What musical instrument to choose a child?

Many mothers are faced with the problem of choosing a musical instrument for their child. But it's true, it's not such a simple choice. On the one hand, you must consider the desire of your child, and on the other - the child may not know what he really likes. If the child did not have the opportunity to hear how a particular instrument plays in reality, then he will not be able to determine or understand how much he likes or does not like the chosen instrument. The problem is that many parents in practice do not know the difference between a clarinet and a flute or a violin and a violoncello. In order to understand everything, you need to be either a professional or listen to the following tips.


Primary exploration

First, you should study the educational institution that you have chosen to teach your child. In conversation with the leaders, specify which subjects are taught in the music school and on what instruments the children play. Also, you should pay a separate attention to each of these specialties, do not neglect any of them, based only on your own interests, because the child's opinion may differ.

In cases, if you, as a mother, decide on private lessons and do not want to subject the child to testing in a music school, and also want to do more carefully with the child, you can call the music establishment and ask what specific instruments they teach to play. Such a technique at the initial stage will help you to orient yourself in the direction of further action. In addition, you can estimate the degree of real complexity of each subject and think through the tools your child can actually play.

When choosing, consider the child's age. For example, for playing the guitar, as a rule, children are recruited earlier. Approximately ten years. The specialties of "accordion" and "accordion" imply a fairly good physical development and a strong physique of the colt, since the tools are heavy and in order to breed the fur the children will have to apply efforts. The violin implies other physical inclinations: thin straight fingers.

Work with the child

When you yourself have already been sufficiently informed and have any knowledge of the subject and kind of work, start the preparatory work with your child. Talk with the baby about his preferences, discuss all his thoughts and desires, maybe the child will have his own guesses about or other instrument. If there is no serious knowledge, then you should conduct some kind of excursion into the music: tell us everything you learned about musical instruments, do not forget to mention how much and how much work you will need to invest your child to achieve the results, how many years you study in this or that musical class and more . Try to maximally captivate the child and explain to him not only the positive aspects of training, but also outline the difficulties, so that in the next year you do not have to sell the tool as useless.

For this kind of work, you can select photos on the Internet and show what each of the tools looks like. Briefly read the description, and then intelligibly, in your own words explain what and what.

But this is only the first part of the whole pedagogical process. Next, you need to visit the music school and the opportunity to go to each of the classes and see, or rather show the child, how it sounds and how in reality this or that tool looks. Let the teacher or the children present play your child a short fragment from the song. So you will be able to hear what you, maybe, have to listen for 5-7, atoms and more years. If you have not found students, attend a concert at the Music School. You can replace the concert on a video from the Internet, but it is unlikely to reproduce a great impression, because live music is always a new experience.

Selection

After the work done, try to talk together on the topic of the instrument you like.

In this moment, you should also take into account the obvious pluses and minuses. The pluses can be attributed information of all visits: you and your child probably know how the instruments sound. This will help make the joint conscious choice. Both of you will clearly understand which instrument you choose. In addition, it will be useful for the child to find out what are the tools: he will be able to see how they differ and it will be easier for him to make a choice. The child will understand the difference, not only in the visual difference, but also in sounding and stuff.

The disadvantages are the following factors: the complexity of choice. That is, a child without your maternal support and tips will find it difficult to independently choose from a huge number of different types of tools. There is another underlying reason. If a child sounds like a violin, it does not mean that he will be able to become a violinist, since to play this instrument you need to have an ideal hearing, and also long hours to work, honing your skills. Such a situation may well arise with wind instruments.

We go the other way

This method is much easier to conduct and it will suit those mothers who do not have much time. Ie you are offered an accelerated program for choosing a musical instrument. You have to decide on your own with the choice: to take on your own taste the three most common items, for example: piano (piano), pipe (block-flute) and guitar. After this, ask the child to choose something that is most likely to him. It will be easier for the child to make a choice from a limited number of tools. But you will need to prepare and introduce it to each one separately: show sound, external dimensions and so on. In this case, it will be much easier for you to conduct information work with the child, but keep in mind that unlike the guitar and piano, which will irritate the neighbors is not so much, dudochka is an exception. She can scare away pets (cats and others).

You can choose another trinity: accordion, balalaika, domra. Combinations of items can be in a variety of options, while you only need to maintain the principle of correct performance of work with your child.

Consider the pros and cons of musical instruments

We will not take all the tools, but only the most popular and popular, because not every music school has a cello or something else.

Piano

Minuses. It's hard to place in the apartment, while playing the instrument, the hearing is only used in a passive way, because you can play the piano on the music, looking at the notes and not listening at the same time.

Pros. With the help of the game on the tool, you can try to develop a rumor to those who have poorly developed it.

Violin

Minuses. You need a good ear, because the key changes drastically the slightest slip of the finger.

Pros. The violin makes the player a virtuoso and professional player with due regard to it.

Accordion or accordion (folk class)

Minuses. Heavy-duty tools: when you play, you need to steer the fur correctly.

Pros. There are two types of tools: with a full keyboard, when the instrument includes all octaves, on the contrary, with an incomplete set. Babies can buy small accordions. Also, with different instruments, memory, hearing and tactile sensations develop, as the child does not see either the left or right keyboard, and reproduces all the material from memory.

Drums

Pros. A sense of the tact develops.

Minuses. At home and outside the music school, the game of learning will be difficult, since it is a noisy instrument, it also takes a lot of place. Drums are not a separate instrument, in most cases they play a role in co-production, for example, at a concert. Therefore, it will be difficult to play something familiar, such as a guitar.