Music Theory Nerd in the Making

Yesterday we were listening to Beethoven's 5th Symphony in the car. Avery loves Fantasia 2000 and the first selection on that dvd is the first movement of Beethoven's 5th. Plus she loves all the Baby Einsteins & Little Einsteins and recognizes the classical music on them as well. I'll be the first to admit that PJ is the driving force behind exposing our children to classical music. He puts it on in the house and the car much more often than I do. But I digress....

As we were listening to the 4th movement, Avery said, "That's the recapitulation. It's like the beginning." WHAAA? I had no idea she knew what a recapitulation was---and she said it just as the recap was starting----she was RIGHT! I shouldn't be so shocked, since PJ has been dancing around with her to Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Gershwin, Mozart, etc. since she was a week old, describing every moment of the music to her in music theory terms.

Anyone who knows Avery will readily attest to the fact that she LOVES music and especially SINGING. She's like a little human radio that's constantly tuned to the baby classical music station. Also, if you put anything in a song, she'll learn it---like the 50 states or all the verses of Primary songs or sacrament hymns. I guess that's what you get with two musical parents combined with Baby and Little Einsteins, and a tradition of singing church music to her before naps and bedtime. Lately we've been trying to round out her repertoire by playing ABBA, REM, some Village People and Queen. It's great fun to warp our kids!!