I have this Korg Electribe thing that my 5yr old son loves. That's one of those DJ beat boxes/synths/sequencer all-in-one type of deals. He can run circles around me on it
That's what this toy kinda reminds me of.
It's funny what sparks their interest. I don't think the Electribe did it, but I give him some music to play in his little CD radio. One of the songs I put on a disc for him was Eleanor Rigby - some remixed version from the "Love" CD with just solo strings at the intro. I kept hearing him play just that part over and over and over again, and about a week later he began asking if he could take violin lessons. This was a couple months back. Last week someone gives me an old Solina string ensemble keyboard, and Mike was there for a good hour playing the thing when I fired it up. Not just banging around, but intently working out his little song and everything (he had to make it a point to play it for me once he had it "there"
). I've got keys all over the house, and he never shows any interest in them. Then I realized it was the "violin"-ish sound he liked. I gotta get him hooked up with some lessons soon so he can explore that.
Funny what makes 'em tick! (and figures they're only interested in playing instruments I don't already have!
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