If you are thinking of investing in a musical education for your child - or if your child is already enrolled in music lessons - you want that experience to be the happiest, most productive activity possible. Like most parents, you hope that your child will gain satisfaction from learning to play the piano. You ...
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Choose the Right Time For Your Child To Start
On the average, age seven or eight (when children have mastered basic reading) is a good time to start piano, but some children are ready earlier while others benefit by waiting until age nine or ten. A child's interest in music, attention span, and eagerness to learn are the best indications of readiness. ...
Be Positive
The decision to study piano, like the choice of diet or bedtime, should not be left up to a young child. The child who is asked if he/she "wants" to study piano may well say no, for he/she has little information on which to base the decision. Cheerfully state to your child that ...
Choose The Best Possible Piano Teacher For Your Child
Convenience and cost should not be the sole deciding factors. Allow yourself time to interview prospective teachers and ask to audit a lesson or to hear students in recitals or workshops. Consider whether the playing you hear has a sense of rhythm and conveys feeling for the music. While all students are not ...
Clarify Your Own Expectations Of Piano Lessons
Good teachers convey to students their own love and understanding of music by making lessons interesting, informative, and pleasant. They build students' self-esteem by realistically affirming progress and showing genuine concern for the individual. Piano study need not be a dreary, lonely task! In fact, the best teachers are usually those who ...