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Sunday, March 10. 2024

The Mozart Effect

The Mozart effect mutated into borderline lunacy. 


Of course it did. However, I am a fan of the idea of adults letting their kids hear "classical" music from the earliest.  I think it gets the brain used to processing complex music.


Nothing wrong having with folk music either. I think of Pop music, Jazz, Blues as subcategories of folk music. 


Best thing? Give kids a chance to learn to sing or play some instruments. Odds are they, like me, have no talent but it's a good thing anyway. 




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I was fortunate enough to have gone to a small rural public school which had a gifted music teacher that taught music to every grade as well as teaching the choir. We heard and sang to 'Big Rock Candy Mountain', 'Oh Sussana' and graduated to Beethoven, Shubert, Ravel, Bach and most all the other composers. I never realized how lucky we were and found that college credits in music appreciation basically covered the same material.
#1 indyjonesouthere on 2024-03-10 14:21 (Reply)
Give kids a chance to learn to sing or play some instruments. Odds are they, like me, have no talent but it's a good thing anyway.

Ought to be mandatory. We teach everyone to read and write but we're realistic enough to not expect Shakespeare or Twain. Nothing builds music appreciation like music performance, even if it's just "Happy Birthday" or "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
#2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2024-03-10 17:25 (Reply)
Couldn't agree more. And even if kids don't have the gift for it, it does teach the important lesson that practice brings results, at least up to a point.
#2.1 Mark Anderson on 2024-03-10 20:49 (Reply)

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