All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[jce]

Skipping grades - that’s ok in early grades, ie 1-5, though not for everyone. Really depends on individual, teachers SHOULD be in the position to access. My daughter (whom I’m teaching personally) skipped 1 and 2, she’ll be going straight for 3, this however wasn’t really intentional, did plan for her to just skip 1, but the exam timing wasn’t ideal for her to take 2 so have to move forward. Physically (and hence technically) she has to put in more effort cos she’s only 6 going on to 7 yrs old, some co-ordination takes more practice. For higher grades 6-8 I generally don’t recommend skipping cos the gaps btw these grades are wider and expectations from examiners are a lot higher for each of them. But of course there are exceptions, those who can take the pressure and are technically and emotionally ready for a skip can of course do that. My friend’s daughter (she’s 12) will be attempting gr 8 (and she has NOT done ANY grades at all), she’s also taught by her mum.

[Busymom]

Hi Jce


Have sent you PM.

[mama_mia]

plum-cake:

mama_mia:

Hi pianojazzy, my DD had indicated she is interested to learn piano at the age of 6. As the investment for piano is very high and i am afraid that she cannot sustain it so i managed to switch her to violin when she starts P1. But it seems that violin lesson at the school is not motivating enough and she is going thru' motion as well. Moreover, i cannot get any proper update from the instructor. So now am thinking of switching her to piano. Hence i am interested to know how to go about it, which school should i enrol her or should i engage private instructor? and does piano lesson covers theory as well as practical? I noticed that a lot of kids can play piano or violin but poor in sight reading or reading of notes. Could you give me some advice on how to start? We had also browsed the casino keyboard at carrefour but cannot make up our mind. Thank you.


P/S: i just chance upon this thread, and there were already many discussion happening and i could not really follow up.

about the keyboard at carrfour... I think you can go for the 2nd hand good piano at christofori warehouse.... there are yamaha/ kawai 109cm for 1200+ good investment for a starter. elec.keyboard keys are different a bit cosy to play. but for the piano a bit preasure is there. to give the hands a perfect training...my personal op is for piano. piano you can tune and use.

For the sight reading you can buy the book called 'a dozen a day' and give her to practice it everyday befor the piano class one.....
hope this helpssssssssssssss

Thanks, had not login for quite awhile. i was given a keyboard by my in-law. So i shall focus to buy the 2nd hand piano and yes, i saw many adv. from christofori warehouse, that will be a good pl. to start for me.

[mama_mia]

jce:

Mama_mia, with regards to sight reading you can try Paul Harris, he has a series of sight reading material for pianists. Has worked well for my students. And yes, theory is included with practical. Majority will cover up to grade 5, take the theory exam then stop theory. Theory gr 6 onwards is not a pre-requisite. Some do choose to continue with the theory but that would be done separately from the practical.

Thanks jce. Will definitely look up the books.

[enen]

canacraft:

Hi... Can anyone recommend a good piano teacher to travel to Sembawang. Thanks a heap!

Hi. I don't know any piano Teacher to sembawang, but I do know one piano Teacher stays in sembawang B467A. My DD attended 1st lesson yday and I find her teaching environment is quite good. You don't have to walk around her whole house to get into the \"classroom\". She is very bubbly but speaks very fast. Her timing is all back to back. I supposed she is quite good otherwise my friend would have stop her DS to learn from her a long time. If you want to know her contact, I am happy to share.

[enen]

By the way, I am a newbie to KSP. I am wondering, am I paying too much for a 1 on 1 piano session? My girl she is 5 years old this year, the fees is S$130/month. My friend said the piano teacher is a diploma level teacher. I don’t want to go to music school for cheaper rate because I do believe 1 on 1 is good esp on laying a good foundation.

[rains]

hi enen,


I’m not sure if your kid is taking any graded lessons, but from what I know, decent private tutors charge about $180 for Grade 1. I’ve been through a few private tutors, and I can’t say it’s all pleasant. But the basic principle of ‘paying peanuts and getting monkeys’ still apply, generally.

There are also one to one lessons at music school.

[znzyzyzx]

rains:

hi enen,


I'm not sure if your kid is taking any graded lessons, but from what I know, decent private tutors charge about $180 for Grade 1. I've been through a few private tutors, and I can't say it's all pleasant. But the basic principle of 'paying peanuts and getting monkeys' still apply, generally.

There are also one to one lessons at music school.

Ya. True. But the thing is : you pay more, you may get monkey as well.

[sleepy]

enen:

I don't want to go to music school for cheaper rate because I do believe 1 on 1 is good esp on laying a good foundation.

I thought music schools generally charged more because they have overheads?
I'm paying $150/mth for 45 minutes 1 to 1 lesson at a music school. Cap at 45 lessons per year so that worked out to be $40 each session

[kellytang]

rains:

hi enen,


I'm not sure if your kid is taking any graded lessons, but from what I know, decent private tutors charge about $180 for Grade 1. I've been through a few private tutors, and I can't say it's all pleasant. But the basic principle of 'paying peanuts and getting monkeys' still apply, generally.

There are also one to one lessons at music school.

Hi normal rate is only $140 for grade 1 or $100 at teacher's place zzz