The progress is slow, but there is itsy bitsy improvement every day. After about two weeks of struggling, I realized that everything depends on the muscle memory! Just like athletes practice to be perfect on their performances, playing instruments needs muscle memory, too. When I make really nice sounds, I tried to remember what I did with my lips. When I succeeded on holding a long sound nicely, I tried to remember what I did with my tummy. Of course, the coordination of eyes and fingers are, hopefully, engraved and stored right into my brain.
Muscle memories cannot be accomplished in a day or two. Why do athletes practice every day and what makes them continue the hard training? Think about high school football players. They have common goals as a team and there is a coach to lead them and help them to keep going until they accomplish their goals. If you are in a school band, there is a director to coach you to accomplish the goal. The goal is to play the instruments and make beautiful harmony together.
I should join the community band to play in the near future and enjoy playing as a team member.
I found a resourceful article, A Parent's Guide to Music Lessons by Catherine Schmidt-Jones from CONNEXIONS website. The parents can get information about “when and how to introduce their children to music” at:
http://cnx.org/content/m11640/latest/
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