All About Music For Beginners & Selecting Instruments

[peterch]

My daughter is playing Yang Qin

[sweetpea44]

Angelight:

I've decided to make learning to play piano as one of my resolutions this year! Like you sweetpea44, I've always loved to play the piano (yours is violin) but family circumstances didn't allow. Now that I see DD learning piano, the musical passion in me is rekindled. I can play the piano by ear (with no formal training, through trial and error), so decide to learn from a trained teacher to play properly and learn to read music notes.


Your experience has inspired me that it's never too late to learn anything!

Good for you! 加油！ :rahrah:

[UncleLim]

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:

Violin music is my favourite! I wish I have the drive to learn like you...

[Mergeasone]

Hi, my gal is 22mths now. Am looking to put her into some music class but not able to find any around my area. Does anyone has recommendations for class around the east??? Thanks.

[Chanielle]

Contemplating between violin and piano... Really want my DS to learn violin but he seems a bit more interested in piano.

But he's still in a fickle-minded age; 4yo.

Someone please enlighten me... :?:

[sacredmusicals]

Hmm, let your son try out both for half a year and see which one he likes more?

[valvestate]

This thread also interests me... my 4yrs old daughter likes to SING A LOT anywhere. She even composes and knows the beat of the tempo for the song! Though, I would also love her to play the guitars and piano.

[peanut_butter]

Let your kid learn whatever they choose till they lost interest and hop onto the next instrument loh. You can’t tell until you attempt.


If your daughter likes singing, she can always sing along if her instrumental books have nice tunes.

[Chanielle]

But the thing is, I don't want him to give up after choosing his instrument. Like for me, I learned piano when I was young but gave up coz of hardwork. If my parents had pushed me, I might know a thing or two now...

Jay Chow also thanked his mother for pushing him on learning his piano.
So I guess I'll just have to give him what I feel that he wants now and hope that he will thank me for it in the future... :xedfingers:

[Dreamaurora]

Chanielle:

But the thing is, I don't want him to give up after choosing his instrument. Like for me, I learned piano when I was young but gave up coz of hardwork. If my parents had pushed me, I might know a thing or two now...

Jay Chow also thanked his mother for pushing him on learning his piano.
So I guess I'll just have to give him what I feel that he wants now and hope that he will thank me for it in the future... :xedfingers:

There are many causes why a student may stop learning an instrument, so putting the blame on yourself is kind of unfair. If your parents had pushed you, you might actually lose interest completely and detest the instrument instead.

The responsibility of motivating a young student is shared among parents and teachers. If say a child learns under a mediocre teacher who just works on 3 pieces per year and whose parents do not bring him out to see concerts, I think it is understandable that the child will lose interest very quickly. It is unrealistic to expect a child to pick up an instrument in lessons and expect him/her to persevere all the way based on his/her own will. For parents, remember your child sees and emulates you. If you yourself is not interested in music, most likely your child won't.