I’ll admit that I was quite surprised by this. First, let me say that this is not one of those tedious “ooooh, isn’t he special” stories. It’s just interesting.
I sat my nephew Baby Z at my digital piano, switched it on, and stepped back. Sure, he found it interesting, as you’d expect, and he started to bang on the keys quite randomly at first…. but he began to experiment quite interestingly, listening, tinkering, trying new things, and singing along to some of his creations… his stuff sounded just great too! I’d never have guessed it would sound so interesting.
How come nobody told me that babies make such excellent avant-garde music seemingly without trying? Fascinating. Why is nobody releasing albums of this stuff?
-cvj
They do!
http://www.musictogether.com/
Oh, that’s cool! Now that you mention it, I’ve heard a baby doing pretty much the same thing on a family friend’s piano. Maybe babies are better musicians than we generally give them credit for!
I’m not at all surprised by this!