Many parents have their children learn various instruments at a very young age, and now there are various music training classes everywhere. However, what is the real purpose of learning music? I'm afraid that many parents have not seriously thought about it.
Jay Chou said that when he was 4 years old, he was forced by his mother to practice the piano every day, and the experience was very painful to recall, but he was grateful. If you think about it, people like Jay Chou who take music as a profession are only a very small number of people.
For most children, they will not make a living from music in the future, so why should they learn music?
"The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is a Swiss film released in 2007, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year, with a Douban score of 8.6. Through this film, we may be able to understand the true meaning of music and why children should learn music.
The talented teenager Vaders practiced the piano
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, the utilitarian concept of music education, destroys the child's love of music</h1>
The protagonist of the movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", Vaders, is a very cute child, his IQ is as high as 180, far more than his peers, especially in piano performance, he has shown great talent since childhood.
His parents were also proud of this, often allowing him to perform piano performances in front of crowds to satisfy their vanity. When Vaders was 12 years old, his eager mother also sent him to a conservatory dedicated to adult studies.
I can't help but think of the ancient "Wounded Zhongyong", the prodigy Zhongyong was turned into a tool to show off by his parents, and eventually became a mediocre, which made people sigh.
Vaders seems to be on this path, and his high intelligence does not make Vaders happy, and in his view, his talent is only the face of his parents.
His childhood, which was supposed to be spent in laughter and frolicking, was full of melancholy and depression. After playing the song, when he saw the praise of the crowd, he often left without a word with a calm face.
Because Vaders was too smart and made the teacher feel very faceless in school, he was ordered to withdraw from school.
Since then, practicing the piano has become the only part of his life, he has been deprived of the right to play, and even the female nanny who practiced for him has been dismissed by his parents, but his parents are unaware of it.
Many parents hope that their children will miss the "best education period", however, they bring more of an endless anxiety to their children.
Vaders' mother said, "Vidas, hurry up, just play the piano for me!" ”
Vaders replied, "Why always for you?" ”
The piano, which was supposed to bring joy and joy, became a burden for Vaders. How he wanted to be like a bird, soaring freely in the blue sky, pursuing his own life without restraint.
Vaders' parents never considered their children's feelings, so that Vaders was under pressure that did not belong to his age, and this utilitarian view of music education brought them a moment of vanity, but almost ruined Vidas's interest in music.
This is so similar to many of our parents, who only use music as a craft, or a means of making a living, to make beautiful music boring.
Vaders, who has a dream of flying
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, let children establish new self-identity through life, in order to better understand the connotation of music</h1>
This film is actually the growth history of young Vidas.
According to Erikson's theory of personality development, children strongly identify with their parents in early childhood, but in the process of gradually moving toward adolescence, they will show a conflict between self-identity and role confusion. Self-identity is the establishment of a psychological inner continuity, and the new social requirements allow them to establish a new image of themselves in the eyes of others.
Erikson says:
If a child feels that the environment in which he finds himself deprives him of the possibility of attaining self-identity in his future development, he will resist the social environment with astonishing force.
One of the problems is the uncertainty of future career choices, which often confuses children. At this time, parents must not make decisions for their children, but can only guide him to recognize himself and slowly establish self-identity.
However, Vaders's parents did not realize this and prematurely determined the career direction of Vaders, leaving Vaders, who had just entered adolescence, at a loss.
When Vaders's mother took him to the conservatory, he said in front of his teacher that he only wanted to be a veterinarian, which made his mother very angry and the mother-child relationship was rigid.
On a rainy night, 12-year-old Vaders jumped from his balcony with the wings of a wooden airplane he had made with his grandfather. He then pretended to have a memory loss of concussion, a decrease in IQ, and a hidden secret from everyone.
Vaders is not so much about jumping off a building as about "flying"—getting rid of his parents and looking for freedom like a bird. His mother asked him, "Do you really want to run away from me?" ”
Fortunately, Vaders also had an empathetic grandfather. Grandpa observed and accepted everything about Vaders.
Grandpa had a wonderful conversation with him:
Vaders: "I just want to be a normal person." ”
Grandpa: "Ordinary like me?" ”
Vaders: "No, you're more ordinary than you." ”
Grandpa threw his hat across the river: "If you can't make a decision, just give up some things first, understand?" ”
He said to Vaders, "Follow the star in your heart!" It also became a source of vidas's inner strength, allowing him to regain the courage to live.
Grandpa and Vaders
He speculated in stocks on the Internet in order to let his grandfather have a better life in his later years and realize his unfulfilled dream of flying. His grandfather finally soared into the blue sky and fulfilled his dream of flying.
After his grandfather's death, Vaders also firmly believed in his dreams, flying to the door of the piano master he had previously rejected.
Since then, he has worked hard to practice the piano and has also started his own concert.
Erickson believes that self-identity is solved on its own. After taking full account of the opinions of others, the individual is able to make decisions in a timely and clear manner.
Music, as an abstract art of life, is higher than life after being processed by musical artists. In the performance of music, people will have a sense of life in front of their eyes.
Growing up, through the twists and turns of life, Vaders embraced others, established a new identity of self, and deepened his understanding of music. For him, music is not just a monotonous and boring skill, but something full of vitality.
Vaders and Grandpa were very happy together
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, the real purpose of learning music: to find your own rhythm of life in the beating notes</h1>
Music is an art of the soul. Throughout the ages, it has given strength to those who move forward in the darkness, and countless hearts have been sublimated from it.
The great scientist Albert Einstein said, "Without an early musical education, I would have achieved nothing." ”
When you listen quietly to a piece of music, in the beating rhythm, in fact, not only the feelings of the musicians, but also the personal life experiences, feeling a unique and beautiful mood.
At this time, the music is the same frequency as people, which is the real "unity of music and people", and the rhythm of music has become the rhythm of your life.
The philosopher Schopenhauer thus spoke highly of the role of music. He believes that music is the highest level of art, which can directly express the human will, that is, the inner essence of all things.
As a result, music is more permeable than other arts.
The black and white keys, gently pressed with the fingers, are pulsating notes like elves. The high, low, ups and downs of the elves seem to be showing people that only those who really understand me are worthy of pressing this piano key.
Before his grandfather died, Vaders left his last words saying, "Vidas, go forward with your fate!" ”
This gave Vaders great encouragement. When his parents learned the truth about Vaders pretending to be stupid, they also realized the mistake of their way of education.
It is precisely because after Vaders pretended to be stupid, his parents did not have higher expectations for him, he returned to the life of ordinary people, let him find a rare peace in his heart, but also let him find his own sense of rhythm of life.
At this time, he found a CD of the "Gothenburg Variations", he calmly listened, the elegant and flexible tune, the ups and downs of the rhythm, let him into a dream wonderland, revel in it, truly enjoy the beauty of music.
True educators understand the purpose of music education. Fu Lei, a famous educator, said that letting children learn music does not necessarily make him an artist, although Fu Cong learned piano very early, he can change it at any time according to its development. Fu Lei's concept of music education allowed Fu Cong to find his inner home, practice the piano hard, and become a famous pianist.
Vaders after returning to the piano
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Vaders, through music, found his own sense of rhythm of life, and also rekindled the dream of the piano. He no longer plays for others, but for himself.
In short, when children can understand in music and really learn for music rather than for their parents, this is the real meaning of learning music. I hope that every child who learns music can be like Vaders, flying the dream plane, soaring in the blue sky of music, finding his true self in music, and playing the most gorgeous music.