Studying music is fun! The best books and manuals for children
Children are very sensitive. They always understand when parents themselves are interested in music and when they are not. Mom often says: “Quickly do the solfeggio assignments.” Do you think a child who also hates this solfeggio will want to study? And if mom says: “What are you studying now? Seventh chords? Did you know that Beethoven uses them so beautifully in the Moonlight Sonata? Don't know "Moonlight Sonata"? So let's listen!"
Of course, you will say that not every parent is a musician and has the time and knowledge. If you studied at a music school (and remember something else), then good. But even if you don’t have the knowledge, it doesn’t matter! We have prepared for you the most interesting books about music, with the help of which it is very easy to interest even the most stubborn!
You might find something from this list useful (almost all books can be downloaded completely free in pdf format):
- “Music Theory for Little Musicians and Their Parents”, author - T.E. Pervozvanskaya
This is both a fairy tale and a textbook that explains musical concepts in a very simple and interesting way.
- “Queen Gamma”, author - E. Poplyanova.
In principle, this author has a lot of good books for beginners that will help a child fall in love with solfeggio.
- “Note ABC”, author N.P. Konchalovskaya
This is a very good book-guide for small and large aspiring musicians
- “The alphabet of music for both preschoolers and primary schoolchildren”, author I.S. Korolkova.
- “Incorrect solfeggio, in which instead of rules there are songs, pictures and different stories!”, author O. Kamozina
A child can read this book on his own, but knowledge of the basics of musical literacy will be required.
- “The ABC of Music in Fairy Tales, Poems and Pictures”, author E. A. Koroleva
This manual is intended for classes with preschoolers (5 and 6 years old), but younger students will also definitely like it. There are a lot of games, poems and stories.
- “Musical education of a child”, authors Lev Madorsky and Anatoly Zak
And this book is needed if you want to understand whether your child should take up music and what needs to be done so that children love and are interested in it.
- “Music from A to Z”, author E. Finkelstein
This is a fairly “old” and well-known book that can still be found in bookstores. Very often, teachers of children's music schools recommend it.
- Manuals by V. Zhilin “How to conduct lessons on playing musical instruments”
His work is based on the K. Orff system, which promotes the formation of creative imagination in a child, instills a love of vocals, music and develops a sense of rhythm. There are very few books by Zhilin on sale.
- “Elementary Theory of Music”, author I. V. Sposobin
And this book is necessary for those who study or want to remember musical literacy.
If you can’t get into the musical theme, but really want to help your child, then give your young musician some time, maybe 2 times a week:
- find out what he is studying
- is he interested
- try playing a music quiz (the questions can be found in the textbooks given above).
To keep interest in music lessons alive, play cartoons with good melodies for your child, for example:
- "Cinderella"
- "Pencil and Eraser"
- "Nutcracker"
- "Ballerina on a Ship"
