good music school for my son of next Feb 5 Years old

[JennyP]

Dear Meredith


Thanks a lot for your help, i will contact her.

Have a nice day!

Jenny

[piano_lessons]

Jenny Pow:

Hello I am Jenny

i stay at Toh Guan (Jurong East), my son turn to 5 years old next Feb.
i would like to let him learn music but i do not know what music he is interesting on?
whall shall i do? shall i put him direct to violin or piano class?
what school is the best?

Your valuable reply is very much apprecaited.
Thanks
Jenny

From my experience, I would say that piano provides a very good musical background. I suggest exposing him to piano first and later on as he gains musically, you can introduce him to other musical instrument. And subsequently you can allow him to choose whatever instrument he like.

Regards,

Joseph

[phankao]

piano_lessons:

Jenny Pow:

Hello I am Jenny

i stay at Toh Guan (Jurong East), my son turn to 5 years old next Feb.
i would like to let him learn music but i do not know what music he is interesting on?
whall shall i do? shall i put him direct to violin or piano class?

Thanks
Jenny

From my experience, I would say that piano provides a very good musical background. I suggest exposing him to piano first and later on as he gains musically, you can introduce him to other musical instrument. And subsequently you can allow him to choose whatever instrument he like.

Regards,

Joseph

I'd say the violin trains hearing well. But then again, if a child loves playing the violin, he/she may not want to touch a keyboard at all in the end. The keyboard is not quite as difficult to learn as the violin tho, so you could probably hold that off. Piano keys might be too hard for a preschoolers fingers too.

[piano_lessons]

phankao:

piano_lessons:

[quote=\"Jenny Pow\"]Hello I am Jenny

i stay at Toh Guan (Jurong East), my son turn to 5 years old next Feb.
i would like to let him learn music but i do not know what music he is interesting on?
whall shall i do? shall i put him direct to violin or piano class?

Thanks
Jenny

From my experience, I would say that piano provides a very good musical background. I suggest exposing him to piano first and later on as he gains musically, you can introduce him to other musical instrument. And subsequently you can allow him to choose whatever instrument he like.

Regards,

Joseph

I'd say the violin trains hearing well. But then again, if a child loves playing the violin, he/she may not want to touch a keyboard at all in the end. The keyboard is not quite as difficult to learn as the violin tho, so you could probably hold that off. Piano keys might be too hard for a preschoolers fingers too.[/quote]I would say every instrument has it advantages and disadvantages.
First of all, piano's tune are fixed unlike violin.
So giving early exposure to piano is good for hearing and development.
Yes, it's true that violin encourage one to really listen to his playing, but without knowing the \"correct\" tune, it can be hard.

In terms of difficulty, they are more or less the same.
Both needs good finger and body posture and require them to read \"tauge\"
Piano difficulty is when it involves more than 1 notes and 2 hands.
It trains on both clef
Difficulty in learning violin comes from how to hold the violin, how to hold the bow and put / play it on the string.(apart from getting the right string & finger and tune) Notes wise, much easier.
Young children are advised to use keyboard, not acoustic piano straight away. In my opinion, piano is more suited to 7 y.o. and above.

hope this helps

Regards,

Joseph

[phankao]

[quote]

piano_lessons:

I'd say the violin trains hearing well. But then again, if a child loves playing the violin, he/she may not want to touch a keyboard at all in the end. The keyboard is not quite as difficult to learn as the violin tho, so you could probably hold that off. Piano keys might be too hard for a preschoolers fingers too.

In terms of difficulty, they are more or less the same.
Both needs good finger and body posture and require them to read \"tauge\"
Piano difficulty is when it involves more than 1 notes and 2 hands.
It trains on both clef
Difficulty in learning violin comes from how to hold the violin, how to hold the bow and put / play it on the string.(apart from getting the right string & finger and tune) Notes wise, much easier.

Joseph[/quote]Difficulty in violin comes in the left-hand & finger positioning. Do you play the violin? I play both, and altho' I love the violin, I find it more difficult than the piano. I enjoyed the challenge though. And there were more opportunities for performing with the violin than with piano. In most circumstances, you'd only need 1 piano, but many violinists can be needed at one time - eg. in ensembles, orchestras. That's REALLY fun!

[JennyP]

Dear Joseph


Thank you for your reply.

Yes, as advised from Christopher too, its better for the young kid start at piano first instead of violin, so from Jan i have let him started the course.
he is enjoying the course now

By the way, now i am thinking to buy him a digital piano, because he tell me that the keyboard is different with piano, but i scared he will given up so until now i do not buy him the actual piano and hte digital piano can let him play until grade 1

Can i give me some idea for this?

