All About Music For Beginners & Selecting Instruments

[princesskaris]

Hi, I am looking for a music school for my 2+ year old girl. is there any good music school in the Woodlands vicinity or in the north like sembawang, yishun, AMK or even CKK area?


Thanks!

[soursop]

Which instruments are you looking for?

[princesskaris]

either piano or violin in the long run… i music schools usually start with basic music class first right? Then when the kids reach a certain age, the kids can choose to ‘major’ in a particular instrument…


any recommendation? thanks!

[soursop]

My daughter was with MIM (music for the intelligent mind) for a year when she was in K1. They play many different instruments and learn listening and singing. I’m not sure if they have it in the North but they conduct their lessons in the child care center. Would be useful to check their website.

[princesskaris]

Soursop,

thanks, will check it out.

[phtthp]

any music school to recommend that teach kindergarten kids how to play glockenspiel or xylophone ?

[peanut_butter]

phtthp:

any music school to recommend that teach kindergarten kids how to play glockenspiel or xylophone ?

If you don't get a satisfying answer, may I suggest starting the kid on drums?

The glockenspiel and xylophone are usually introduced to students in the band under the percussion session. In my sister's CCA, only the seniors get to perform on the glockenspiel or xylophone. The students need to handle a bunch of other percussion instruments as well.

[phankao]

SugarplumClaire:

No offence, I'd just like to ask who is learning to play musical instruments? Or if you're a parent, I'd just like to ask if your dd or ds is learning to play musical instruments. I know how to play the piano, violin and flute, along with the recorder that they make us learn in pri school. I also like to sing.


My family is quite musical, by the way. My mother is a pianist, my father is a conductor and my two elder sisters are violinists. I'm planning to be either a flautist or a pianist.

At school, my CCA is Chinese orchestra. Under chinese orchestra, there is guzheng. I learn guzheng. Who learns guzheng, anyway?

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Wow, so you play the piano as well? And learn the flute too? As well as gushing? Your father is a conductor of western or chinese orchestra?

Among our 4 kids, we have piano, violin/viola, erhu. I myself play the piano but not professional. Kids have a keener ear.

[Dawnie]

Anyone can recommend a good 1-to-1 voilin teacher for a 5 year old?

[sweetpea44]

I only started learning the violin last year and I'm in the mid thirties. I have always wanted to learn how to play the violin when I was young, but because of the financial difficulties of my family then, I didn't have a chance to. I hope my son will be able to help me fulfill my dreams. And he did.


My son attended the Suzuki Violin class which required one parent's participation as well. I volunteered as my hubby travels quite a bit. After my son's third Suzuki violin lesson, there was no turning back. I found my own teacher and started taking my own lessons, 1 to 1 basis.

Passed ABRSM Grade 1 violin practical last September with Distinction and now my teaching is pushing me to clear my Grade 5 theory this year, together with Grade 3 practical. My teacher is a slavedriver!

I have to thank my son for letting me fulfill my dream. We are both taking 1 to 1 lesson but with different teachers. I have the best of both worlds as my son's teacher is more towards the classical part (I sit in together during his lesson, pay 1 person's fees, 2 person learning!) whereas my teacher is more of the agressive and the not-so-classical type of violinst.

Love the violin like crazy :please: even though at times I'm so frustrated with intonations! :slapshead: