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Why a Musical Instrument is the Best Christmas Gift for Your Child in 2006
It can be difficult finding the best Christmas Gift for your child. They give you a list, but it is filled with things that do nothing to educate or enrich them. Movies, clothes, video games etc. Why not give them something that will both entertain and enrich?
Giving your child a musical instrument for Christmas is one of the best things you can do. Here is some more information on why.
Confidence Builder
Children who play a musical instrument develop confidence. It is gratifying to work hard at something and feel yourself progressing. As a child builds their skills, their self worth will increase. Having them perform at recitals and in front of the family also builds their self worth, especially when they get applause.
Develops Creativity
Creativity is important throughout life, not just for children. The more you strive to build their creativity as kids, the more creative they will be as adults in the work force. Too often, parents unknowingly squelch this creativity. Why not encourage it by giving your child an instrument for Christmas?
Its Fun
Not only are instruments educational, they are fun. Avoid purchasing them an instrument they may find ridiculous and embarrassing, like a tuba. Cool instruments like guitars, drums, violins, and basses. Keep in mind that they more than likely want to emulate their favorite bands and pop artists. You can not do that with a tuba or trumpet.
The best way to ensure that they will have fun is to ask them what kind of instrument they would like. If your child likes rock music, they would gravitate toward one of the instruments in a rock band. If they like folk music, they may ask for an acoustic guitar. But there is no sense in guessing which one they would really like. Their answer may surprise you.
Helps Kids Focus
The act of practicing the instrument each day encourages your child to focus on one thing. Helping them understand that you do not learn and get better unless you take lessons and practice is an important thing you can teach them.
However, be careful with this. There are plenty of children who decide they hate their instrument because they are forced to practice it. Give them some space and help them learn that without this vital practice time, they wont truly learn how to play.
If your child wont practice, ask him why. Getting to the root cause will help encourage inspiration. Perhaps they do not like the teacher or the song they are learning. These things are easily fixable. The key is to make it fun.
A Great Gift
A musical instrument is the best Christmas gift for your child because it helps them develop skills. Plus, it is both entertaining and enriching. With a musical instrument, parents can be happy that their kids are learning a new skill, and the kids are happy because they are able to play like the people they admire.
William McRea
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/why-a-musical-instrument-is-the-best-christmas-gift-for-your-child-in-2006-64166.html
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We Want To Learn To Play The Harmonica!
The humble harmonica has to be one of the easiest musical instruments to master in the world. Okay, so there are some great Folk and Blues musicians out there that can make this little mouth piece talk their language, but what I’m talking about here is for Joe Average, without a musical bone in his body, being able to knock out a melody in no time at all. What other instrument allows you to do that? You really can Learn how to Play the harmonica in a matter of days or weeks, depending on your commitment.
Most instruments require you get a beginners book, or if you’re really enthusiastic, a private tutor or perhaps joining a local class so that you can get a head start with your strumming, blowing, picking, or beating, depending what it is you’re trying to master. But with the pocked sized mouth organ, there’s no such learning curve. Just pick one up from your local music store and Learn to Play the harmonica your way.
I remember the time I purchased my first ever harmonica. It was back in the 1980′s when I was bumming my way around the world, that I struck a fascination with the sounds and notes that could be plucked from this musical mouthpiece. It all began when I came across this Danish couple who were journeying through Western Asia.
Tucked away in their backpacks were an Irish tin whistle and a tuppeny ha’penny harmonica. After dinner one evening, on the outskirts of the Chitwan jungle of Nepal, they began to entertain a small group of us happy hippies with their music. It was at this exact moment in time that I fell in love with, and made a decision to, learn to play the harmonica.
It was some weeks later before I found a place to purchase one. Funnily enough, there’s not a lot of call for music stores in the foot hills of the Himalayas or along the swamps of India, so it wasn’t until I’d landed in Georgetown, on the Malaysian island of Penang, that I found a rickety little shop that had harmonicas on sale for a mere two dollars a piece. I could hardly wait to get started, and so rushed off excitedly to my grimy guest house where I began to lean to play my new toy.
