, pineapple and coconut, We danced the hula, made paper leis and underwater scenes, dove in a pretend ocean complete with fish and seashells, played pineapple bingo and made patterns out of shells. Why all the extra activities? What do crafts and dramatic play or dancing have to do with learning music?<\/p>\n<p>Learning to understand and create music is complicated. You must be a mathmetician to understand rhythm and metre. You must be a soulful artist to inject feeling and colour into the pieces you play. You must be an athlete to orchestrate the many muscles required to\u00a0execute pieces with accuracy.\u00a0In addition, you must be a power reader and interpreter to\u00a0transfer a map of\u00a0 lines and dots into organized sound. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With so many skills to be learned, how is a teacher to tackle them all when working with a young child?<\/p>\n<p>Crafts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0aid in fine motor development to build muscle and agility<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0help children to express themselves in a concrete way so that later they are able to use music as a means of expression<\/li>\n<li>encourage creativity, to think outside the box<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0review or reinforce a theory concept<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drama\/imaginary play<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>self expression<\/li>\n<li>learning how to &#8220;create&#8221; another world, another time and place. This is what musicians are doing for their listeners.\u00a0Musicians are so much more effective\/believable \u00a0if they can &#8220;go there&#8221; themselves. Sadly, many children do not know how to use their imaginations.<\/li>\n<li>reinforce or review musical concepts taught in class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dancing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reinforce keeping a steady beat<\/li>\n<li>working on complex rhythms using feet and arms which makes executing these same rhythms with fingers much easier since the body is familiar with the feel of the rhythm.<\/li>\n<li>self expression and creativity in movement<\/li>\n<li>building confidence by moving freely in the company of peers and their parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the aforementioned activities are included in Music For Young Children classes because they help to develop the whole musician. The skills required could be taught in lecture format, but how many 3 and 4 yr olds or even 8 &amp; 9 yr olds would be enthusiastic about that?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I want my students to be excited about creating music. I want them to be effective artists, taking their listeners on a melodious journey every time they sit at the piano. Mostly, I want my students to\u00a0ENJOY &#8220;the happy habit of making music&#8221;. It should be fun. Children learn more when they are lost in the process, when they have given themselves over to the experience . By injecting\u00a0 lessons with exciting and unexpected activities, I\u00a0am able\u00a0teach\u00a0 tough, abstract concepts\u00a0 that fine tune the young developing musician.<\/p>\n<p>When at home, I encourage all young children to use their imaginations, make crafts or build with blocks and boxes, and to dance to their favourite music. These types of activites are\u00a0important for many reasons and make for an A+\u00a0music student.\u00a0 Happy music making!!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week at The Music Box was Hawaiian week. 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