No talent, you say...
No excuse, she says...
Learn to appreciate music. Collect music or musical things. Support musicians. Mrs. Schaeffer's book provides a host of examples of how the talented and the untalented can develop this creative aspect of our nature.
In our family we like to sing.
Here's a photo of our daughters practicing the anthem they sang at church one Christmas.
John Rutter's Candlelight Carol
Here (below) the girls gathered around the piano after Thanksgiving dinner when we enjoyed a mini hymn sing.
Cindy Rollins is the hostess/moderator.
She blogs at Ordo-Amoris where she advocates singing, even if one cant carry a tune ;-)
Sing to the LORD, all the earth!
Addendum: Read John Wesley's instructions for singing. I blogged about it here and here.
If you're interested in reading more about my family's singing, notice the *singing* categories/labels/tags in the sidebar of both blogs.
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It's so neat that your family sings together. My mother grew up with the family singing around the piano while my grandmother played, but unfortunately none of her kids took up playing.
ReplyDeleteI did like her admonition that we can learn to appreciate the various art forms even if we can't do them all.
I enjoyed Wesley's instructions - will have to send those to our church's music director!
Thanks for stopping by, Barbara.
DeleteI took piano and violin lessons, but never practiced enough. That exposure did help me learn to read music which I think should be as important as reading books.
I enjoyed having a peek around your blog. I'd love to listen in on some of your singing times! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen Timothy was home and we had a piano we enjoyed more singing. One Christmas sticks out when we had a group of company and we sang carols around the piano. So much fun. I can only imagine how lovely your family singing sounds. The girls just look like they can sing.
ReplyDeleteLove these photos of your girls singing, Dana. They exude such warmth and joy.
ReplyDeleteI also loved John Wesley's singing instructions!