Note: the pinno teacher told me actually keyboard is ok for him to practise already:P

Thanks
Jenny

[piano_lessons]

Jenny Pow:

Dear Joseph


Thank you for your reply.

Yes, as advised from Christopher too, its better for the young kid start at piano first instead of violin, so from Jan i have let him started the course.
he is enjoying the course now

By the way, now i am thinking to buy him a digital piano, because he tell me that the keyboard is different with piano, but i scared he will given up so until now i do not buy him the actual piano and hte digital piano can let him play until grade 1

Can i give me some idea for this?

Note: the pinno teacher told me actually keyboard is ok for him to practise already:P

Thanks
Jenny

I see, glad to hear that
It depends on every child. Most 5 year olds I taught before do not have the strength to play acoustic piano, but some (usually those physically bigger) can play piano effortlessly. So I guess you can buy a piano but do not throw away your keyboard yet.

I personally do not recommend a digital piano over acoustic one. In a few years your child will again comment that digital piano is different from piano. :idea:

It's true that digital piano is a close substitute for piano, but it can never replace a real piano. Touch, sensitivity, and sound quality are
There are plus and minus points for both though.

Upright Piano (-)
no mute, it can be pretty noisy (pressing middle pedal will help dampen the sound, but it would not eliminate the noise completely)
If you have the means to buy a silent piano, this will solve the first problem. But silent piano are very expensive (around 10K)

Piano need tuning regularly (At least once a year, around $60)
Need special transport arrangement if you move house often.
You will need to buy metronome

Piano(+)
If maintained properly, it will last longer than digital piano (if you buy from reputable brand) and have better resale value (not for brand new pianos, only if you buy a second hand piano, you will likely to sell at around the same price)
sound and touch quality


Digital piano(+)
Mute (just plug in headphones)
digital metronome incorporated
can play around with different voice / sound and rhythms
space wise, slightly smaller more portable than piano

Digital piano(-)
some digital piano just cannot imitate (sustain)pedalling like the real one
Touch and sound quality inferior to piano
Price will drop a lot and repair is expensive as it is afterall an electronic device

If you plan buy digital piano first then buy piano in the future, by all means, go ahead.
Regards,

Joseph

[JennyP]

Dear Joseph


Thank you very much.
appreciate your sharing, i think i will consider to buy a piano instead of the digital piano, but i will let him play wth keyboard first until he really want to continue:)

Have a nice day
Jenny

[piano_lessons]

Jenny Pow:

Dear Joseph


Thank you very much.
appreciate your sharing, i think i will consider to buy a piano instead of the digital piano, but i will let him play wth keyboard first until he really want to continue:)

Have a nice day
Jenny

My pleasure..

Regards

[mum05]

phankao:

Difficulty in violin comes in the left-hand & finger positioning. Do you play the violin? I play both, and altho' I love the violin, I find it more difficult than the piano. I enjoyed the challenge though. And there were more opportunities for performing with the violin than with piano. In most circumstances, you'd only need 1 piano, but many violinists can be needed at one time - eg. in ensembles, orchestras. That's REALLY fun!

Jux read this thread and I must say that I agree with 'phankao''s comment that it is indeed harder to learn violin. This is coming from my girl's violin teacher plays both the violin and piano. I've no music background and not realising this fact, I've always thought that learning any musical instrument is about the same. I guess it really takes a person who plays both to know...

Quoted by her teacher, for piano, the keys are fixed and u just have to know where they are whereas for violin, you will need to concentrate your finger position changing for the key/notes whilst your other hand on the bowing. You will also have to bow long/short, fast/slow, loud/soft tunes, detached bowing/plucking, etc. To me, what makes it worser is that not all songs began with the basic up/down bowing with each 'line' of notes(and you have to resume your bowing direction within the very next sec) and changing a few notes within one bowing is another challenge and vibrato is another big challenge I heard. Violin notes are also printed smaller(and I'm now wondering if it's a bad choice to let my girl learn this, will it impair her eyesight? lolz *I really hope not!).
*anything else I've omitted? That's all I know 'cos my girl has only taken about 26 lessons only so far, lolz...

Although I have no intention to hard-push my child on her progress/advancement but at times, I'd feel 'stressed' as the lesson got harder for me(not musically trained at all) to guide her at home and the teacher will warn me that it would get more difficult. Actually, she's even asked me a few times already, if I'd be keen to switch her to learning piano instead. I must have appeared very stressed to her, hahaha.