is there an age for learning music
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Is there an age for learning music?
T.V. Ramprasadh
There is absolutely no age for
learning. A little child learns music
from the tender age of two. Yes, we
must initiate the child into formal
music at seven, when he can read
musical notation and when he can
sit focussed in a place for a class at
least half an hour. I only advice the
children that they should make the
most of learning before they are 15
years of age. After that they will be
burdened with academic pressures
and then pressures in their jobs
etc. Learning music after that is a
challenge and will be possible only
of you are extremely motivated. I
was once told by a senior
astrologer and thinker that the
Samskaara (good values and education) you put into the child at a tender age
- before 15 years, will never be lost. It may disappear for some time during the
growing years, but will come back strongly after 25 years of age.
The upper limit to learn music is non-existent. You can learn at any age.
Learning music relaxes you and is a vibrant activity for the brain and keeps it
active. I have had a student Anantha Aiyer from Houston who has done his
arangetram (first stage performance) at the age of 73 years. Yes, it is difficult to
be seated in a posture for a long time for senior citizens. Some of them find
their voices or memory failing.
My advice to anyone who has had a desire to learn, but just couldn’t do it
in the race of living, do it NOW and see the difference it makes in your life
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