After all, this is not a small expense. If the child can't insist, it is a waste to leave the piano at home.
I met such a mother in the piano interest class. She often takes her children to practice the piano, because she is still hesitant to buy a piano for her children.
Because we meet often, we get to know each other gradually.
I advise you to practice the piano regularly, and buy one at home that is convenient for children to practice the piano on weekdays.
She replied, try to let the child go to class first, and he will not report to class if he is not interested.
In chatting, I found that this parent has several misunderstandings about his children's piano learning, which is also typical. Let's listen to them here.
I was there when my child first enrolled in class to learn the piano. Found that the teacher is too strict and has been correcting the child's fingering.
"This is wrong. Your wrist should be arched. Don't always fall down. How many times have you been told? Why do you never listen? Why can't I always do it? "
The child is getting more and more depressed, getting a little impatient and losing interest.
I had a good chat with the teacher while the children were drinking water and going to the toilet.
I said that in the first few classes, the teacher should not correct the children's mistakes too much. First, you should protect your child's interest, praise him more and encourage him more. You should make sure that your child is doing right and well in time.
There is no need to severely criticize what children have not done or what they have not done well for the time being. Just raising expectations. In addition, you find an opportunity to play a nice song for your child first, so that the child can worship you and get excited, and induce the child to learn from you.
The teacher took my advice, and later, the children became more and more enthusiastic about learning piano.
When I was going to enroll my children in piano interest classes, I consulted many people for advice. Most of them are: you must find a good teacher at first, and don't be delayed by a poor teacher.
Who was Confucius' first teacher? Nobody knows. Laozi may be Confucius' teacher, but they only met once, and it was after Confucius became famous.
Success depends mainly on your own efforts. There is no such saying: the master leads the door and the practice is in the individual. It is certainly better to get guidance from famous teachers.
In fact, when children just learn piano, famous teachers are not that important. It is important to protect children's interest in learning piano.
Learning piano is boring, and practicing fingering is even more boring. Otherwise, children's curiosity and interest in the piano will soon disappear in the boring fingering practice.
The so-called famous teachers, mainly with high personal performance level or high piano level, are not necessarily good at how to teach children to play the piano. Diego Diego Maradona and Pele are both excellent, even great football players, but practice has proved that they are not good coaches.
A good coach is often a bench player or a defender. Because these players have no talent, they can only make up for themselves by skills and tactics.
They spend more time observing and thinking, and naturally become good teachers. They know more about the needs of ordinary players and how to educate them.
Besides, famous teachers are usually very strict. China people like the so-called "strict teachers make excellent students", and strict teachers often become famous teachers and mentors. But for children, the teacher is too strict at first, which often makes people flinch and dare not learn again, which greatly stifles children's interest.
Therefore, the new teacher should not be a strict teacher, nor need a famous teacher urgently, but need a good teacher who knows how to communicate with children, understands their psychology, is patient and likes children. This is a good first teacher, and when children are interested and competent, it is a good time to find a famous teacher.
Once I asked a friend to find a famous piano teacher, hoping that he would give some advice to my children. Half an hour's test costs 600 yuan.
I mainly want to know what shortcomings and advantages children have on the piano. Finally, the famous teacher's answer disappointed me.
The first thing he told me was that your child was quite interested in the piano. This is all nonsense. I get along with my children day and night. Can't I see it myself?
He also said that there are some problems with the child's fingering, which need to be corrected in time. Once cultivated, it cannot be changed.
Law enforcement is important, but I always believe that children don't watch the piano because they practice boring fingering, that is, "picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon." Everything needs to be done step by step. Rome was not built in a day, and fingering needs to be practiced slowly.
Other feedback information doesn't mean much to me either. The famous teacher told me that you must find a good teacher and don't let your children be misled by some second-rate teachers in society.
In addition, it is expensive to hire famous teachers, so we must do what we can.
There are also many parents who are worried that the poor quality of the piano will affect their children's ears.
Of course, the more expensive the piano, the better, but there are hundreds of thousands of good pianos, which are difficult for ordinary families to afford.
And I don't think the quality of the piano has that great influence. Think of the pianos of Beethoven and Mozart. Their quality is far from what it is today. Isn't it different to train Mozart?
I strongly recommend the electric piano, which is not only low in cost, but also does not need tuning and basically has no maintenance cost.
In addition, the electric piano can record, which is convenient to find the problems and shortcomings in the performance. Some electric pianos are equipped with corresponding software and tutorials, and can also be connected to computers and tablets, which is very suitable for self-study. This is a way to save money greatly.
For children to learn piano, ordinary families should first consider two points.
The most important thing is to protect children's interests and let them keep learning.
The second point is to find an economical way to keep children studying. Everything else is secondary.
Don't let boring fingering practice erode the interest of whale-swallowing children!
Don't blindly worship famous teachers, find teachers who understand children's psychology and are good at communicating with children!
Don't overemphasize the quality of the piano. The piano hundreds of years ago can also cultivate Beethoven, not to mention the piano today! It is best to find a piano that is convenient for self-study.