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' . lives with music,, but we make music a chore instead of fun. Your child may netbe bud- -: ding; Toscanini, but given the proper musical education, he can grow up to understand, appreciate, and even play music, instead r ' !, J, of. hating , fx ,:' K.'vX: '.. - -- ; Teachers haive found that prac- tically every youngster has tome talent for music if he's allowed , to show it First of all, the child should be given his choice of in- ; , it s! ng ; mirixl ch - " I ' Sls tV 4"23. cuffo or pUia : - v- But Junior disliked the saxophone, his music teacher, and enforced practice while the gang was out playing. Today he hates not only the saxophone but music in general Unfortunately, the case of young Charlie Jones is aU too common. We want to enrich our children's -- than Dracula." Weidner thinks it's foolish for teachers to behave as though each young student is a second "We're lucky if one musi -- cian comes out of a class," he says "but we can create a world of music lovers and appreciators." Metropolitan Opera tenor Eu gene Conley agrees. "Why force a youngster into being a tenth -rate Horowitz?" he asks. "It's a wonder we don't develop a bunch I think a of real music-hatercourse of study should include both classical and popular music. Youngsters will be reasonable if they see you want to be fair." It is the general consensus, then, that if children are introduced to the delights of music sensibly, and in a group, it can be a source of pleasure tu them for the- rest of their lives. Beet--hoven. , .. i " mm mM e i'oj 0 . . ,?jo cD d 's .iniOv struments. Hell resent practicing' on the violin if he'd rather play the torombone. Many communities have facilities for renting musical instruments so the child can make a choice from actual experience. Consult other parents in your I, neighborhood or local school officials and see if a group of pint-siz- ed Faderewskis can't receive their musical training as a unit Experts say the average child isn't interested enough or creative enough to want to practice by himself. But taking music lessons with some of his friends makes him eager to learn. ld Margaret, for exhas been ample, taking violin lessons for two years. She wasn't progressing very rapidly, how ever, and she didn't particularly joy her music until she started taking lessons with other children her age. In a few months she learned tnore than she had in two years, because suddenly learning had become fun. If there are about five young' sters in the group music class, it shouldn't cost any more for daily musical instruction than, it does for Individual instruction once a week. Daily sessions - even for will teach the only a half-hochild more than a weekly hour's ' lesson followed by , practice stints. 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