![]() ![]() It’s fun to put away the instrument at the end of each day and know you got just a little better.īalancing rigor with play is fun. It’s not fun to be stagnant during what should otherwise be an exciting learning curve. When teachers identify students’ comfort zones and find that magical place right beyond that zone where each student can achieve great things with a little bit of struggle - everyone has fun. Performing in public and knowing the product is not good ( trust me - young students know this, even if they can’t quite put their finger on it) is certainly not fun. Not knowing how to practice and, in turn, not getting better isn’t fun. Conversely, making poor sounds with bad posture in a room with others doing the same thing is not fun. Creating beautiful sounds is fun getting better (and knowing how to get better) is fun striving for greatness is fun. Here are a few ways learning instrumental music is (and isn’t) fun in a school setting:įirst and foremost, it’s fun to sound great. Music teachers are nervous to add rigor to their classes in fear of students quitting, and school administrators don’t know what to think - they just don’t want their schedules to be complicated and need their state report cards to look good. Music education has many magical benefits that we read about when it is taught masterfully and supported by the entire school community.Įven after several studies of music’s powerful effects on the brain have been completed, too many parents think instrumental music is simply a fun break in the day that requires little work. Music is not a “frill” subject - quite the contrary. I’ve written about why music programs are cut from school, and one of the reasons is that it is not treated like - or approached as - a core subject in the curriculum. I believe that without a unified definition of “fun” as it pertains to music education, more music programs will continue to be cut from school curricula. But school administrators, teachers, parents, and students all have a different idea of what “fun” actually means when it comes time for the arts in schools. Playing a musical instrument is fun, of course. ![]()
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