oh b*gger me........musical kids

[HRHQueenOfQuelNoel]

I think DS2 is just as musical as his brother .

When I was pg with DS1 I said a little 'prayer' - went something along the lines of "please give my childre at least a sense of rythmn" (I'm musical - and DH reasonably so - although eh doesn't play antyhing).

When he was about 18 months (before he could actually talk - he didn't do that until he was about 2) he was singing nursery ryhmes, and songs from church (without the words in most cases) perfectly in tune, clapping rythmically etc etc. And now he's 5 and sings beautifully I rather wished I'd asked for "tone deaf" - as I can already see he's more musical than me.

Didn't think DS2 (just turned 2) was as musical, until I had a rehearsal at church tonight he was singing back the songs we'd just done brilliantly, and he's just been lying in bed singing ones that we practiced 2hrs ago really nicely.

I know beety's got musical kids - but I'm not sure I can cope with 2 musical boys - lets just hope they decide to take 'other' options in life.....

It is great haivng musical kids. You learn as yo go along. The more opportunity they have the more fun itis.

I know - I went to music school - so have "been" through the whole 'really musical kids' stuff - but I also remember how stressful (not to mention flipping expensive) it was for my parents.

Are you musical beety? I'm just worried about not wanting to push them, but on the otherhand obviously want to try and encourage them. Wish I could have DS1 in the church choir NOW - as he's desperate to join - but I have a policy of "7yrs old or once they can read reasonably fluently" and don't want to break it.

I was a relative late starter (nearly 10yrs old) when I started my music lessons, as my parents couldn't afford it before - but when I was 4 when the old time question "What do you want to be when you grow up" was aksed I ALWAYS (no matter who asked) said "church organist" (shame I managed that life long ambition by the age of 11 hey LOL). So (after that ramble) I've no idea how to approach the 'younger' wannabe musician.

Ok the reverse of the coin. If your child at 4 can sing the songs , with all the words, but it sounds terrible, does that mean she is tone deaf or do children develop this as they get older?

chicago - they often improve as they get older. Some children find it hard to hear the 'pitch' when little, or until taught how to.

Infact when I was 7 I did one of those 'pitch test' things at school to see if I could learn the violin. The words of my teacher to my parents still amuses us today nearly 20yrs on

"I'm afraid she's totally unmusical and will never play a musical instrument" ! In actually fact I just couldn't 'hear' the pitches and didn't know what I was doing.

I'm still not a great singer, and singing unacommpanied is nigh on impossible for me, as is hearing the 'tuning' when playing 'tunable' instruments..........but I'm still a pretty decent organist

dd loves music and singing, and has already been taught to play a ccouple of very simple tunes on the piano (by SIL) such as twinkle little star ,but when she sings she gets the words right but the tune is just awful.

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potential problems - none really just daunting - it can work out quite expensive, instruments, lesssons, music etc etc. And having been to a school made up entirely of musical children can say quite catergorically they're often very strong personalities, often quite eccentric

I am not musical but Dh is. We also had a polocy of 7 years and both all ds's went into the choir at that age.

Does ds1 do any instruemntss? I am not sure how old he is. I thik statring them early is great. dd started piano at 6 and now at nearly 7 she has started working towards her grade 1. She takes great joy in her music andloves the recorder (also working towards grade 1)which she plays all the time. Picking up tunes etc

ramble ramble.

Ds2 will probably get excited if ds1 is. and want to do things earlier than perhaps ds1 does/did.

will you send them to a musical school? choristers? where abouts are you??

HRH - its a wonderful blessing. Be thankful for answered prayers

DS1 begged me a year ago to teach him, but I've put it off as he really wasn't ready. Don't want to fall into the trap (that happens in lots of places) of putting him on the recorder "because it's easy" - it's not it's bl**dy hard to play well - I got my Grade 7 on it and it was extremely hard work - harder than the Clarinet to play well.

DS2 ADORES sitting at the piano playing - but (unlike his brother who at that age just 'crashed') actually plays individual notes. Plus I'm not sure I have the patience to teach my own children - other people's is no problem - but teaching your own is much harder IMO.

yes i am sure it is difficult to teach your own. have you got a good music teacher around? and you can do practice wth them. I am sure one of the reasons that mine are good is becasue they practice everyday.

beet - we're in Wellingborough Northants - our closest Choir school is KINGS Cambridge (I think I'd faint if either of them ever got in there LOL). There's also The Kings School Peterborough. We're sort of in 'no-mans' land with regards to schools. Although Oundle is just up the road so that could (possibly) be considered if they choose to take it up (it's somewhere we'd like to send them when they're older anyhow if we can afford it). Good "all round" school - with good Rugby (DH wanted them both to be sporty and play Rugby - I wanted them to be gentle an musical ).

gentle adn musical don't always go together. My boys aremean rugby players!!

KIngs woudl be fab. Or maybe boarding?

oh I know - actually some of the best musicians/actors I taught out in Zim were also in the 1st team Rugby (who that year were Zimbabwean Schools Champions). Imagine the captain of that team playing the part of Naki-poo in The Mikado .

Kings would be awesome isn't that every musical childs dream to say their son sang in the Kings College Choir drifts off into a lovely daydream* - Windsor is also a similar distance but if a certain TBW (his initials) was still there I wouldn't even consider it - he was my organ teacher for a while in Edinburgh and I absolutely destested the man - I nearly gave up ALL of my music playing because of him.

Did you knw MO form Edinburgh?

MO? ermm not sure - was he an organist? I knew LOADS of people up there so may need a few more clues before I saw say yay or nay

My DS who is 4 is very musical, after his first day at pre-school his teacher said he has fantastic rhythm and he has a very tuneful singing voice. Once a week he has a music class, not Music with Mummy but a proper music class run by a proper music teacher (group of 10).

Is that the best thing to do? He has not mentioned wanting to play an instrument yet and I can imagine him wanting to learn the drums, God help me....

he has only recently left. Matthew O. Yes he was organist.

no - he started the year after I left Edinburgh - a friend I'm still in contact with knew him quite well as her (now DH) sang in the choir under him

ahhh, and what were there thoughts on him???

do youmsn?

Ds1 has a beautiful singing voice - a few have commented.

Ds3 is only 16 months but he can copy a tune exactly - sounds silly but say if one of the boys says 'ner, ner, ner-ner, ner' and it goes up and down - he copies exactly. Even if it's a new thing one of them makes up he can copy it - is this a sign of being musical?

Gawd, I bet I sound a right loon!

yes I've got MSN - Gwenick @ hotmail.com (without the spaces).

I'll be 'off' the computer for 15-20 minutes soon - but back on later - just don't email me on the one - as I NEVER check my hotmail LOL.

not sure - we've never really talked about him - got more important things to talk about (we lost contact for 6yrs) like how she ended up marrying on of the houseparents LOL.

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