It proved to be a great companion on my travels. The first tune I knocked out was the Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’. Well it was December! But soon afterwards I was doing impressive little instrumentals and jamming sessions with fellow travelers who were trudging the circuit with bulky guitars strapped to their backs.
Whether you’re planning a long trip, or just looking for something to do outside the virtual world of a computer, then why not learn to play the harmonica? It’ll give you heaps of fun without the frustration that comes with more serious musical instruments. Hey, who knows where it could lead you Mr. Dylan!
If you really get a knack for the hand harp, you could then progress onto to say Chicago Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Folk, or even some unique style of your own. Good luck!
Gary Tooth
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/we-want-to-learn-to-play-the-harmonica-64897.html
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Wonders of Making Music Using Fleximusic Kids Composer
Music has always been a wonderful way for parents to introduce their children a way for entertainment activities. Children can learn different musical instruments sounds, creative thinking, and more…
Children can create their own Music at your home with FlexiMusic Kids Composer on their PC. FlexiMusic Kids Composer is a Fun making and entertainment program that which helps the kids to create musical compositions of their own. It is simple and easy to use. Children can compose music tracks with simple clicks, a paintbrush and an eraser tool and with this they can develop computer mouse skills.
FlexiMusic Kids Composer has more than 100 instruments sounds, including drums, keyboards, guitars, horns, percussion, piano and more… Select a few instruments from “Beats,” and tunes from “Stars”, paint them on the track. They can add multiple tracks to their song, with simple clicks. And they can record their own vocals and mixed with music tracks.
Children love to play music and enjoy it. FlexiMusic Kids Composer will expose kids to the wonders of music.
Raji
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/wonders-of-making-music-using-fleximusic-kids-composer-104098.html
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What In The World Is Junkanoo And What Does It Have To Do With Music
Junkanoo is a famous event and celebration that has made Bahamas music popular. This celebration takes place on December 26th and January 1st. The event begins in the morning with a parade. The parade has people wearing colorful costumes, and dancing to Bahamas music. This music is also gaining popularity in the United States and Japan due to groups such as the Baha Men, Ronnie Butler, and Kirdland Bodie.
The Junkanoo celebration has influence and promoted Bahamas music. Although this music is very popular for the celebration, it is loosing its recognition due to American influence. The Bahamas are so close to Florida that they can pick up American radio and television stations. This and the introduction of music such as reggae, soca, and calypso are to blame for the decreasing interest in Bahama music.
This decrease in interest does not discourage the Bahamas music bands. They used to use goatskin drums and saws to make their music. The goatskin was used to make a rolling sound. Today the rake and scrape bands use other instruments such as saxophones, and electric guitars. Although the type of instruments has changed, the idea is still the same. It doesn’t matter what instruments you use to make the music, as long as you are still making the music. The music may not sound exactly the same as it used to, but you will still enjoy the sounds. Even when they made their own drums not all the drums were made out of the same thing. Instruments were home made and did not always sound the same. A violin was made out of a washtub and a string with a stick as a bow. You might have seen people using metal files to scrape across a saw as well. You see, even then there were different variations of instruments used to make this music.
The Bahamas music decrease in popularity has also not affected the Junkanoo celebration. If you go to a Junkanoo celebration you will still be able to enjoy the Bahamas music. The music is played loud and proud for all who are there to enjoy. You will hear the great Bahamas music, and see the beautiful costumes and dancers. The people who are involved in the celebration really enjoy what they do and love sharing it with tourists. They might even get you involved. They do a little dance step that is two steps forward, and one step back. It is a lot of fun to get involved in all the festivities they have to offer. You are sure to enjoy yourself from the start of the celebration in the morning until it ends at dusk.
Gregg Hall
http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/what-in-the-world-is-junkanoo-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-music-64899.html
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