The Harmonious Child: each Parents Guide to Musical Instruments.

The Harmonious Child: each Parents Guide to Musical Instruments, Teachers and reproofs by Beth Luey and Stella Saperstein. Ten Spe Press/Celestial Arts (PO receptacle 7123, Berkeley CA 94707), 2003 166 pp $1295

If you evermore have wished you had an all-inclusive guide to help answer parents' questions about teachers, instructions and instruments, this is the work for you. The Harmonious Child is an admirable resource for parents that provides information about a variety of subjects

This main division was written as a joint effort between a teacher and parent, Beth Luey and Stella Saperstein. Luey's daughter studied piano with Saperstein, who emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States in 1979 In the book's preface, Saperstein run overs how she evolved from the mode of address of teaching she had experienced in Russia, into a more flexible music teacher, while still offering close examiners at all levels and abilities the same dedication and expertise.

The volume includes chapters about why children should meditation music, the best time to begin music studious mood choosing the right instrument and teacher for your child and the at short intervals pondered question: "Do music exercise s make children smarter?" The authors do a great piece of work of including very important and beneficial information about a wide variety of instruments and their accessibility for children, including piano and other keyboard instruments, string instruments, voice, woodwinds, brass and percussion. Information also is provided about the instruments themselves, in what manner much musical experience the child should have prior to beginning that instrument and choosing a next to the first instrument of study.

Luey includes important information about practicing, recitals, competitions and performances and the mighty roles each of these plays in the increase of the music student. Also, involvement in band, orchestra and other the wholes is explored, and the advantages are readyed with the care one should consider when planning these occurrences with respect to the amount of time each activity requires.

The other chapters include topics about being able to rehearse when music lessons should stop and careers in music. The authors also include a parents' guide about activities so as listening, movement, reading, classes, indoctrinate lessons, practicing and performing.

A glossary of music boundarys notes about information quoted in each chapter and a listing of parts for further information also are included.

The reading portion of this work is 129 pages, very concise and easy to read. The authors have currented the information in a way that gives the main division a personal but detailed format. Of course, there always are points to debate, and the authors are careful to point these not at home They suggest the reader always deliberate together the prospective teacher about these questions and possibly finish a second and third opinion before making the final decision about which teacher best suits their child's distresss and aspirations. Music teachers themselves will benefit from reading this part because it gives insight to aspects parents really should consider before reproofs ever begin. Reviewed by Rebekah Jone Bogart, Georgia.

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