Tristan loves music. He has always been very "in tune" with the emotion of music, and the sound and feel of different musical instruments. This is great, esp. considering how young he is. He'll hear music and tell me what instruments he hears and the emotion that the song is trying to convey.
Over the last few months, he's been trying to learn piano on a toy piano that is very out of tune. It came with a book of songs that has numbered dots instead of notes that correspond to numbers on the keys. It's been bothering me that he's learning to play that way instead of reading real music. Due to this, I've been pestering my husband to get a computer together for Tristan and I inside the house so that we can use the electronic keyboard. I'd like to teach him piano. He's also asked if Daddy would teach him guitar and violin. He's also been playing Dorian's drum a lot. Eric tried teaching him some notes on his guitar but it was just too big for him. We had been "looking" for a kid size guitar for Tristan for quite some time, but now realized that the boy is getting serious about music.
Eric "is working on" a computer for inside the house to fix the piano problem. And last weekend he found the perfect guitar for Tristan. The child's brain is like a sponge. Without looking at the cheat-sheet, he can strum all the strings and tell you what notes he's playing. He can also play 2 chords. Eric taught him E minor and E major. Tristan right away surmised that E minor was sad and E major was happy. The second day he had the guitar I heard him say, "Daddy, will you show me how to play E major again? I'm feeling very E major right now and would like to play it." One day this week, I was upset about something and was sitting sadly. Tristan went into his room and got his guitar and "wrote" a song for me. He strummed and sang to match whatever it was and made up lyrics all about me and how nice I am and how I'm going to live in paradise. It was very heart-warming.
Here are some family jam-session photos/videos:
4 comments:
I would love to see the video but it says it is private. How can I access it?
They've got "THE BEAT". We really liked Tristan's facial expressions and Dorian's "shake em up". We heard Eric say "so loud" too. What fun.
I just LOVED this video and posting. He doesn't just hear music but underderstands the emotion of it. I loved the part where he created an encouraging song for you. What a treasure!!
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