INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
, » "Under no conditions should a child touch the piano until it is seven years of age, because it does not possess the necessary sens© of co-ordination for such a complicated instrument, but that is not to say that its musical education should not begin before that time. The child should begin its musical education with exercise to stimulate the feelings and imagination." This was the advice on music teaching given by Miss Valerie Corliss, L.R.A.M., in an enlightening talk to teachers and music students at the Bristol last evening. Miss Corliss began by explaining the latest methods of instructing the child. It was through <the medium of a music kindergarten. The valuable thing to teach children was how Fo feel and how fo express this feeling by means of music. The modern conception of music was that of a language.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19220, 28 January 1928, Page 20
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143INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19220, 28 January 1928, Page 20
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