I have been very irregular in writing my blog. but now on I would try to keep up the pace.
The First thing s that we learn in early childhood are rhymes. Why? I never questioned. But looking back today, I find that music is a language that a child understands more than anything else in that stage. during my time T.V was not that pervasive but in present situation ,I have seen my nephew, glued to the T.V whenever there is a song playing. What compels a 1 year kid to pay so much of attention.
I think music is a language. We feel it more than we can speak about it. Traditional education has always taken help of music to overcome hurdles. Even the Math Tables that I memorized had a particular tune to it.
I can't say I know a lot about music. But one thing I have discovered for myself. Set a tune to something and it is easy to repeat it, humm it. In this act of ours , we are putting a structure to the system that allows for easy repetition. And Repetition or practice as we know is the crux of moving short term memory to long term memory. Am I seeing a bridge somewhere?
I like your observation, especially the observation of the power and magic of rhythms to children.
ReplyDeleteYou said music is a language. I found it a very interesting statement and hope you could say more about this. Do you think it is any different from the language speak?
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