Has Simon given your child a "thumbs down?" Does he sing like a frog? Or what about you? Were those sweet lullabies you "tried" to sing to your child more of a punishment than a sweetness? No problem, help is on the way.
When Suzuki was working with a tone deaf child, he discovered that both his mother and grandmother were singing to him out of tune, so the child developed a bad "ear". No wonder the poor chap couldn't twinkle!
Rather than trade the mom and grandma in, he decided to expose the little boy to songs in tune and repeated the training over and over again. The child was able to actually retrain his ear. He was able to give a public recital in Canada years later. Aaah success! I know Simon would have given a thumbs up.
Now, how to keep the mum and granny quiet... ( O.K. that last part wasn't in the book)
My recap on Ability Development from Age Zero by Shinichi Suzuki, p. 7-8.
