<p>What to do, what to do . . . A question for the collective wisdom of all of you wise parents out there: What if you see a talent in your child, know that with the right training, this talent could be developed, yet, for some reason, when you've gone the "lessons" route, it hasn't worked? Okay, I'm talking about my 6th grader here, who seems to me, to love music, and would love to be able to play the piano well, yet has taken lessons and gotten turned off. Actually had a couple of different teachers, and neither of them clicked. But now, after some time has passed, she has taught herself a couple of pieces and likes trying to play things by ear. Should I try lessons again (if I can find a teacher with a different approach who is willing to work with her style) or is that being too pushy? Should I just leave her alone? She has expressed an interest in lessons again lately, but doesn't want a repeat of her last experience/teacher.</p>
<p>She does do other musical things. She is in a wonderful children's choir, and though she enjoyed it somewhat for the first two years (because she does kind of enjoy just about anything that involves other kids), I was the one really, who was making her do it. But this year (now she is finally in one of the higher levels) she LOVES it. And she also LOVES band, which I talked her into. Of course, the twist in that story is that she was going to play clarinet, but after I got my old high school clarinet fixed ($400 job), the director asked if anyone would like to play baritone and of course she raised her hand and is now playing baritone. I have the feeling that once she got to the next level in piano she would LOVE that too. Like if she could play piano in jazz band in high school or something. Hmmm. I'm getting some ideas here on how to approach this. Tks for listening!</p>