| Many middle school and high school curriculums will | | | | musical instrument category. Some afternoons |
| include a music program. The use of music in the | | | | can be marked for string instrument players and |
| education program used to be considered an | | | | the music sheets for only those students will be |
| extra-curricular activity that earned the student | | | | available. All other students wishing extra |
| no credit toward graduating. In the modern school | | | | instruction will have to make arrangements to |
| curriculum, students are encouraged to learn a | | | | stay late on the day scheduled for another |
| musical instrument and some will excel in the | | | | instrument type. With five days in a school week, |
| endeavor and be awarded college scholarships or | | | | the percussion section, woodwinds, brass and |
| an invitation to pursue a degree at a arts college. | | | | strings all have days open for special instruction. |
| Many school programs will include band as an | | | | A child can use other methods to spur the |
| elective course when students enter the fifth | | | | learning curve along a bit, and many parents are |
| grade. The students will be given the option of | | | | willing to rent or buy music scores and music |
| choosing a musical instrument and if that | | | | playing devices so that the child's learning can |
| instrument is in short supply, it will be the | | | | progress at a faster rate. The public libraries are a |
| responsibility of the parent to buy a new or used | | | | great place for educating children on all manners |
| one for the child. The sheet music for all school | | | | of musical instrument. Children that learn two |
| band programs is supplied free of charge, but | | | | instruments at once end up being well-rounded |
| students that take private instruction will have | | | | people when they become adults. A child can be |
| many workbooks to buy during the course of the | | | | educated in music history just by listening to |
| training involved. | | | | music created by musical composers such a |
| The progress made in learning to play a musical | | | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van |
| instrument will be derived from the amount of | | | | Beethoven, and Johann Sebastian Bach. |
| time that the student devotes to practice. Since | | | | Parents can help in educating with musical |
| the music classes at school are only scheduled to | | | | instruments by exposing their children to musical |
| be an hour long, the student must often take the | | | | styles such as jazz and taking children to areas |
| various sheets of music home and continue to | | | | where this music style is famous such as New |
| practice in an area where there is certain to be | | | | Orleans, Louisiana. The opportunities for educating |
| no interruptions. The school's band director time | | | | children with musical instruments and the sound of |
| will be spread thin among many students | | | | music are endless. A child might show an interest |
| throughout the day. Individual instruction is often | | | | in music long before they ever reach school age |
| not possible after school hours. | | | | and parents must grab hold of that education |
| A bandleader might prefer to educate band | | | | opportunity because there is no ceiling on where it |
| members in small groups that center around the | | | | might lead. |