Our kids have always enjoyed music.  Since dh and I both love music we have enjoyed sharing our favorite artists and styles of music with our children.  The piano lessons only lasted a few month.  They didn’t want to learn to read music.  They would hear it once and play it.  Okay, nice, but you have to learn notes!  We stopped so they wouldn’t get frustrated with the intention of picking it up later.

When they asked to play instruments this winter Dh agreed and so the lessons began.  They love it.  They rarely have to be told to practice.  They take instruction at home well for improvement.  They LOVE playing.

Yesterday Bugaboo’s instructor told us more about how he’s teaching him and he went on to say it’s clear Bugaboo has a natural ear for music.  So he’s training him to play longer pieces by ear.  WOW.  This is an accomplished guitarist and author of a ‘how to play guitar’ book!  Bugaboo is still young so he won’t do longer or more lessons a week but his teacher is impressed.  We are too

I see it in both children though.  Cutiepatootie will hear something and play it on the piano.  I saw Bugaboo do this last week.  They tinker together and make the most beautiful sounds just playing randomly together.  It’s neat to see their process.

A natural ear.  How cool.  I have to read music to play.  They just have to hear it and can play on their own.  *big grin*