Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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The first thing to know about piano lesson age is that every child is different. Some children are able to start at age four or younger, while others need to wait until age seven or eight. Some have started as late as their teen years and found great success in piano.
The 1024th note Anthony Philip Heinrich's Toccata Grande Cromatica is an absolute joy to sight-read – slightly hungover – on a Sunday morning. The...
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Its affect covers sadness, sometimes quiet and sedate joy, and a gentle grace with a slight touch of dreamy melancholy. Occasionally it rises to a...
Read More »There’s nothing more heartwarming than hearing your tot plinking around at the piano. But sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether your child is just curious or if it’s time to start investing in piano lessons! What is the right age to start piano lessons? If you’re in doubt, look no further! We’ll tell you exactly what you need to know about piano lesson age right here.
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Read More »Speaking of being ready for lessons, one of the most crucial prerequisites for piano lessons is a desire to learn. If your child has no interest in playing the piano, it’s very possible that piano lessons will do more harm than good. Put yourself in a child’s shoes: if you don’t want to learn piano, you won’t want to practice. Then, each week, your teacher will be disappointed that you didn’t practice. Before long, your parent is forcing you to practice when you don’t want to and you’ll grow to resent the instrument! This isn’t the relationship you want your child to have with music. If they’re not interested in piano, there are many other activities out there that can help enrich their lives. And there are many other musical instruments that they may be excited to learn. The key is to follow and encourage your child’s interest. You are planting a seed for future growth that needs nurturing and support at this tender age. In addition to these traits, it’s worth considering basic reading skills. Most students will be able to progress in piano study as long as they know the alphabet and numbers 1-5. There are some teaching approaches, such as the Suzuki method, that emphasize a ‘ by ear first’ approach to learning. Students in this method can start as early as age 3 as musical reading is brought in well after the student’s musical ear is developed. So while reading isn’t mandatory when starting lessons, some rudimentary reading skills can be extremely helpful when they’re learning especially in more traditional approaches to piano lessons. After age 6 many piano teachers use method books that have little snippets of stories for the child to read while they learn. If they can’t read, they may have more trouble engaging with the method book. That said, consider that one of the many benefits of piano lessons is that they can help boost your child’s reading skills. Their teacher can even work with them to sound out the words.
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