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Songs to sing with Preschool Children

February 21, 2019

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What are the 4 Simple Steps?

The 4 Simple Steps represent a generational step forward in music education. In many ways, the last true advancement in how music is taught came more than 100 years ago when the Suzuki method was introduced. Since then, music students have had two choices: traditional or Suzuki. Note reading or playing by ear. I began playing violin as a Suzuki student and I had traditional piano lessons. Even with years of training, I would have to say that I really did not excel at music reading (a weakness common among students who learn by the Suzuki method) until I was playing full time in a symphony. When a child struggles in the traditional method, you'll often endure the excruciating pain of listening to the struggle. The music stops every 2 or 3 notes... over and over and over again. There is absolutely no flow or musical expression. It's just awful. And this pain is endured for months on end because the student can't read and play fluently. For the best 10% of studen

How to Raise Self Esteem With Music Lessons

If you're lucky enough to have a child asking to take music lessons, please do whatever you can to honor their request. It may be the most vauable thing you ever do for their self esteem. It's a very tricky business to influence a child as they get older. There is a magic when it's "their idea", not yours. It's one of those golden moments when your deepest wish for their well being and success in life match up with one of the 100s of demands they make from you. Research shows that a child who takes 4 years of music lessons scores an average of 25% higher on their college entrance exams. Why? Part of it probably comes because music lessons help development of their right brains, their ability to understand concepts and process complex problems. And, playing music trains their "attention muscle". In order to play music, it is necessary to focus your attention through time. Playing a 3 minute piece from memory means that child can focus on one

This short video gives parents help understanding what their children are going through in the early stages of learning to play an instrument. David shares why it sounds so "bad", what happens as it improves, and what is possible when you continue improving.

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