The Harmonious Child

The Harmonious Child
Author: Beth Luey
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1504029747

Children are naturally musical, but many parents don’t know when or how to begin their child’s formal musical education. Whether you wish to encourage your child’s musical growth, or would like to plan more advanced study, this book provides insight and guidance for parents of children from toddlers to teenagers. Beth Luey and Stella Saperstein walk you through the basics of finding the right instrument and instructor for your child, the ins and outs of music lessons, and successful ways to manage practice time. Along the way, they let you know what questions to ask and why. This is the place to find practical, friendly, and knowledgeable advice about marching band, orchestra, and recitals—even the possibility of a musical career. With a thorough list of resources and a glossary, this guide will help you encourage your child to channel that joyful ruckus into beautiful music.

The Music Parents' Guide

The Music Parents' Guide
Author: Anthony Mazzocchi
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780986404573

A lot can happen with 10 minutes of musical practice a day. Self-disciplined, compassionate, responsible, collaborative, confidant, and proud. These are all characteristics of children who play musical instruments. What's more, the benefits of music education reach far beyond the lesson and well into all aspects of adulthood.This book will help your child reap the rewards of opening that case; together, you will learn what music can teach:* Every child is naturally talented.* Consistent practice is the key to success.* Parents and music educators are partners in the learning process.* How to remove barriers to successful practice.* The importance of giving your child ownership of their learning.With the right approach, your child will do much more than grow in musical proficiency, they will become the person they were meant to be.

A Parent's Guide to Music Lessons

A Parent's Guide to Music Lessons
Author: Heather Milnes
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 129151239X

The enjoyment that comes from the ability to play a musical instrument must be one of the most valuable gifts that a parent can bestow upon a child. It can also be one of the most challenging gifts to give as it takes years of emotional and financial investment with, quite likely, more than a few tears and tantrums along the way (and that's just the parents!). Children and their mentors need great staying power and a vision of what will be possible not just next week or next term, but in many years hence. A Parent's Guide to Music Lessons will guide you through the all of the knotty problems and questions you might encounter if your child is taking music lessons. With the cost of this book being very likely less than you will be paying for 30 minutes tuition it makes sense to invest a little now in order to get the most out of your long term venture.

Best Practicing

Best Practicing
Author: John Skelton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2016-12-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519091949

Your child started learning a string instrument in school and they're very excited. But, the teacher is telling them to practice and, let's face it, very few kids really know what that means. So, they come to you for help. What do you do?You buy this book. You read this book. You put it "into practice".In Best Practicing: A Parent's Guide to Beginning Strings, you will be taken through the general ideas behind practicing and straight into tips and strategies for getting the most out of limited time that you and your child have to learn an instrument. For parents of children in school string programs, this information is a must! For parents with children in beginning band programs, or even taking private instruction, there will also be many helpful techniques that can make the experience a fruitful one.The book is a quick read, but it is also the starting point for access to many more resources on practicing from the Best Practices website (www.bestpracticing.com). Check it out first for a free sample!

A Parent's Guide to String Playing

A Parent's Guide to String Playing
Author: Kristen Hyde
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2013
Genre:
ISBN:

The purpose of this study was to examne one common practice of teachers in communicating with and educating the parents of their beginning string students: handbooks. In this project, I examined multiple examples of these handbooks in an effort to reveal the specific information that teachers consider valid, important and pertinent for beginning string players and their parents. These handbooks, along with corroborating efforts, provided the basis and groundwork for the consturction of a composite working handbook. Section II of this Professional Improvement Project explores the value parental involvement among string students and how this information should be conveyed to parents through a review of research findings and other related literature. Sections III and IV present a handbook intended to give parents and students the prerequisite knowledge they should have as they begin their string study. The content for this handbook was created after the review of 25 handbooks of string teachers in Utah and Arizona, as well as published research. Then this handbook was reviewed by five master teachers who have decades of experience. The revised content was then transferred to a website five parents of beginning string players reviewed and gave comments to strengthen the effectiveness and clarity of the website.

Raising Musical Kids

Raising Musical Kids
Author: Robert A. Cutietta
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 019994167X

Does music make kids smarter? At what age should a child begin music lessons? Where should you purchase an instrument? What should parents expect from a child's teachers and lessons? How can you get kids to practice? Raising Musical Kids answers these and many other questions as it guides parents through everything from assembling a listening library for kids, to matching a child's personality with an instrument's personality, to finding musical resources in your community. Knowing that children can—and often do—get most of their music education from their school, parent and educator Robert Cutietta explores the features and benefits of elementary and secondary school programs, and shows how parents can work with the schools to provide the best possible music program. Throughout the book, Cutietta emphasizes the joy of participating in music for its own sake. The first edition of Raising Musical Kids delighted and informed parents to equal degrees, and this fully-revised second edition is a book that parents everywhere will treasure as a complete road map for developing their child's musical abilities.

Strings

Strings
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1993
Genre: Bowed stringed instruments
ISBN: