Most parents try to instill in their children from the first days a love for music. Acquisition to the musical culture from the very childhood is a pledge of correct and high-grade aesthetic development of the child. Usually, learning begins with rhythm and familiarity with noisy and knocking instruments. In the future, it is recommended to purchase a set of musical instruments for children. All this can help the child to master the musical culture faster and learn how to play professionally on different musical instruments.
In this article, we will tell you about the classification of musical instruments for children, as well as which ones are better to choose for the first acquaintance of kids with a culture of sounds, and at what age can you start playing.
Kinds of children's musical instruments
The main types of musical instruments for children are:
- Noise tools. Acquaintance with sounds usually begin with this group of instruments, which includes shakers, ratchets, maracas, etc. In fact, the first rattle also refers to noise musical instruments for children.
- Percussion instruments are an excellent tool for the development of hearing and cause-effect relationships in the smallest children. Numerous xylophones and metal phones are now available for babies over 9 months old. The crumb will happily bang sticks on a bright toy, extracting a variety of sounds. Children older than a year can be introduced to bells, tambourines, castanets, drums and other instruments.
- Wind instruments made of wood or copper are designed for children over 10-12 years old. Sound in them is extracted by blowing air, which requires a large volume of lungs. Wood musical instruments for children include flute, clarinet, bassoon and others, to the copper pipes, tuba, trombone, etc. If you want to introduce the child to the mechanism of sound extraction by blowing in air much earlier than he turns 10 years, use a simplified tool - a pipe.
- The most popular instruments today are keyboards. This and all the known piano, and reed accordion or accordion, and electronic synthesizers. The latter can be targeted even at the smallest children - from one and a half to two years. Of course, such tools are not intended for professional training of the game, but with their help the child will be able to get the first idea of where the sounds come from.
- Stringed. While playing these instruments, the sound is extracted by stretched strings, and the resonator here is a hollow wooden case. String instruments, in turn, are divided into:
- plucked - in them the sound is extracted by pinching the strings with fingers or with a special device. The most famous ones are guitars, gusli, balalaikas and others. The recommended age for acquaintance of the child with this type of musical instruments is 6-7 years;
- bowed - game on which is carried out by means of a bow. Among the instruments of this type, the most suitable for the baby is a violin - you can start playing it when you reach the age of 3 years. Cello, double bass and others are not suitable for children because of their large size and considerable weight.
