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Here are some basic guidelines to help your child benefit from piano lessons:
Make a commitment. You have to first believe in the importance of lessons. Would you allow your child to drop out of school because they found it tedious or boring or aggravating? View lessons in the same manner and decide on how long you expect your child to take lessons and what goals you expect them to accomplish before they quit. A firm resolve to not waiver when the going gets tough is important because many adults have said how much they wish their parents hadn’t let them quit piano and they really mean it. As adults, we have the maturity to realize the importance of commitment.
Define a Schedule. Have a regular time each day that you expect the children to practice and stick to it. They will come to expect that time to be for one purpose and this security in their daily plans will help accomplish this goal.
Encourage your child. No child wants an angry parent nagging them to practice, so do point out their progress, compliment advancements, and generally use this as a relationship boost. Setting specific goals and offering rewards for milestones along the way are great enticements to keeping at it when they become discouraged about the time needed to play the piano well.
Keep distractions to a minimum. Make sure there is no TV, music, or other noisy distraction in the same room. This will enable your child to focus better and accomplish more in a shorter time.
Practice, practice, practice. Set a finite amount of time per day that your child will practice and make it productive. Listen to them, read the teacher’s notes in the notebook. Even without musical expertise, you can make sure practice time is productive by following a lesson plan and adhering to it. No one ever failed at mastering the piano by practicing too much!
Parental support is vital in your child’s learning process. By keeping your interaction positive while being firm about teaching principles of commitment, your child’s piano lessons can be a ‘win-win’ situation for everyone.
--adapted from Top Ten Reviews (Piano lesson software reviews)
Piano Tuning
Two tuners I recommend in the Fredericksburg area are Kevin Shipe (540) 898-3611 and Bill Schute (540) 891-4005.
Make a commitment. You have to first believe in the importance of lessons. Would you allow your child to drop out of school because they found it tedious or boring or aggravating? View lessons in the same manner and decide on how long you expect your child to take lessons and what goals you expect them to accomplish before they quit. A firm resolve to not waiver when the going gets tough is important because many adults have said how much they wish their parents hadn’t let them quit piano and they really mean it. As adults, we have the maturity to realize the importance of commitment.
Define a Schedule. Have a regular time each day that you expect the children to practice and stick to it. They will come to expect that time to be for one purpose and this security in their daily plans will help accomplish this goal.
Encourage your child. No child wants an angry parent nagging them to practice, so do point out their progress, compliment advancements, and generally use this as a relationship boost. Setting specific goals and offering rewards for milestones along the way are great enticements to keeping at it when they become discouraged about the time needed to play the piano well.
Keep distractions to a minimum. Make sure there is no TV, music, or other noisy distraction in the same room. This will enable your child to focus better and accomplish more in a shorter time.
Practice, practice, practice. Set a finite amount of time per day that your child will practice and make it productive. Listen to them, read the teacher’s notes in the notebook. Even without musical expertise, you can make sure practice time is productive by following a lesson plan and adhering to it. No one ever failed at mastering the piano by practicing too much!
Parental support is vital in your child’s learning process. By keeping your interaction positive while being firm about teaching principles of commitment, your child’s piano lessons can be a ‘win-win’ situation for everyone.
--adapted from Top Ten Reviews (Piano lesson software reviews)
Piano Tuning
Two tuners I recommend in the Fredericksburg area are Kevin Shipe (540) 898-3611 and Bill Schute (540) 891-4005.
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