All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[Yazhini]

alng:

My dd's piano teacher is staying in woodlands. She is a yamaha teacher and dd has been with her for 6-7 years. But she does not travel to students' homes so you need to travel to her place at Woodlands Ave 6. She is patient and good and her students will come one by one to her place on weedays. She can teach up to diploma level. Dd is in grade 8. If you are keen, I pm her contact to you.

Hello, please send me the contact of the piano teacher.thanks

[Yazhini]

halost:

hi parents ,i doing also have a piano teacher her profile are as stated below



Grace Tan


Experience

Music Qualifications:

- Dance & Music Master Performance, Avex Artist Academy, Tokyo Japan. (2009-2011)
- BA (HONS) Music Degree in Classical Music Performance, Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore (2009)
- Diploma in Classical Music Performance, Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore (2005-2008)
- ABRSM GRADE 8 Piano, Theory & Singing - Passed with Distinction

Teaching Experience: 5 years of music teaching experience in various private and government schools like Republic Poly, Ang Mo Kio Secondary, Pasir Ris Primary and many others.


pm me if you all need any more details...

Hi, can u send me the teacher contact details.thanks

[pirate]

Thank you Waiyean, Dreamaurora and Chamonix for all your very useful insights. I think in DD's case, it may be time to move on for now from trying to perfect those exam pieces to daily maintenance.


...and more work on scales. :sick:

[Dreamaurora]

pirate:

Thank you Waiyean, Dreamaurora and Chamonix for all your very useful insights. I think in DD's case, it may be time to move on for now from trying to perfect those exam pieces to daily maintenance.


...and more work on scales. :sick:

For scale, no need to practice all everyday lar.

Normally for the upper grades (5 and above) I recommend working 2 keys a day for each day of the week (inclusive of the minor).

So let's say Monday can work on C and C#. Then practice and improve all the major and minor scales and arpeggios that start on those notes. If students do this from Monday to Saturday, then they would have played through all the possible scales and arpeggios within that week.

For a more fun approach to scales and arpeggios, there are Czerny exercises that are very useful. Off the top of my head, you can try Czerny Op 849 No 30 for similar motion scales. These Czerny exercises can then be transposed to other keys for practivce purpose.

[becknat68]

Hi,

I am looking for a piano teacher to teach my 6YO DD. Need some recommendations. Please help, thanks!

[fatbeary]

Imami:

chamonix:

[quote=\"Imami\"]
Apologies but this are I really need help - how to motivate the child?

I seem horribly unimaginative in this aspect - to motivate. But on the other hand, I could already imagine what could possibly happen - I drag my kid to his piano lessons with him brawling at the door, every attempt to get his little fingers on the piano is a hair tearing episode. :stupid: :stupid:

If that happens, then the kid is sending a very strong negative signal. You will need to find out the cause or causes why he's reacting so negatively. Is the pace too fast or too slow for him? Could it be there's no chemistry between the child and the teacher? That happened to my son was he 4.5 yrs old. One trial lesson with an inexperienced piano teacher was enough for him to hate piano. For more than a year, he wouldn't go near any piano.

But be ready to back off the idea if the child genuinely dislikes the instrument.
[quote]I have a feeling that I would need to really push my kid to learn piano. But the last thing I want is to force piano on him. It should be about what he likes. My role should be to provide what is needed (find a good teacher, buy a good piano, get the needed material) and to be a cheer leader.

Going through the various piano threads, you will realise some parents have no issues with motivation. They are fine with their children progressing at their own pace. Some kids took 3 years or more before embarking on their first exams. Are you comfortable with such progress? If not, are you ready to commit your time to learn and practise with your child as what some parents have suggested? If you can make a decision on the direction to take and your expectation, there will be fewer issues to struggle with.

