Let me tell you a story.
When I was three my toddler music group stopped and mum saw an advert for a lady who played the cello and made music with children.
When Mum rang the lady she said she didn't have any groups at the moment but I could
come and try the cello and sing songs with her anyway.
Mum and I decided to give it a go and I have been playing the cello with Kay ever since.
Kay's way of teaching meant I could read music before I could read words. The strings of my cello all have names beginning with the letter of the note - Alice, George etc. At the beginning the notes are also written as different shapes and then Kay slowly adds the lines.
To learn rhythm Kay teaches that a crotchet is a ta and a quaver is a tet-tay (sorry about the spelling Kay) and it helps you play the music the way it is written. I still use this way of understanding note lengths now when I play and at music theory at school.
I love football, Tottenham, chess and loads of other things but I am never going to stop learning with Kay. She is really nice and funny and has a dog called Barney who is really cute.
She has also made me really love the cello and music and has also made me really confident. I was Joseph in my school play of Joseph and I wasn't even scared to sing all the solos.
Anyway I am telling you my story because Kay has this new book out on teaching cello to children and I think you should all get it. She also has one on teaching violin too and their are more to come.
You can get them at Ackerman music shops or go to her website www.stringbabies.com .
If you go to her website you can also read more about Kay and the work she is doing to get all kids to love music from Hackney (where my mum, dad and sister lived and my aunt and cousins are) to Surrey which is in the country near London.
This is what I think and this is my story. So far.
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