Music Is The Magical Communication

We are certainly hard wired to enjoy music!

This morning we sat around trying to remember those songs that were our favorites as children. Then my son looked them up on the computer to try and find words and chords to start us out on the right foot as he made a list of them for my granddaughter.

Of course there was much singing by everyone as we sang the version we remembered and compared it to that of everyone else. Followed by singing it with the guitar to get all the words and chords aligned. And Lainey sat in her swing, big eyed and entranced during the entire process. She giggled and cooed, kicked and waved her tiny arms whenever a particular sound caught her attention.

Later, as her mother played the piano, accompanied by her father on his guitar, I held her and watched as, once more, she bounced and laughed with joy, sometimes wrinkling her tiny brow at an odd note here or there.

This baby will be surrounded by music. A fantastic little thing called an Ipod has access to just about every piece known to me and even more. We often begin our days with Debussy and move through the Beatles, Pink Floyd, maybe a little Beethoven and who knows what as the hours progress. Still it is the live music that I love the most and evidently so does my granddaughter!

We may like particular kinds of music, but most of us are drawn by the beat of drums in a parade, calmed down, or speed-ed up by the tempo of a compelling piece, and even feel our moods change as the music does. It reaches parts of our brains that simple words, or silence may not. I found that I could teach almost anything to children by turning it into a song and stuttering often stops when the words are put in tune mode.

Music seems to be the magical part of communication that is often able to surmount all barriers.