This morning, I asked my daughter what prompted her to practise on her own when she was just 4 years old. She said she liked the tunes that the teacher taught her very much and wanted to be able to play them herself. Perhaps, one way of getting the children motivated is to start them on tunes they like or familiar with.[/quote]Oh, I was just saying it generally…. Haven’t even included factors like child-teacher chemistry etc. Dare not even think about those factors yet. But yes, I know such incidents/unforeseen factors may affect the kid’s interest.

I am actually very happy to read (sorry, couldnt remember who posted that) about how one parent said she/he was not interested to put the kid through piano exam, just wanted the teacher to teach the kid to play pieces that he/she wanted. I think this is what I want. Whether my kid would eventually pursue piano exams or not is not very important, at least at this point in time. If he likes piano enough and wants to pursue further, I am sure we can make it happen (i.e. letting him go for grading and etc). But first, we need to establish his interest in music.

Actually, all I hope for is to introduce at least one musical instrument to him. If it is drum, so be it. Likewise for violin or whatever. Piano is chosen because it seems to be the most popular instrument among beginner.[/quote]That would be a great mindset to get your kid started on piano! Some students usually have interest in piano playing, but when it comes to grading, they'd tend to feel stressed and the interest wears off. Children usually likes playing songs they know, like nursery rhymes etc.

Maybe you could get your kid started on any musical instruments he likes, and learn pieces that he is familiar with first. He may get more interested after that!

[pirate]

Imami:

It is me who wanted my child to learn music. He, on the other hand, just behaves like a kid – having a natural curiosity in everything. And it is precisely because I am the one who is more keen in getting him to learn music that’s why I am moving so cautiously. It should be what he likes, not what I like. But I would really want to give him and piano a fair chance to get to know each other better. Like love, it cannot be forced upon. But how does one falls in love, if one doesnt even get to know the other better?

I never had a chance to pick up music but I would really hope to at least offer my child an opportunity at this. I am totally cool if he doesnt pick up piano eventually. Not everyone picks up music, no big deal.

I got him a trial class for drum, like I mentioned earlier. The instructor said “come back again”, which I would.

The thing about my kid is, his attitude towards music is inconsistent. He enjoys classical music (those on CDs), like I do, and would hum them in great length. Whenever we walked pass live performances, he would stop and stare for a long time until they ended. But he is never interested in upright pianos, only drum sets.

When DD was at this stage, I bought her the cheapest Yamaha keyboard I could find. You can't make great music with it, but it can play various pieces on its own, which fascinated her.

[pirate]

Dreamaurora:

pirate:

Thank you Waiyean, Dreamaurora and Chamonix for all your very useful insights. I think in DD's case, it may be time to move on for now from trying to perfect those exam pieces to daily maintenance.


...and more work on scales. :sick:

For scale, no need to practice all everyday lar.

Normally for the upper grades (5 and above) I recommend working 2 keys a day for each day of the week (inclusive of the minor).

So let's say Monday can work on C and C#. Then practice and improve all the major and minor scales and arpeggios that start on those notes. If students do this from Monday to Saturday, then they would have played through all the possible scales and arpeggios within that week.

For a more fun approach to scales and arpeggios, there are Czerny exercises that are very useful. Off the top of my head, you can try Czerny Op 849 No 30 for similar motion scales. These Czerny exercises can then be transposed to other keys for practivce purpose.

No lah. DD only in grade 1 this semester hee hee . If she ever reaches grade 5, I expect her to do it on her own.

[waiyean]

At what point do you expect your children to be able to sit down and practice without parent or adult sitting beside them? Is it mostly dependent on age, grade?

[sleepy]

Dreamaurora:

Normally for the upper grades (5 and above) I recommend working 2 keys a day for each day of the week (inclusive of the minor).


So let's say Monday can work on C and C#. Then practice and improve all the major and minor scales and arpeggios that start on those notes. If students do this from Monday to Saturday, then they would have played through all the possible scales and arpeggios within that week.

My dd said 'Great idea!'

I asked her to read your suggestion (cos I've no idea what you were talking about but she understood )