Isn it more natural to start playing music by ear than learning how to read music?
There exists an opinion that it is better, and “more natural”, to start music education by teaching the student how to play songs by ear, and by memorizing songs, and only much later to start teaching them how to read music notes. You might hear the phrase – “Children start speaking before they learn the alphabet, isn’t that true?!” This opinion might be correct only if our children have been surrounded by people playing music as much as they have been surrounded by speaking people. Nobody gets surprised if children of musicians start playing musical instruments from early childhood. In real life, most children have nobody in their close surroundings who can play music, giving them a good example and constant everyday support. Moreover, most parents, being musically illiterate, can’t even help their children with home music assignment. Only the student’s capability of reading music can help them productively practice at home or in a group setting. The Soft Mozart teaching software not
