All About Violin Classes and Teachers

[Dreamaurora]

Blessedwife:

Hi koolmama,


Good morning !
Did u PM me ? I saw its fm u but it's blank de.
Can you share with me about yr kid's tutor ? How is his teaching ?
Thank you !!!

Hi Dreamaurora,

Thank you for taking your precious time to reply to my post !!
I really appreciate it
Too bad my son is not learning piano else I think u will be a very good teacher for him


Feel great to know there are so many helpful parents in this forum who are not selfish to share any useful informations !!

You're welcome. Violin is a great instrument and I would want to be good at it one day too. All the best for your son.

[phankao]

Blessedwife:

Hi Phankao,


Just saw your PM and thanks for yr kind advice !!
:thankyou:

You are welcome.

[Koolmama]

Hi Blessed Wife,


Yes, I did PM you and a few other parents who PMed me before... Strange, how come the message was blank?! what a shame cos I actually wrote quite a lot in that message to you.. Hee!

Anyway, if you are looking for a strict teacher, you can consider my son's teacher. He tends to get stricter with his students as they move up the grades. He's one of the very few teachers in Sg who teaches all the way from lower grades to higher grades (ie. many of his students start from beginner level and continue all the way until Grade 8 and Diploma)

Also, he stresses a lot on sight reading... All his students are trained to recognise notes from young (he himself used to perform for celebrities and live concerts and apparently you need to be very strong in sight reading in order to be called up for these performances)

He only accepts students aged 5 or 6 and above, though If you want his contact, can you pls drop me a PM or just leave your email address here and I will email you his number? Thanks!!

P.s. My child could sight read quite well after learning only a few months with him

Blessedwife:

Hi koolmama,

Good morning !
Did u PM me ? I saw its fm u but it's blank de.
Can you share with me about yr kid's tutor ? How is his teaching ?
Thank you !!!

Hi Dreamaurora,

Thank you for taking your precious time to reply to my post !!
I really appreciate it
Too bad my son is not learning piano else I think u will be a very good teacher for him


Feel great to know there are so many helpful parents in this forum who are not selfish to share any useful informations !!

[r2010]

I have sec 1 boy who just started learning violin for 5 months and passed his grade 2. He wants to take exam next sept - should I make him take grade 4 or grade 3. Thanks for any advise

[Dreamaurora]

r2010:

I have sec 1 boy who just started learning violin for 5 months and passed his grade 2. He wants to take exam next sept - should I make him take grade 4 or grade 3. Thanks for any advise

I am puzzled at the information you provided. If you said your sec 1 boy just taken an exam recently, that means your son needed to register for the exam by March 2nd, more than 5 months to the actual exam date. Did your son register for the exam before even starting any violin lessons? :scratchhead:

Anyway, what grade your son takes next will depend on his learning speed and his teacher. Most important he should not skip any of the fundamentals and make sure repertoires for each progressive grade are covered sufficiently. So meaning if he wants to take grade 4 he should clear the requirements for grade 3 first.

[minnie]

I am impressed by his learning speed.

[phankao]

r2010:

I have sec 1 boy who just started learning violin for 5 months and passed his grade 2. He wants to take exam next sept - should I make him take grade 4 or grade 3. Thanks for any advise

He's already Sec 1. Not young. I'm sure he can at least do Grade 5 for his next grade. He should have no problem handling if he is serious about it. Then work onwards to Grade 8 after that. Of course it depends on what his goal is in learning violin.

Some violin teachers would work with \"matured\" learners in progressing from beginner to Mid-grades in only a few months. \"Matured\" learners would progress faster more bc of self-motivation. There might be some training required in terms of dexterity though.

[r2010]

Thanks for replying at my query. I don’t have music background so have to rely on others…


He is very motivated learner and I think as he is already Sec1 and next year sec 2 so he is more serious on his learning. As I do not have any music background, so I told him that he must be serius if not it will be a waste of time and money.

Hi phankoa,
If he takes grade 5 - do he need to take the theory exams first. Can I register him to take theory exam in this February - March? The reason why I was thinking of grade 4 in next July-Sept because he has not taken theory grade 5 yet and I thought without theory grade 5, you cannot take practical grade 5. Really appreciate your thoughts. Thanks

Hi Dreamaurora,

If you read my post I said he has passed his grade 2 after learning for 5 months. Now I am deciding on which grade to take for Jul-Sept, which mean he has about 10 months to 1 year to practice. I am not sure what you are puzzled at.

[phankao]

r2010:

Thanks for replying at my query. I don't have music background so have to rely on others....


He is very motivated learner and I think as he is already Sec1 and next year sec 2 so he is more serious on his learning. As I do not have any music background, so I told him that he must be serius if not it will be a waste of time and money.

Hi phankoa,
If he takes grade 5 - do he need to take the theory exams first. Can I register him to take theory exam in this February - March? The reason why I was thinking of grade 4 in next July-Sept because he has not taken theory grade 5 yet and I thought without theory grade 5, you cannot take practical grade 5. Really appreciate your thoughts. Thanks

Hi Dreamaurora,

If you read my post I said he has passed his grade 2 after learning for 5 months. Now I am deciding on which grade to take for Jul-Sept, which mean he has about 10 months to 1 year to practice. I am not sure what you are puzzled at.

No need theory. Only need grade 5 theory from grade 6 onwards

[Dreamaurora]

r2010:

Thanks for replying at my query. I don't have music background so have to rely on others....


He is very motivated learner and I think as he is already Sec1 and next year sec 2 so he is more serious on his learning. As I do not have any music background, so I told him that he must be serius if not it will be a waste of time and money.

Hi phankoa,
If he takes grade 5 - do he need to take the theory exams first. Can I register him to take theory exam in this February - March? The reason why I was thinking of grade 4 in next July-Sept because he has not taken theory grade 5 yet and I thought without theory grade 5, you cannot take practical grade 5. Really appreciate your thoughts. Thanks

Hi Dreamaurora,

If you read my post I said he has passed his grade 2 after learning for 5 months. Now I am deciding on which grade to take for Jul-Sept, which mean he has about 10 months to 1 year to practice. I am not sure what you are puzzled at.

Let me just ask you a couple questions to clarify my doubts as I am really still puzzled:
1. Did your son take grade 2 ABRSM or the exam is an internal/mock one?
2. Did you register your son for grade 2 exam even before starting any violin lessons?

Older beginners like your son generally can pick up an instrument much faster, especially if they have some music exposure e.g. choir, band. For violin, there are quite a few cases of grade 5 within one year that I heard. For piano, rare, but still doable. Your son is sec 1 going to sec 2. Students this age are normally quite self-motivated and will want to do well. My teenagers and adults students actually request to take exams to challenge themselves. So I suggest you let the decision rests with him and his teacher. You can express your wish to him and his teacher, but ultimately he must be willing to push himself.