All About Music For Beginners & Selecting Instruments
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alternateshift:
Hi. Thinking of send my 5yo son for some music introduction classes. Hopefully have chance to be exposed to different instruments before choosing to focus on one. Anyone knows if any schools offer such programs? Thanks in advance
Hello alternateshift! I suggest learning the erhu, it is also known as the \"Chinese violin\". It is an interesting twist to the piano and violin, and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing the erhu for the past 11 years of my life. By the way, I am offering affordable one-to-one erhu lessons. Beginner rates start at $40 for 45 minutes. I am a National Arts Council competition prize winner, and have achieved a Distinction for my Diploma by NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts). If you're interested, please PM me!
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erhu-scorer:
You experienced at teaching 5yr olds?alternateshift:
Hi. Thinking of send my 5yo son for some music introduction classes. Hopefully have chance to be exposed to different instruments before choosing to focus on one. Anyone knows if any schools offer such programs? Thanks in advance
Hello alternateshift! I suggest learning the erhu, it is also known as the \"Chinese violin\". It is an interesting twist to the piano and violin, and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing the erhu for the past 11 years of my life. By the way, I am offering affordable one-to-one erhu lessons. Beginner rates start at $40 for 45 minutes. I am a National Arts Council competition prize winner, and have achieved a Distinction for my Diploma by NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts). If you're interested, please PM me! -
phankao:
I have been teaching my younger brother erhu since he was 6. I also constantly go back to my primary school to teach the 7 year olds erhu techniques (they have no previous knowledge of music). They are pretty restless, sometimes shy too, but I know how to catch their attention and get them interested in erhu. Are you interested? I can teach well!erhu-scorer:
Hello alternateshift! I suggest learning the erhu, it is also known as the \"Chinese violin\". It is an interesting twist to the piano and violin, and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing the erhu for the past 11 years of my life. By the way, I am offering affordable one-to-one erhu lessons. Beginner rates start at $40 for 45 minutes. I am a National Arts Council competition prize winner, and have achieved a Distinction for my Diploma by NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts). If you're interested, please PM me!
You experienced at teaching 5yr olds?
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erhu-scorer:
I have been teaching my younger brother erhu since he was 6. I also constantly go back to my primary school to teach the 7 year olds erhu techniques (they have no previous knowledge of music). They are pretty restless, sometimes shy too, but I know how to catch their attention and get them interested in erhu. Are you interested? I can teach well!phankao:
[quote=\"erhu-scorer\"]Hello alternateshift! I suggest learning the erhu, it is also known as the \"Chinese violin\". It is an interesting twist to the piano and violin, and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing the erhu for the past 11 years of my life. By the way, I am offering affordable one-to-one erhu lessons. Beginner rates start at $40 for 45 minutes. I am a National Arts Council competition prize winner, and have achieved a Distinction for my Diploma by NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts). If you're interested, please PM me!
You experienced at teaching 5yr olds?[/quote]I have to ask my 5yr old. haha.
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phankao:
I have to ask my 5yr old. haha.[/quote]Sure! Please reply me if your child is interested, thank you!erhu-scorer:
[quote=\"phankao\"]You experienced at teaching 5yr olds?
I have been teaching my younger brother erhu since he was 6. I also constantly go back to my primary school to teach the 7 year olds erhu techniques (they have no previous knowledge of music). They are pretty restless, sometimes shy too, but I know how to catch their attention and get them interested in erhu. Are you interested? I can teach well!
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Dear all, I'm WC. I very new to this forum and join here.... like to enquire your opinion.. My daughter is coming 3 in this coming Sept 2015. I think of letting her learn violin or ballet, will that be too early? or when is the suitable age to let her start off?
which school can I lookout for? as i come from Low-mid income family, so would be great if the lesson fee is not too expensive. Normally how much is the lessons fee on average?
I always heard people say that when child are young, it better to start off as early as possible....so this come to my mind
Appreciate your all output...:) thanks .....
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lowchuac2:
If your goal is to give your daughter a chance to enter competitive music playing i.e. joining competitions and festivals, then yes the younger the better as the level of playing of precocious local kids below 12 here is pretty high. And fees are not going to be cheap as you would want an accomplished teacher who also has this same goal. We are probably talking about $50-100 for a single lesson (at teacher's place) and may be more expensive as your daughter gets more advanced.Dear all, I'm WC. I very new to this forum and join here.... like to enquire your opinion.. My daughter is coming 3 in this coming Sept 2015. I think of letting her learn violin or ballet, will that be too early? or when is the suitable age to let her start off?
which school can I lookout for? as i come from Low-mid income family, so would be great if the lesson fee is not too expensive. Normally how much is the lessons fee on average?
I always heard people say that when child are young, it better to start off as early as possible....so this come to my mind
Appreciate your all output...:) thanks .....
Best regards....
If your goal is just to equip your daughter with a secondary skill at a pace comfortable for her, then you have a lot more options. You will still need to get a proper teacher which is not going to be cheap as well, but you can easily get a full time music graduate or a teacher with teaching Dips for around $40-60. You can start your daughter a bit later when she's more mentally mature, perhaps at 6 or 7. If following an average of one grade per year, she will still be able to comfortably attempt grade 8 around sec 2 or sec 3. The later start will also allow you to save up more money for quality lessons and instruments.
Music schools in general can be quite erratic in quality of teaching. So if normally people ask me whether to send their kids to music schools, I would advise them to go for the owner/principal of the school or a permanent partner. Those random teachers in music schools are generally quite green and are still in the beginning part of their teaching career. Not to say they are bad teachers, some of them may turn out to be brilliant one day. But personally if finance is not an issue for me, I would pay more for assurance of quality.
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