2026

The Importance of Morning Riaz for the learning of Music for Kids

Author(s): Essah Azahar

Abstract

Music education has become a necessary component of the whole child development. This paper elaborates about the relevance, process, and advantages of morning riaz and alankars practices in nurturing the vocal development in children. Following the principles of Hindustani classical music, regular riaz in the new environment of the morning improves the breath regulation of a child, its tonality, swara shuddhi, and voice range. On the other hand, the practices with different patterns (Alankars) including single notes and two- or three- or four-note groups as well as zigzag or skippers make a voice of a child more flexible in addition to enhancing memory, concentration, and imagination. The article will start by outlining the general importance of music education to children with a particular focus on its contribution to cognitive, emotional, social, physical development. It describes the advantages of morning Riaz explaining the chronological sequence of warm-ups, such as omkar, humming, Sa practicing, breathing exercises, and sargam practice. The alankars section contains elaborate methodologies which can be taught to the children in a very entertaining, playful and involving way. Studies and folklore show that a straight 10-20 minutes practice session engages many parts of the brain of a child and this will enhance language ability, mathematical ability and emotional control.