memorising notes

Reply to memorising notes on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:40:08 GMT

yummy — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:40:08 GMT

BiG thanks to super_dad and karmeleon,

your advice and sharing gives much assurance..
c u :celebrate:

Reply to memorising notes on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:30:59 GMT

karmeleon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:30:59 GMT

yummy:
hi,

Anyone whose private music teacher teach note-reading using flash cards?
Or how does your child's piano teacher get your child to memorise notes?

My girl's piano teacher gets my girl to play Grade 1 pieces without grounding her foundation in note-reading. I'm very uncomfortable this method, but she seems to have been using this approach on all her students. Btw, she teaches in Christofori.
Please advise.
:?:

Most kids learn from getting used to seeing & using the notes frequently. Eg. my boys did not know how to read the scores initially, but this certainly was picked up rather quickly not long after.

Reply to memorising notes on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:10:19 GMT

super_dad — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:10:19 GMT

I do agree. Too much reliance on notes is not a good thing. Focus on the listening/enjoyment of music part when they are young. The technical part should come later. (I am speaking from experience. I have grade 8 myself. i am more musical than a \"singing bush\" :lol: ).

Reply to memorising notes on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:45:06 GMT

yummy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:45:06 GMT

thanks a lot to sashimi & schellen, for sharing your experience.

Makes sense to me. Guess I got to give more time.

Reply to memorising notes on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:49:26 GMT

schellen — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:49:26 GMT

Adding to sashimi’s post…

Our DD is kinda like me, plays/sightreads better if we listen to the piece first. Eg, via CD or someone else playing. In the beginning, I had to play for her first, and when I didn’t, she’ll get frustrated cos she’ll get a lot of the notes wrong or she’ll take a long time to "decipher" each note. Now, like sashimi said, she is much better at playing and sightreading so I can skip the "pre-playing" part.

Reply to memorising notes on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:49:29 GMT

sashimi — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:49:29 GMT

While it may seem like the scientifically/logically correct thing to do, know the language of the notes before you can play - in practice, music isn't really like that. Maybe not for everyone. We aren't computers. Music, like language, is a matter of reflexive learning. I.e. you play until you memorize it; rather than you memorize it first then you play.

My DD is like that - just 4-5 months ago, I was getting really frustrated by the fact that she didn't really KNOW what notes she's playing. But she could more-or-less play from the score, but would occasionally play the wrong notes (as in recognized wrongly and repeatedly play wrongly until corrected).

But after a while I decided to let nature take its course, and in fact, she's much better now. Her ability to sight-read has improved remarkably with encouragement and practice.

So, perhaps you can give your teacher and child a bit more time.