WELL TEMPERED MUSIC

KBYI introduces Well Tempered Music. This recent addition to KBYI's programming, educates listeners on the positive effects of music in early childhood development.

Well Tempered Music connects radio and education by highlighting the beneficial aspects of music in a child's daily life. With a classical music format, KBYI is an excellent listening choice.

Information about Well Tempered Music can be heard daily on KBYI FM 100 and found online at www.kbyi.org. Join KBYI in this educational pursuit and learn how children can benefit from the wonders of music!

KEY NOTES

MENTAL PREPARATION
Learning a musical instrument, song, or dance, integrates the mind and body of children. This sensory integration is an important aspect of a child's mental preparation for school subjects such as reading, writing, and math.

LEARNING TO READ
When children learn to read and follow the sequence of music notes, the left hemisphere of the brain is activated. This same area is stimulated when children are involved in analytical and mathematical thinking.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Studies have shown the schools that produced the highest academic achievement in the United States spent 20-30% of the school day devoted to the arts. This includes music. Ninety-five percent also believe that music is part of a well-rounded education and that music gives children a sense of accomplishment.

ARTISTIC SELF-EXPRESSION
Music is a natural artistic self-expression for children. They are born rhythmical people by living for nine months in the womb with the rhythms of their mother's heartbeat. Positive musical interaction stimulates learning and creates rich neural networks in the brain that foster the "hardware" of intelligence.

LISTENING SKILLS
In the early stages of learning, symbolism is fundamental for children's communication. Musical notation fosters this symbolic codification, and influences listening skills. Listening is a key factor in a child's cognitive development.

LOVE TO DRAW
Children love to draw. Exposure to intricate musical sounds has been proven to improve a child's ability to draw shapes, copy patterns, and use mazes.

MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Early childhood is the most crucial period in a child's musical development. Continually exposing your child to their own cultural music through songs or spoken chants will link the ability to perform the music vocally with correct tonal thinking.

POSITIVE COGNITIVE EXPERIENCE
Music lessons during childhood can provide a positive cognitive experience for children. Musical instruction encourages the mastery of fine motor skills, increases attention span and develops memory and the ability to read notation.

NEURAL CONNECTIONS
During early childhood neural connections are wired to retain vital lifestyle skills in a child's mind. Musical training has an effect on this wiring process, specifically the cognitive functions of the brain associated with memory and attention. Children who take music lessons improve in literacy, verbal memory, mathematics, and Visio-spatial processing.

CORPUS CALLOSUM
The corpus callosum connects the left and right sides of the brain, allowing open communication. It has been shown that children who begin keyboard training before the age of seven have 12% thicker nerve fibers in the corpus callosum. As well, when string or keyboard instruments are learned before adolescence, a greater area of the brain is dedicated to touch perception of the fingers.

ENJOYABLE ACTIVITY
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 98% of Americans believe that music is an activity that a child can enjoy all of his or her life.

BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 89% of Americans believe that music brings families together and 97% believe that it helps instill an appreciation of arts and culture in children.

DEVELOPS TEAMWORK
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 96% of Americans believe that school band is a good way for young people to develop teamwork skills and 93% believe that schools should offer instrumental music as part of the regular curriculum.

RHYTHM SKILLS
Developing your young child's rhythm skills can be a great benefit. Children perform better academically when their rhythm skills are continually used and developed.

PLAY
In a young child's daily life, play is the primary vehicle for growth. Musical play is excellent for development and should occur in child-directed, child-initiated, and adult-supported play opportunities. This type of play fosters children's cognitive skills and provides exploration growth.

COMMUNICATION
Music is one of the first and most important forms of communication that an infant experiences. Although young children may lack the art of speech, they are deeply receptive to the emotion created by music. A parent singing to a child teaches the crucial developmental task of a child feeling secure in their environment. Music gives children an early foundation for learning and connects them to the surrounding world.

PERCEPTUAL AND LOGICAL IDEAS
Music supports perceptual and logical ideas such as cause and effect, beginning and ending, harmony and dissonance, sequence and balance, timing, numbers, and enumeration. It is also an effective way to teach children basic counting, social skills, colors, and the relationship among ideas.

EXPRESSING EMOTIONS
Young children aren't always able to clearly express their emotions with the spoken word. Through music, they are able to verbally express their joy, sorrow, or frustration.

ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS
When preschool children listen, respond, and learn to make music through playing instruments and singing together, they build a foundation for essential life skills such as collaboration, group effort, and cooperation.

STUDYING MUSIC
When children study music, they develop good work habits, improve flexibility of thought and spatial reasoning, as well as build abstract reasoning skills.

BETTER GRADES
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 85% of Americans believe that music participation corresponds with better grades and test scores in children. Eighty percent also believe that involvement in music makes you smarter.

FUN AND RELAXING
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 97% of Americans believe that music is a good means of expression, 95% believe it is fun, and 94% believe it is relaxing.

MAKING FRIENDS
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 93% of Americans believe that music participation helps children make friends more easily, as well, 61% believe that children's creative levels increase when involved in music.

TEACHES DISCIPLINE
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 88% of Americans believe that music involvement teaches children discipline and 50% believe that it impacts children's overall intellectual development.

PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
According to a survey compiled by the Music Educators National Conference, 73% of Americans believe that it is important for children to engage in music activities in daycare or preschool, and 68% believe that music plays a significant role in preschool development.

MUSIC LESSONS
In the U.S. during the year of 2003, 69% of females and 58% of males learned to play their first instrument between the ages of 5-11. These children took music lessons in school, took private music lessons, or taught themselves how to play an instrument. The early years are the most influential music years in a child's life.

HARMONIOUS MUSIC FOR...

PLAYFUL AFTERNOON

Audran La mascotte: Overture

Lehar Gold und Silber

Offenbach La Belle Helene: Overture

Rossini The Silken Ladder: Overture

Gounod Faust ballet music

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Trepak

Mendelssohn Octet for strings: Presto

Schumann Kinderszenen: Mvt.1

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Mvt.17

Mozart Serenade No. 6: Menuetto

RELAXING AFTERNOON

Satie Gymnopédies

Gluck Ballet of the blessed spirits

Debussy String Quartet

Dvorák Symphony No. 9: Largo

Mozart Clarinet Concerto: Adagio

Ravel Pavane for a dead princess

Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Mvt.5

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14: Mvt.1

Mozart Piano Sonata No. 14: Mvt.2

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1: Mvt.2

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 11: Mvt.2

Beethoven Bagatelle

CLASSICS FOR STUDYING

Massenet Thaïs: Méditation

Dvorák Serenade for Strings

Mozart Serenade No. 11: Adagio

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8: Mvt.2

Dvorák Slavonic Dances

Boccherini String Quintet: Minuet

Mozart Serenade No. 12: Mvt.2

Chopin 2 Nocturnes: No. 1 in B

Debussy Clair de Lune

Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Brahms Symphony No. 1: Mvt.2

Bach Harpsichord Concerto: Largo

MUSIC FOR NIGHTTIME

Bach Orchestral Suite: Air

Bach Cantata No. 147 'Herz und Mund'

Satie Gymnopes: No. 1

Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals

Mozart Clarinet Concerto: Adagio

Chopin 2 Nocturnes: Mvt.2

Bizet Carmen Suite: Intermezzo

Schubert Ave Maria

Fauré Dolly Suite: Berceuse

Schumann Kinderszenen: Traumerei

A special thanks to Jill Huntsman's 2nd grade class at Adams Elementary School!