2 Powerful Reasons Why Your Child Should Create Her Own Music When Learning To Play The Piano

2 Powerful Reasons Why Your Child Should Create Her Own Music When Learning To Play The Piano

2 Powerful Reasons Why Your Child Should Create Her Own Music When Learning To Play The Piano

When parents think of having their kids learn to play the piano or any other instrument, creating music is not the first thing that comes to mind. 

This is because we are all taught that we have to become a master at technique before we can learn to create something. 

While this is true in most cases, it doesn’t have to be always the case. 

So in this blog post, I will be talking about why it is important for your child to learn to create his own music, while she is still learning. 

 

Develop A Musical Ear

The first reason that this is so important is that when kids try to compose their own music, they automatically train their musical ear, to understand what works and what doesn’t. 

Thus, increasing the speed at which, they learn and helping them in all the other areas of learning, such as sight reading and rhythm etc. 

Also it helps them to hear what they read, play what they hear, and read what they play. 

Thus making use of all the different sense such as visual, auditory and kinesthetic. 

 

Focuses On Musical Arrangements

By learning to compose and create their own music, kids also learn to focus on musical arrangements in the works of other composers.

This in turn helps them to learn what works in music and what doesn’t. 

Granted they will be learning these things when learning theory. 

However, when they do this from a very young age, with little knowledge of theory, they are doing it by ear and tend to know it almost instinctively thus, making learning, more hands on. 

 

As you can see there are a variety of different reasons why your child needs to learn to create his or her own music, but the two reasons stated here are the most important and incidentally are also the major reasons why I include music composition in my Homeschool Music Curriculum programs. 

 

Want to learn more about these programs, then sign up here right now. 

Karen Cadera

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Do you have a child that is great at creating his or her own music? 

Even if you don’t think that they he/she is great at it, know that all great composers started somewhere and your child may have the potential to be one as well, even if he may just seem to be puttering around with musical instruments at this time. 

If he or she does have potential, then what should you do about it? 

And how should you go about helping him/her?

In this blog post, I will give you four easy strategies that you can incorporate to your homeschool routine right now and help your budding composer. Now remember, you don’t have to use all these strategies, just one or two will be sufficient. 

So let’s get started. 

 

Through The Study Of Music Theory

Learning music theory will help your child to analyse music written by the great composers of all time, and this in turn will help your child to learn about what works and what doesn’t work in music. 

Also learning music theory will help your child to put his or her compositions on paper, thus further enabling him or her to share the creations with the world. 

 

Learning Rhythm And Beat

Simply learning rhythm and beat alone can help your budding composer and here’s how. 

Creating new beats are an important component of composing and therefore learning about variations in beat, by listening to different beats in our own environment is a great starting point. 

Want to know more about how you can teach your child rhythm and beat in the homeschool? Then read my post 4 ‘Super Easy’ Ways To Teach Rhythm & Beat In The Homeschool. 

 

Listening And Appreciating Music

Simply listening to different genres of music and reading about composers, and learning about the eras in music and instruments of the orchestra, are other great ways in which kids learn about everything related to music. 

This in turn will help them to focus on different styles and techniques, which will then no doubt not only influence their creations but also help to ‘fine tune’ and ‘polish’ their compositions, further. 

Don’t know how to incorporate music appreciation and history of music lessons into your homeschool routine? Then maybe these posts that I have written in the past can help you 4 ‘Unimaginably’ Easy Ways To Incorporate Composer Studies In The Homeschool and 6 Ways To Incorporate Instrument Studies In Your Homeschool. 

 

Singing

This is another great way to help your budding composer in the homeschool. 

Singing helps kids to focus on so many different aspects of music like tone, intonation, emphasis, dynamics, tempo, pitch and so much more, thus unknowingly training their musical ear and thus further fine tuning their ability to create. 

Even if you have no formal training in music, you will still be able to help to child become a better composer, by simply helping him or her sing. 

 

Now, that you’ve been introduced to some of the easiest strategies possible to help your child continue to create music, which one will you implement first in your homeschool?

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One of the greatest regrets of older homeschoolers and unschoolers, is that for various reasons they were unable to bring music into their homeschools. 

When I speak to many of them they always say, ‘if only we had the resources that are now available, back in the day, then we could have taught our kids music too’. 

While I do sympathize with them, I also know many homeschooling parents who tend to think that there is no alternative to teaching their kids, other than to hire a private music teacher. 

So in this post, I’m going to show you six ways in which, you can bring music into your homeschool without private lessons. 

Let me start off with one of my favourite ways to do so. 

 

Composer Studies 

You can incorporate composer studies, in your homeschool routine by having your kids research and learn about a specific composer a month. 

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Instrument Studies

Similar to composer studies, you can pick a specific instrument to study and have your kids totally immerse themselves in the research about the instrument and listen to instrumental music for that specific instrument. 

For more ideas on how you can incorporate instrument studies into your homeschool routine, read my post 6 Ways To Incorporate Instrument Studies Into Your Homeschool. 

 

Online Courses

Not only can you teach your kids to play musical instruments like the piano through online courses, but you can also have them take a variety of different music appreciation courses. 

Want your children to learn to play the piano, then sign up right now for my FREE piano course and have them Reading Music Notes and Playing the Piano in less than 5 Days. 

Want to try out some music appreciation courses that I have on offer. You and check out the FREE options right now (ideal for kids between 4 – 14).  

If you have kids who want to learn instruments like the recorder, ukulele or guitar, then you can read my recommendations for such courses in this post 5 Best Elementary Music Courses For Kids.

 

History And Literature Studies

If you do history and literature studies with your kids, then you can blend in music appreciation along with these studies. 

For instance if you celebrate Black History Month, then why not study about Black Musicians. 

If your kids are learning about Shakespeare for instance you can have them research about the composers who lived during the time of Shakespeare. 

For more ideas on how you can blend music into other subjects that your children are already learning, read my post on 5 Ways To Blend Music With Other Subjects. 

Music Theory

You can teach your kids music theory or find an online course that will do so. 

Learning music theory has a variety of different benefits, it helps with sight reading, music composition and many more areas that are crucial for a well rounded musical learning. 

 

Hymn Studies

Hymn Studies are another really lovely way to incorporate music into your homeschool. Whether it is through the study or singing of each hymn. 

Now, I would love to know which of the above strategies you will be incorporating in to your homeschool routine today.

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