Brother/sister music fun!

Photo This year research was conducted about interactions between siblings with respect to music study. Data were collected from 5 2-child families, each with a younger sister and older brother between 7 and 15 years old, both of whom were taking private piano lessons. Siblings were considered as companions, friends, helpers, and communicators in music study. The older sibling provided most of the music teaching and modeling for the younger sibling, and the younger sibling requested information often from the older sibling. All siblings maintained a positive attitude towards one another with regards to rivalry in music study, and the findings provided insights into rivalry as a stimulus and source of encouragement in siblings’ musical growth. -Source Allow your children to help each other learn about and enjoy music together!