Drake has just recently started showing interest in the piano, and yesterday it hit me that he is probably old enough to start hearing melodies and learning to "plunk" out a song. I wanted to keep his interest, so I decided on the Transformers theme song, consisting of only 7 notes. I guessed correctly, and he was very interested in learning such a cool song! We worked on it a little bit together yesterday, and then today he practiced it mostly by himself until he had it down pretty well! (Yes, there are stickers on the 7 keys that he uses for this song - he has a really hard time remembering the letter names of the keys yet, but I think that will come with more repetition.)
For this video clip, you will probably want to turn off the Playlist music for sure. Just scroll all the way down to the bottom of the blog and click on the square button in the upper right hand corner of the Playlist box that has two vertical lines on it. That should shut off the background music! Anyway, here is Drake's rendition of Transformers! Enjoy...
In case you're wondering, here are the lyrics he's singing:
"Transformers, more than meets the eye. (Transformers,) robots in disguise."
He often leaves out the second "Transformers" - I don't know why. He did that in this video, so I put it in parenthesis. That way, you get the gist of what he's saying! I think he's pretty cute!
So, Ann of SD, (just realized there are two Ann W.'s who read this blog!) .... What do you think about a just-turned-six-year-old boy starting the old Music Pathways books? I still have most of mine...I know I have the red Discoveries book, and I'm thinking of getting it out...but I want some advice about whether it might be too soon. I don't want to turn him off to piano or anything by starting too early...
3 comments:
Wow, way to go, Drake! That takes a lot of patience and practice. I like the Hammond B3 sound that it's set on - that's funny! And cool how he matched pitch on the E flat.
Crystal,
Our piano calls the sound "Jazz Organ" and that's Drake's favorite setting. (He thinks jazz is cool now, because they read a book about it at school!) Hey, I don't think I told you this yet, but Drake said they are learning to play violin in their music class!! I think that's really cool, but I also think perhaps the music teacher has lost his marbles.... 20 kindergartners with violins??? Drake told me they can't use the bows yet, though. Makes sense. ("Tell me why your 6-year-old has a glass eye, again?")
Melonie
I don't think it's too early for piano lessons. I started around age 6. Just take it at a pace he can handle so he won't get overwhelmed or frustrated. And you could check with Ben/Joy...Caleb's been taking lessons for a while now, so they may have some thoughts on readiness.
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