Teacher Dreamaurora - Piano Q&A
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Angelight:
[/quote]You should probably ask your DD to write down the alphabets herself first. Then help her correct if she is wrong. After she can more or less read accurately, then you should erase the alphabets after you check her alphabets before letting her practice the piece.My DD just started learning piano (Yamaha JMC) past 6 mths, so her sight-reading still not that good. I have to write down the do-re-mi for her. If not, she can still recognise the notes but take longer time to read the notes and play at the same time.
Does your child learn new pieces by writing down notes?
As for myself (yes! I've been learning piano for the past 3 mths, partly for interest and partly to help coach my girl), I've completed Grade 1 and doing Grade 2 now. I find sight-reading not easy and have difficulty playing the scales with BOTH hands together. Somehow, my right hand and left hand find it hard to play the major and minor scales at the same time. Anyone had this problem when first learning piano?
waiyean:
[quote=\"Angelight\"]How does one practise sight-reading exercises? From picking a piece of music and try playing without writing down the notes?
How can one improve on sight-reading?
I think sight reading can be improved by lots of practice.
My girl learns all new pieces by sight reading using both hands. This way, she gets lots of practice sight reading. Sight-reading is not just getting the right notes, but also play the right dynamics, articulation, phrasing, etc.
The sight reading pieces in the exams are much easier than the prepared pieces, hence it's ok to find difficulty in playing those new pieces.
Take your time with learning piano. Scales hand together is only observed in grade 2 onwards, which according to ABRSM will take 2 and half years for most people to reach. You will get it eventually; just make sure you can play them comfortably from memory each hand separately first. From my experience of teaching adult beginners, they can usually progress very very fast to playing grade 3 pieces from beginner stage. But this is usually at the cost of building up enough repertoire and neglecting other components such as sight reading. Grade 4 onwards, the requirements gets quite challenging and complex and this is the point where a lot of adults (and children too) find progress increasingly slower (no more two or three weeks to learn finish one song) and unwilling to commit the ever increasing practice time. -
Dreamaurora:
There are black sheeps among us who promote students too hastily because well, higher grades means higher fees. So parents, be careful here. It is perfectly fine that some exams are skipped, but ensure that all the necessary components are not skipped to ensure a comfortable progression for your children.
There are teachers who charge the same fee whichever grade though. That is, they only charge for their time. So it's up to the parents whether they want to engage lah. -
phankao:
Hard to find such teachers. Charging higher fees for higher grades are the norm, especially in schools.
There are teachers who charge the same fee whichever grade though. That is, they only charge for their time. So it's up to the parents whether they want to engage lah. -
waiyean:
Actually most parents do not want to use these kinds of teachers for beginners.
Hard to find such teachers. Charging higher fees for higher grades are the norm, especially in schools.phankao:
There are teachers who charge the same fee whichever grade though. That is, they only charge for their time. So it's up to the parents whether they want to engage lah. -
phankao:
Actually most parents do not want to use these kinds of teachers for beginners.[/quote]Which one? The flat fees teacher or progressive fee teacher? :?
Hard to find such teachers. Charging higher fees for higher grades are the norm, especially in schools.waiyean:
[quote=\"phankao\"]
There are teachers who charge the same fee whichever grade though. That is, they only charge for their time. So it's up to the parents whether they want to engage lah. -
Dreamaurora:
The flat fees - not the teacher. haha.
Which one? The flat fees teacher or progressive fee teacher? :?phankao:
Actually most parents do not want to use these kinds of teachers for beginners. -
yet those are usually the most experienced ones.
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phankao:
The flat fees - not the teacher. haha.[/quote]Any particular reason for not wanting the flat fees?
Which one? The flat fees teacher or progressive fee teacher? :?Dreamaurora:
[quote=\"phankao\"]
Actually most parents do not want to use these kinds of teachers for beginners. -
peanut_butter:
yet those are usually the most experienced ones.
So far, I've good experience with these senior teachers lah. -
waiyean:
Hmmm... usually fees range from S$80-S$100+/hour. The really pro ones charge around S$150-S$180/hr.
Any particular reason for not wanting the flat fees?phankao:
The flat fees - not the teacher. haha.
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