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Hi all! My daughter's teacher says she is "musically advanced". She is ten months old. Not sure whatshe does that others don't, but I am curious ifanyone has any age appropriate toys they love that would foster musical advancement. Thanks!
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If there is a Music Together or any other music and movement class in your area, I would highly recommend it. My dd3 is musically inclined too just like her dad. She enjoys music together classes, makes up her own songs and loves to dance. One thing her music teacher said to me was that at this age it is important to just incorporate music into their lives. There is no need to do anything more formal. So make silly songs together for everyday activity, take out the pots and pans and create wild music, sing lullabies, etc.
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Listen to a WIIIIIIIDE variety of musical genres in your home.
That makes a huge difference down the road as kids seem to internalize what they listen to prior to 2-3yo. Because my DD was listening to pretty much whatever we listened to (Bartok to Palestrina to Judas Priest to Duke Ellington and world music), she finds most music "natural" in terms of rhythm and structure now.
She also had a small but rugged electronic keyboard well before she was a year old. It may have been a Christmas gift when she was about 6mo, come to think of it. She loved it dearly. She loved books with rhyming meter (Sandra Boynton is especially wonderful, as is good old Dr. Suess), and clapping/singing games.
She began playing the recorder casually when she was about two.
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Great advice from others here! Music is a huge part of our family. My dh plays piano and has always let our kids plunk along with him (even as babies). We love to sing and dance when dh plays. Recently, my kids started a "band": dh on piano, ds6 on electric keyboard, dd2 on xylophone or interpretive dance, me on vocals. Yeah, we probably drive our neighbors insane (since it's been window-open weather) .
When your dd is a little older, watch Disney's Little Einsteins. My ds cracks ne up when he starts discussing Beethoven's 5th, Mozart's Requiem and the like. It really helps make classical music accessible to kids.
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My DS5 really enjoyed a keyboard around 6-12 months. Very inexpensive, made for older kids sort of as a toy, but a real keyboard with at least a couple octaves (not the kind with only 5 keys or that lights up when the keys are touched). I noticed that on our real piano he could not make the keys make sounds consistently (often pressed the keys too slowly or without enough force), but an electronic keyboard worked easier.
Read somewhere accounts of the childhoods of musical virtuoso types, some reported that as a young child they recalled music was silly fun in their family, time spent together messing around. The endless hours of practice came later and the drive they had for it and their deep love for making music came to some degree from the memories of the earlier family oriented fun.
The other thing my son enjoyed from early on (can't remember exactly when) was a slide whistle. But they are hit or miss, some of the cheapo kids toys ones kind of just squeak: let me know anyone if you know of where to buy a cheap but reasonable quality one.
Also harmonica and xylophone.
DS did a Music Together type thing but wasn't too keen on the patient sitting in a circle waiting for a turn... the style of the class is likely very dependent on the particular teacher though. He did very much enjoy at 10 months our local library's toddler song time.
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My daughter fell in love with Signing Time, not that I should be recommending DVDs. She was a great signer by 12 months, though, and she could always match pitch with me!
We also have a piano, toy musical instruments, etc. All she wants is for me to play Celtic music or Twinkle Twinkle on the laptop. We have special lullaby music and Signing Time songs for in the car that she is soothed by (hates the car).
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My youngest was (and is) highly musical. You've already had some grea suggestions about exposure to a wide variety of music styles, purchasing a sturdy keyboard, and I'd recommend whatever version of leap pad is now available. They have some wonderful musical software geared for children that is interactive and tactile. Resist the urge to take control of the experiences to make them more educational - what worked well for my kiddo was to be accessible if he couldn't make something work correctly but to let him just explore and experience. He would spend hours at the keyboard or playing with the leap pad music books, and he still plays his keyboard most days before heading to school.
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Make fun your primary objective. I agree with the keyboard idea. We have one - it's about four octaves - nothing fancy (might have been $50? Can't remember). My kids have been playing with that thing since they were little. Two of the black keys are now held on with electrician's tape, and we've lost the plug-in cord as well as the battery door cover. It still works! Interestingly, my son ACED the pitch pattern recognition portion of his CAPD assessment (kids his age are supposed to score 40% and he scored 97%). I think early, fun and child-led exposure to music helps to build their brains 
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