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    All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

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      princesskaris
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      Looking for a committed private piano teacher who can travel to Kovan to teach 7-yo DD. She’s been learning 1-1 at a music school for more than a year and I’m thinking of switching her to learning at home. Weekday/Weekend mornings preferred.


      Please pm me. Thanks.

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        Dreamaurora:
        Dreamaurora:

        Dear all,


        I will be conducting a public piano masterclass next week. I am opening up some slots to DDs/DDs of parents here. Minimum Grade 3 and FOC for participants. Recommended for students who are going for exam in July-September. If you want to come and observe just PM me before dropping by so I can set aside some chairs for you.

        Venue: Asia Music School Dance Studio at West Coast Plaza
        Date and Time: Saturday, 25 June 2016, 6:30 - 8:00 PM

        Hi all,

        just an update on some changes to the masterclass.

        The masterclass will begin at 4:30 PM tomorrow and will run until 7:00 PM.

        From 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM I will go through the following grade 5 pieces:
        A2, A5, B1, B2, B6, C2

        From 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM I will go through the following:
        Grade 6: B3 Grieg's Little Bird
        Grade 8: B5 Field's Rondo Twelve O Clock
        C8 Brahms' Ballade Op 10 No 1

        If you are interested to observe, please drop me a PM first. If your DS or DD wishes to participate I could still accommodate one or two people from 4:30 - 6:00 PM.

        I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it

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          Jacksonjose1128:

          I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it
          Pretty much most method books other than Yamaha or Suzuki use the alphabet system to name the notes. Do Re Mi are solfeges and used in extensively in Yamaha or Suzuki because of the nature of the method i.e. a lot of listening and copying at beginning stage. It is significantly a lot easier to affix pitches to Do Re Mi rather than A B C.

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            Jacksonjose1128
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            Dreamaurora:
            Jacksonjose1128:


            I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it

            Pretty much most method books other than Yamaha or Suzuki use the alphabet system to name the notes. Do Re Mi are solfeges and used in extensively in Yamaha or Suzuki because of the nature of the method i.e. a lot of listening and copying at beginning stage. It is significantly a lot easier to affix pitches to Do Re Mi rather than A B C.

            Just curious,could you play by ear

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              Jaslim80
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              farmermum:
              Looking for individual piano class for 7 yr old. Anyone heard of Euterpe music school? Any reviews?

              Or Cristofori? Good?
              Actually wanted yamaha, but they dun hv individual class for weekends.
              Hi, if you want individual lessons, you can try finding a teacher at http://www.singaporepianohub.com

              They will give you a list of teachers that's based on your requirements and you can choose from there. Hope this helps.

              Cheers,
              Jason

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                Jacksonjose1128
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                Dreamaurora:
                Jacksonjose1128:


                I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it

                Pretty much most method books other than Yamaha or Suzuki use the alphabet system to name the notes. Do Re Mi are solfeges and used in extensively in Yamaha or Suzuki because of the nature of the method i.e. a lot of listening and copying at beginning stage. It is significantly a lot easier to affix pitches to Do Re Mi rather than A B C.

                And I have one more qns here.... I just bought a new piano for myself, its an upright piano
                The person will deliver to me tmr, the salesperson there told me the tuning service will come to me about a week cos the piano needs \"rest\"
                Does that mean I can't play the piano for the one week? I know its out of tune, but i just feel the need to practise the fingering, does it affects the \"rest\" they are talking about?

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                  Dreamaurora
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                  Jacksonjose1128:
                  Dreamaurora:

                  [quote=\"Jacksonjose1128\"]
                  I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it

                  Pretty much most method books other than Yamaha or Suzuki use the alphabet system to name the notes. Do Re Mi are solfeges and used in extensively in Yamaha or Suzuki because of the nature of the method i.e. a lot of listening and copying at beginning stage. It is significantly a lot easier to affix pitches to Do Re Mi rather than A B C.

                  Just curious,could you play by ear[/quote]No, I could not. I started piano late hence I no longer was able to develop accurate pitch recognition. Several of my students who started very young could do it though. Every child is born with a good degree of perfect pitch but this deteorirate as they grow older depending on their exposure to music. Hence this is why Yamaha courses have age limit.

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                    Jacksonjose1128:
                    Dreamaurora:

                    [quote=\"Jacksonjose1128\"]
                    I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it

                    Pretty much most method books other than Yamaha or Suzuki use the alphabet system to name the notes. Do Re Mi are solfeges and used in extensively in Yamaha or Suzuki because of the nature of the method i.e. a lot of listening and copying at beginning stage. It is significantly a lot easier to affix pitches to Do Re Mi rather than A B C.

                    And I have one more qns here.... I just bought a new piano for myself, its an upright piano
                    The person will deliver to me tmr, the salesperson there told me the tuning service will come to me about a week cos the piano needs \"rest\"
                    Does that mean I can't play the piano for the one week? I know its out of tune, but i just feel the need to practise the fingering, does it affects the \"rest\" they are talking about?[/quote]You can of course play it. I never heard that brand new piano piano needs to 'rest'. Maybe he meant that the brand new piano needs to be exposed to current weather condition first so when the tuner tunes the piano it won't go out of tune fast.

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                      cse1217
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                      Hi Jacksonjose1128

                      Agree with Dreamaurora. Dont worry, you can still play piano! It shouldnt affect the tuning that needs to be done later. It means the optimum timing for tuning from the timing that the piano is being bought and settle down.

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                        Jacksonjose1128:

                        I have some qns here.... not regarding your class thou, Im just curious if you learn piano in A B C note or do re mi? I got my textbook from Yamaha and was shock that the book has do re mi in it[/quote]

                        My personal preference is still using A, B, C because when we do theory, the notes are usually refer with letter names. For do re mi, I like to think of it as a relative pitch system. So depending on which key you learn, the do re mi is different. That's my only personal preference 🙂

                        I do play by ear 🙂

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