When we began our Son Rise program, we put away Dad's synthesizer keyboard, as Aditya was using it mainly to ism by playing his favorite rhythms and songs, numbered 1-100. Oftentimes he would repeatedly play the same song, for example.
Two weeks ago, we decided that he had reached the point where we could bring the keyboard back, lay down some rules, and see if Aditya is willing to use it to "make" or "practice" music rather than just play the pre-recorded tunes.
Aditya not only agreed to the rules, he showed appreciation for this explanation: "Making or practising music helps your mind become more creative, which is good for you. Simply listening to songs on the keyboard is like watching TV. It does everything for you, so you don't get to do anything."
Since that day, Aditya has been religiously following the rule, and he has never ever touched the buttons that play the pre-set tunes.
And what does he play on the keyboard?
1) Ring ring ring ring banana phone!!! Once Daddy taught him to play the two lines of the song, he began practising them every day, and he still does. He recently surprised his grandparents in India by playing the two lines for them!
2) The first few words of Dil Chahta Hai:-) which is one of his favorite Hindi songs.
There is something special for Dad, about what he next did with Banana phone and Dil Chahta Hai. He has listened to Daddy "twisting the tunes" (which means sing one song on the tune of another), and he always enjoyed that. But last week, for the first time, we found him singing Bananaphone on the tune of Dil Chahta Hai. What more could Daddy ask for?
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