The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-19
MUSIC SHOULD Be CONTINUED
IN8HoMEs.

NEW YORK. May 1s.-The entire
nature and action OF g child may be
remcuided through music. This is
not an IDLE dream nor mere theory;
# IS Substantial fact proved in many
cases during fifteen years OF work IN
the music school settlement, in East
Third street Through the proper
study Of music the unmanageaoIe
child may be made tractable, just as
through wrong methods the manage
able one may become ungoyerna Die:
Not only has this work been done
With children drawn from the nelgnt
borhood that surrounds the music
school settlement but with the little
ones who live in luxury uptown, where
the afr 81 sweet, and clean, and in
homes5where they are surrounded with
beautiful things; for the incorTtgtble
child Is found not alone in the slums-
she lives insmansions as well.
THE child OF this type is one in
whom ideals have been crushed or
snburessed. 1t is spiritual as well
a physical condition that brings out
odaiitfes that brand him as bad"
But IN these children there Is hope,
for they at least have the courage OF
ffiefr convict ions, while the generally
accepted good" child is one often
made So Through slavery.
The first thing to do with the IN,
rofTiFiblep child Is TO turn his mind
into channels Of interest, to aid him
"a discovering a personal ideal, ana
music IS one OF the greatest aids IN
such a direction. here is subtle
sense In an art expression that aids
tiie human being in realizing MS 1oeat.
no awaken the beauty and appreeia-
ton of harmony is more important
than to give the child so-caheu
thorough education. y, a.
When it Is said that music VIII IN
duence the unmanageable chlla u Is
not meant that mere listening Is ail
that IS required, though there na a.s,
been great changes when susn snii'
dren have been placed IN suFr Isnni,
ings where music is feature. l !s.asa,
tho child TO play. All cnnaten meI q
to play on some TOY ins st,na tSa liz
IA ons's INCLINATION in tender years
"a NAV on some top instrument. a
6aby lives to sit by the piano and
6neer the keys. It is only when the
SysiId crows der than either the lack
Il III Instrument, or through making
4 drndgary Of music by old-fashionea
,nefbod & thfs desire for musical eS'
pressioni crushed.
II Is necessary that the whole ioea
nj music teaching be changed and the
Eerrfble custom of subjecting the cnlia
"a hard daily practice when 1t can 90
notffng but make most horrtd noise
sholfldf he stopped, for 1t Is subject
fde the child to the most nerYe-rack.
itfs f1fysical torture-no to say any.
thing about its neighbors.
You cannot take a child, good, bad
or indifferent, put him to work at the
biano with an utterly uncongenial
teacher. make him practice certain
sci hours o. day set scales in a set
way and bring forth good results.
Either you are going to produce a
spirftless good child or a rebel.
Scales are tuneless affairs represent
tnF 10 the child nothing but drudgery.
Chords that form harmonic tnstruc-
ton are Interesting. SO begin with
titese, seeures the child's interest, and
never fear but the matter OF technl
efee Win follow:
IN the settl Elements new method OF
music teaching has been developed
which leads to the study OF the body
and the coordination OF mind and
IUUHClESNWultu lC69SA GAAo ShAA1S
redufred In daily practice, and 1t is
exfraordinary what can be done.
Take the violin, for instance. How
often has It occurred that a person
almost mentally deficient can be more
expressiyes on the instrument than one
e, sensitive and refined that the very
Ailments which would make him a
fine musician are a source OF diff
cnItyl There must be something that
keepsiusI all from doing what we want
to DO. Every expression is made
through the use Of the body. BY realiz.
fnR this and trying to bring about
q Organization between the mind and
muscles weahaye gotten at the very
health OF the child He must be.
taugfit tossit and stand right, to place
his hands on the keys Alright. Won.
derfuT things can be done in this way
and instead of music being Just a
means 81 entertainment 1t can be the
means or lifting out from the body
that submerged self which needs ex-
PRECISION.
We are not at all interested In the.
taiented child, because the talented
child viii always attract attention,
Ike the possessor OF physical beauty.
But sfnce the world depends upon the
dCyel0pm6uLi OIL Tue HOIudl Cnllu IL 10
this one that attracts us. Such a
ittfle one can be made to play well.
we hlSe proven this time and time
again.
There 81 really no such thing as
tone deafness. You can teach so
much through music. There are so
many possibilities that It Is pity
they cannot be worked out faster.
And Il Sour firm belief that 1t Is not
the brilliant musician who should be
hith priced 1t is the devoted earnest
teacher Who isiwilling to work on what
tho chEd brings him.
Here enters the serious question OF
the teacher and the child. One type
OF man orSwoman cannot successfully
teach an children. There Is an excel.
lent example OF this In the music
school. where one will often find teach
ors and children out Of harmony,
teachers who give up and declare that
they cannot manage the child, and
children who cannot learn from their