Tonal Syllables, like Rhythm Syllables, take your child to a higher level of music learning. They provide labels for what your little one knows in sound, offer a language with which to communicate tonally, and they provide the bridge to tonal music reading. Tonal Syllables distinguish between tonalities, while strengthening your little one’s developing sense of tonality. Tonal Syllables will likely “make more sense” to your child than to you, as the syllables mirror your little one’s tonal knowing, which is sensual rather than “intellectual.” Your little one may engage in “Tonal Syllable Babble,” delivering some imitation of the syllables. This is a necessary step, just as babbling tonal is a necessary step. Encourage any interaction with Tonal Syllables and don’t worry about accuracy—yours or your little one’s! Tonal Syllables will eventually fall in place and make musical sense.
