Show 7 O C J- J V C h c n t START CHiLO I TOO SOON ADVICE 12 Years Early Early Enough h to Begin Actual l Study It Hi MARL V If n LB LE irA PA I-A Cl eilee en I lec C V I About AbDUl one out of ot every esery e cry train train- trained ed ed musicians ever gets to the poInt I whore here he 1 has an opportunity to bo be heard beard by the b big symphony tors I tots tors and nd concert masters I Mrs hIre Ir William towan Cowan who ho hears I all the tho a artists selected elected for public I appearance by ew 1 ork s heading s and stadium concerts concert and I Is herself a 11 pianist o of high stan standing here hele and In Europe sas sa the fault lies Ilea In early training Rl TOO cOOs cOO's 00 I Most Moat mothers she he sale sa are eager ager to 10 begin the child chUd S a musical education too soon oon and cut the general education too short horl The The early arly training for tor eHr child whether hether he Is to study pluto bun 01 ot voice should be an edu- edu education edu education cation in musicianship mu rather than Ihan an att attempt at ot technique and facil facility sell sell- ity with the Instrument She does not bello belloe e in young children being put at th the piano for hours o of practice before borore they ha have base e some nome musical back bael- background background ground One of the tho most moat things thing a II mOl mother her may do for toi her child I Is to acquaint him with folk songs which a trio aie e really the ha- ha basis ba basis sis tila of our music and encourage him to dance and to tee feel 1 the rh o of his bo boil body l she explains explain IF U U D CE Cr W I Later Lster he ho should learn to recognize nize the waltz altz anda and a valious a ailous ilous dance lance music by II Its empo If Ifa Ita a 11 mother molher can teach tench her child the tho various bird bud cilIa calls she sho Is helping hint him the ear oar training that la Is I so a r From these a 0 achild I hUd child soon eoon learns learn to 10 I chords and amI can con then create reato ato hIs 0 n melodies and even ven I n to 10 tow write rite rite them properly property All this I Is a form fonn ot oi ear eai train train- trainIng training ing which she he say says I Is most mot invaluable invaluable able oble because when a chU child s a el eai eu Js IS 1 to catch cath hi his own mistakes mistake he has some idea Ida of what hat he is Id 01 king low 10 oIl aid d IdI I 12 SOO's SOO OLGH L If It a chU child howa s considerable I ability o of course he may begin earlier but she ahe believes believe 12 yrs yara I I is about the right time to start stort a achild hUd child at the piano viano or violin bun but the tho education In iii musicianship might be begun at al three Th The most common mistake she says I Is that of allowing achild child chUd to quit regular school to 10 de- de devote devote de devote vote all al hi his time to music Ing oth- oth Ing hampers a 0 musician more than lack of o general education and anti the development of ot an nn all round per pr per personality and ond n II sensitiveness to all phases of ot life lIe 00 00 w vs 1 hillS I CO |