An Amish child hears music from birth. Mom sings lullabies in Pennsylvania Dutch. Simple melodies, simple words: 'Schlof, Boppli, schlof' — 'Sleep, baby, sleep.'
At School
School day starts with a song. Teacher leads — children join. Hymns from Ausbund (simple ones), German children's songs, sometimes translated English ones.
Learning
No sheet music. Children aren't taught music — they absorb it. By 10, a child knows 30-40 hymns by heart. By 16 — all 140. Not from studying — from hearing them 800 times.