The Best Age To Start Music Lessons
Age 0-2 years old
A newborn and up to 2 years old are the age when they start realizing something new. Therefore, listening to kids’ songs that can be found on the internet or singing along and dancing to cute beats are some of the best activities to expose them to music.
Exposing them to percussion instruments is also great music exposure at this age. A colorful Xylophone, tambourine, maracas, triangle, or drum is so much fun to beat and smash. Make “Wow” noises when you play these percussions together and you can make music and make sounds fun.
Age 3-4 years old
At this age range, parents can start to introduce different kinds of musical instruments to their children because their brains have recognized some of the unique and new sounds coming from the instruments. Let them test and touch a piano, a guitar, and a drum set. If you have trumpets, flutes and other instruments laying around you could let them experiment with them as well. Let these instruments pique their interest and from here on, you could roughly see which instrument type appeals to your child best.
Age 4-6 years old
Age 4-6 years old is believed to be the perfect age range to start enrolling your child in piano lessons for kids, as they are most receptive at this age to the piano tone. Additionally, you can introduce them to different music genres (start with Pop to Rock), slow and fast-paced, high- and low-pitched music, and let them identify the different kinds. This way, you are helping to build a bridge for them to understand the diversity in the musical world.
Age 7 years old and older
Starting at the age of 7 years old, your child will start having a musical instrument preference. Therefore, parents should be ready to prepare for their music lessons journey or buy a proper instrument.
For example, if your child is keen to learn about guitar, with the many different guitar types – you have to check your child’s capability first. Typically, an acoustic guitar would be much easier to start as compared to an electric guitar. To ensure that your kid is feeling comfortable taking a guitar lesson, you can always opt in for a free guitar trial class. This way you can easily see if your kid really has an interest in learning the guitar in a proper lesson environment.
Once your child has grown a bit more and hand-eye coordination has developed – you can always ask them to try to learn another musical instrument to build their physical development, maturity level, and academic skills – such as having them take drum lessons for kids.
