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.....

my mum is completely and utterly tone deaf, I don't think all the lessons in the world could help her .

Dad is reasonbly musical "played" the trombone when much younger (but I've since heard he was cr*p at it LOL) and can at least sing in tune.

It was my (late) Gran who was the really musical one, was about to sit her exam to be a fully qualified piano teacher when her eyesight started failing, got so bad she couldn't continue .

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where abouts snail?

No I don't play at all anymore - I think there is a 'touch'(ha ha) of perfectionism in me - and I just couldn't do it if I was crap at it! And I just don't have the time to be good!

I think also that it's as much the people that you play with that make the whole experience so fabulous. If you lose your group then it can be hard to fit in again else where.

Perhaps one day

QofQ - that's sad about your gran!

I have a great picture of a trombone player playing and the girl nearby putting her fingers in her ears.

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QoQ - I dont get it - Why are you upset that your children appear to have musical talents - I would be thrilled!

busy - because, having been a musical child (well still am but you know what I mean LOL) and knowing the 'problems' that sometimes arise with gifted/talented children it's quite daunting thinking I may have not one but two musicians on my hands.

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I'm not upset - just panicking !

I can't see us having much money to 'throw' around for a few years to come (unless I've got a very rich aunt somewhere I don't know about and she's going to leave us something LOL) and would hate to be in the position my parents were in where I was unable to do what I wanted to (music lessons) until I was 10.

I'm really pleased that it is looking like dd will be musical. She has a good ear and is good at pitch matching. We are not even thinking of starting her on an instrument yet, just Stagecoach and singing with us will do for now. Ds is also developing a good sense of rhtyhm but at aged 2 has a long way to go lol. He is a funky little dancer though. (He doesn't get that from me or dh)

The school we are hoping we can afford does value music a lot with lots of extra curricular stuff. Everyone learns beginner violin at year 3 ish.

I do wonder if dd's musicality partly comes from the fact that she has grown up with music. She will often copy dh when he is doing his singing excercises and there is always music in the house and free access to the keyboard. Telling children not to touch pianos is a pet hate of mine.

I did half notice that the nearest cathedral school (not particulary famous) is now accepting girls and woldn;'t it be wonderful if we could go the scholarship rather than fee route but think it is probably a pipe dream.

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