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What instrument?
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feadogin
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What instrument?
So what instrument should I get my new baby to play? I play the whistle and pipes, husband plays banjo, planning for my 1 year old son to play fiddle. So what instrument goes well with those? I am due at the end of September.
Justine
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Accordion gets my vote. My wife plays one and we have a whole heck of a lot of fun with pipes and accordion.
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That would be my take, too. My parents kept a draper's shop and they had shipments of wool and clothes delivered in cardboard boxes that were big enough to hold a six year old child or four without a problem. I have happy memories of spending entire afternoons in a cardboard box, mostly with a book.emmline wrote:I voted box, as in cardboard. He/she'll enjoy it more than the other choices and you can see which noisemaker baby gravitates to later.
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Get what you want to play because you may end up being the only one with the desire.
The reality is that your kids may or may not want to learn to play what you decide or may not want to play any instrument at all.
I know, that's horrible, but it's also true.
I tried teaching mine piano and it worked only to a slight degree. Once they got old enough to adamantly voice their opinions that was the end of it.
My granddaughter has all of my many instruments at her fingertips whenever she wants. She's now 5 and so far, not keen on any of them except drums. I'd dearly love to begin teaching her, but I don't want to put her off by forcing the issue. I hope one day she will ask for lessons. I'll be ready.
I do hope that it works out for your family band. My dad and brother and myself use to have a great time makin' music. Those are some of my best memories.
The reality is that your kids may or may not want to learn to play what you decide or may not want to play any instrument at all.
I know, that's horrible, but it's also true.
I tried teaching mine piano and it worked only to a slight degree. Once they got old enough to adamantly voice their opinions that was the end of it.
My granddaughter has all of my many instruments at her fingertips whenever she wants. She's now 5 and so far, not keen on any of them except drums. I'd dearly love to begin teaching her, but I don't want to put her off by forcing the issue. I hope one day she will ask for lessons. I'll be ready.
I do hope that it works out for your family band. My dad and brother and myself use to have a great time makin' music. Those are some of my best memories.
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MANDOLIN! Goes great with fiddle and banjo. Works for IrTrad, bluegrass, old time, folk. Small, portable, fun. Same tuning as fiddle so great for fiddle tunes.
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As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
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As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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The instrument choice will obviously vary with age. An small child is going to have trouble with a larger instrument that involves some strength to play. The xylophone along with the drum are good instruments for small children. The Clark sweetone penny whistle in bright colors (I have green and red) are also good choices for larger children, when they are not likely to fall with the whistle in their mouth. I think that the fiddle is a good instrument for a young child that shows promise musically. Violins are available in fractional sizes for not much money. Do yourself a favor and forget the banjo, else you may have dueling banjos at some later date.
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From what I've read and heard of attempts to promote ITM with young people in Ireland, what is successful is not you choosing an instrument of your choice and foisting it on the child, nor in forcing any sort of music education on the child, but to surround them with other children who are also learning, playing and competing in the music. It is the interaction with their peers that seems to be the biggest prod to get kids playing. The level of playing with some of these kids is pretty scary.
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My husband will attest to this: If you have someone learning an instrument in the family, it should either be the flute or the harp. The flute because you have to get pretty good before you can MAKE a sound, and the harp because it's almost impossible to make a BAD sound on it! 
Congrats on the upcoming newest band member!
Redwolf
Congrats on the upcoming newest band member!
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Justine- people will hate me , but Piano- it grounds you musically, teaches how to read and he can learn a bunch of Josephine Keegan tunes ( I have her tune book). The musical scale didn't make sense to me until my daughter took piano and started explaining how it all worked together.
Fel
PS- I tried to get the kids to play guitar, only the middle child took to guitar and even then she'd rather play piano. She's listed as the executor of musical instruments when the time comes.
Fel
PS- I tried to get the kids to play guitar, only the middle child took to guitar and even then she'd rather play piano. She's listed as the executor of musical instruments when the time comes.