| What's the best children's music? |
| Written by Dr Christobel Llewellyn | |
It's sometimes confusing for parents to know what's the best choice for children's music. As both a music educator and parent, I found myself browsing through record stores eagerly looking for something both my husband and I, and my children could enjoy. Unfortunately, I didn't find it. Most of the children’s music was corporate i.e. attached to a TV show. It seemed to be all copies of the same thing. Lots of vocalists singing nursery rhymes, mostly in G or C Major with little variety. Hardly any instrumentation.
Children are magnificent. Any parent knows this. Children's music should play to this magnificence, not down to the common denominator.
I started KINDERJAZZ the Big Swing Band for Little Kids for this reason. You can check it out against the list below on http://www.kinderjazz.com. I wanted children to be exposed to the cream, not the residue. Childhood is when a human's hearing is most acute. It is when we learn our language and this informs much future success in our lives. The best children's music has the following ingredients: -
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