Yamaha Junior Music Course (JMC) - Discussion

[puzzle]

Hi,

please advise! my boy is doing YJC year 2 book 4 and i have a few questions here.

1) Is it a norm for the teacher to introduce a new piece of music a week?
Even if the children have not master the earlier pieces ?

2) Should i enrol him to 1/1 piano class if my boy concentration level
is relatively low?

I’m a working mummy and my son attends full day childcare thus has limited spare time to learn spelling,piano and also little play-time.

At the moment, his music (Yamaha-group course) teacher will introduce new song (partial) on weekly basis so i become very stressful as i need to make sure he knows his previous lessons work and to practise on the cureent piece.

During lesson, whenever the teacher introduce new song and get them to hands-on, most of the time my son couldnt make it.With this , he often feel sad and discouraged. This is part of the learning stage and we’ve to overcome it, isnt it? Or am i stressing him too much?

However, he never refuse to practise at home with my guidance. Here comes the problem, i’m not good enough to guide him. poor boy!

So shouldn’t the teacher make sure each kid knows their figuring position and understand their work before getting them to practise at home ???

My boy is alittle playful with low concentration level and this is the reason why i make him attend music class. Grading exam is not the key to me !!

Thanks

[corneyAmber]

In a group lesson, the teacher will not be able to focus on 1 kid alone as she has to handle the whole class and it is quite impossible that she can make sure that all the children can do everything properly. It will be good enough to ensure that the child can roughly follow what she is trying to deliver during lesson.


Maybe switching to 1-1 might be a better choice for your son as it might demoralise him further if he cannot follow.

[puzzle]

Thanks painajazzy,


just one more qtn, as Yamhama junior courses focus on training their listening skill, is it true that for those who opt for 1-1 piano lesson will be of great disadvantage in the later stage ?

[corneyAmber]

Not necessary. Research has shown that for children who start music at the age of 6 and below tends to have perfect pitch.


Some pte teachers do incoperate listening in the lessons.

[Tinkerbelle]

puzzle:

Thanks painajazzy,


just one more qtn, as Yamhama junior courses focus on training their listening skill, is it true that for those who opt for 1-1 piano lesson will be of great disadvantage in the later stage ?

Hi puzzle,

Personally, I do not think that those who opt for 1-1 piano lessons are disadvantaged. My DD went straight for 1-1 lessons with Yamaha while her childhood friend started with YJC. Both are doing fine with their aural (listening) tests during their piano exams. My DD's paino teacher does train her on aural skills.

Just my 2 cents worth.

[puzzle]

Thanks to Pianojazzy and Tinkerbelle,


Any recommendation of good piano teacher there? Didnt manage to get weekend time slot from Yamaha after trying a few ctr.

thks

[puzzle]

Hi, is it a wise move to withdraw my ds from Yamaha to Cristofori 1/1 piano class


pls advise

[jce]

Not biased or anything, generally Cristofori teachers are not great. Not saying that there are no good ones there (nor am I saying Yamaha has all the good teachers) but in most if not all music schools, it really is a matter of who your child gets unless the school’s really stringent in who they employ

[Tinkerbelle]

puzzle:

Thanks to Pianojazzy and Tinkerbelle,


Any recommendation of good piano teacher there? Didnt manage to get weekend time slot from Yamaha after trying a few ctr.

thks

Hi puzzle,

Sorry, can't really recommend any teachers from Yamaha as I don't really know the other teachers other than my DDs teacher but her schedule's already full. Ya, weekend time slots are always popular so very difficult to get. Maybe you can ask them to put you on waiting list. Some students do defer during their PSLE year while others quit due to lack of interest.

Good luck

[Tinkerbelle]

puzzle:

Hi, is it a wise move to withdraw my ds from Yamaha to Cristofori 1/1 piano class


pls advise

Hi puzzle,

Don't really know enough about Cristofori so can't comment much but I agree with jce. It all boils down to the individual teacher your child gets, regardless of which centre you attend.