Drito Konj said:And yeah, I absolutely loved playing my instrument, but man, I couldn't stand ear training classes.
I am totally, 100% on board with this. Honestly, I still can't stand those repetitive ear training drills even today, and I really think it’s just plain stupid to spend all that time scribbling down patterns and repeating chords that you're just going to pick up naturally once you actually start playing your instrument anyway. The choir is where the real magic happens, you know? That's the real deal. Not some mindless, brain-numbing exercise like "do re mi fa mi fa re..." over and over again.😬
gentlecanyon92 said:but what kind of skill or actual knowledge could possibly be useless?
Man, believe me, you’re gonna make life so much easier just by not having to struggle through figuring out which note is which or trying to catch the beat while everyone else is cruising along 😬 😉 ... not to mention how you'll develop a way better ear for music than people who haven't had any training at all. Plus, getting to see how all those other instruments work during your classes... you can pretty much count all that toward just being a well-rounded person.
Let's not get carried away with generalizations here. I know plenty of incredibly talented, driven, and musically gifted people who never stepped foot in a formal music conservatory in their lives. And if we're talking about general culture, sure, I played Mozart, Bach, and Haydn, but I didn't actually *get* them until I sat through my music appreciation classes back in high school.. 😬 But saying those eight years were a total waste of time? No way, definitely not. 😬
zakan14 said:Anyway, thanks everyone for all the helpful advice!🙏 👍 Honestly, regarding picking an instrument... I'm not sure if that actually matters that much for a kid. At 5 or 6 years old, they don't really care, right? They barely even know what half these instruments are yet.
I don't know about that... for me, it was a huge deal.. See, my mom's friend played the flute in a local theater production and during one show I just totally fell in love with the sound and was like—that's the one! I want to do that! I was only 6 years old 😳
zakan14 said:Would anyone be willing to share some stories about their kiddos and music school? Like, how you picked an instrument, what it was like dealing with the teachers or the school itself, all that good stuff? Also, at what age should they actually start? Seriously, any bit of advice helps!!!
Look, if your kid is genuinely obsessed with music—and I mean truly hooked, like they’re going to be grinding away at lessons for the next eight or ten years—just let them pick their own instrument! Don't force a violin on them if they want drums. Once they decide, then you go out and do your homework: talk to parents who have kids playing that specific instrument, find out which local academies have the best reputation, and scout out which professors are actually worth the tuition. As for timing, you basically start music school right around the same time they head off to elementary school, maybe a year earlier or later depending on the kid. And honestly, just a heads up, the most famous or "prestigious" schools aren't always the ones that actually produce the best results.👋
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Man, that Bill Clinton ointment is worth its weight in gold for stuff like this 😉
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Rebecca? How would you know? Were you actually at the show, or just hanging out with people who act like fascists and heard it through the grapevine?
It doesn't matter. Mark made a fair point. They aren't the fascists here; the real fascists are those bowing down to America and its communist atrocities. So... Rebecca, Phoenix, and the rest of you slippery fascists.
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honestly, it just drives me crazy: if every single person on this planet just like every kid out there oh man, if everyone in the world actually decided to 😬
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