What should children prepare for learning to play the piano?
First, check the baby.
Congenital conditions: If the baby can hold the pen in the correct posture, it means that the small muscles of the child's hand can be controlled freely and have the most basic conditions for learning the piano. Any child with perfect fingers can learn piano.
The baby's sensitivity to music is also very important, such as whether he likes listening to music? When beautiful music is played on TV and stereo, can you dance to the rhythm of the music unconsciously, and after listening to it several times, can you imitate humming by yourself? How is his musical memory? Can he remember clearly and accurately after listening to it? What's more, my hearing is very keen, and I have a fine ability to distinguish the nuances of the sound.
Personality factor: learning piano requires peace of mind. In contrast, those children who are serious, patient, calm and dedicated are more suitable to learn piano and have better learning results. Even an impetuous baby should be able to concentrate for more than 10 minutes with the shortest attention. Children with active personalities are better at expressing music.
Second, weigh the strength.
Parents should be psychologically prepared for future expenses before investing in their baby to learn piano. The first is the cost of buying a piano. Generally, children choose upright piano to learn piano, because compared with grand piano, upright piano occupies a small area and is cheaper, which is more suitable for family study. Among the harps, the well-known brands in China are Pearl River, Nie Er and Xinghai, all of which are of good quality, with prices ranging from 8,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan. The price of Yamaha, Kawaii and other international brands assembled in China is about 20,000 ~ 40,000 yuan; The price of imported international brand pianos is more than 50,000 yuan. Parents can choose different pianos according to their financial strength. As long as it is suitable, 10000 ~ 20000 yuan piano is enough for beginners.
For a long time, the tuition fees charged by teachers of different levels and qualifications vary greatly. For a 45-minute class, the general fee is 100 ~ 300 yuan, and the high fee is 1 hour 500 yuan. According to the calculation of one class a week, the cost of learning piano for a baby in one month ranges from four or five hundred yuan to thousands of yuan. This is really a big expense. If you have passed the exam, you will have to add registration fees and extra class fees before the exam; If sparring is required, it will take about 30 ~ 50 yuan an hour.
Every time I go to class, whether I drive a private car or take a taxi, I still need to spend a lot of transportation expenses. Moreover, Piano tuner should be invited to tune the piano at least twice a year, at a cost of 150 ~ 200 yuan. Generally, children don't learn to play much, just once a year.
Finding the right teacher and finding a good teacher for the baby in the early stage of learning piano is equivalent to laying a solid foundation for the child to learn piano. Whether the teacher comes from an ordinary class, his performance level, teaching experience, teaching level, students' grades, teachers' patience and friendliness, and whether the requirements for children are appropriate should be taken into account. At the same time, the piano teacher invited for the baby should understand some children's psychology, and it is best to explain the knowledge of music theory, playing skills, music terminology and so on in fairy-tale language, which is simple and vivid, so that the baby can easily understand and love to listen and learn.
Third, look at yourself
Sufficient Patience and Resilience The effectiveness and persistence of baby's piano learning largely depends on the patience and resilience of parents. Parents can persist, and children can persist. Therefore, if parents have plans to let their babies learn the piano, they should be prepared for a "protracted war" and maintain a peaceful attitude.
Playing the piano belongs to "slow work and fine work", which requires children's understanding and a lot of unremitting practice. This is a relatively difficult thing. Sometimes a shortcoming is overcome, and another shortcoming emerges; The new shortcomings have been overcome, and the old ones have been made again. It takes many times to practice for one sound and one fingering. It is normal for novices to be difficult to adapt, feel bored, emotionally unstable, anxious, shrink back and give up. At this time, parents should have the ability to convince themselves, patiently create a harmonious family atmosphere, enlighten their babies, such as telling stories, help children stabilize their emotions, build self-confidence and overcome immediate difficulties.
Parents and children are young and don't understand the teacher's words. Parents should take their baby to learn the piano, and write down every point with their baby's "classmates" to help them understand and master the teacher's teaching content; Playing the teacher's "teaching assistant" after returning home and doing "sparring" every day, such as reminding children to stand up their fingers, pay attention to rest and keep the speed even ... It takes a lot of time and energy, and parents should think of it in advance. In this process, we should also guide children to learn and summarize their own practices and develop good study habits and quality.
Every week, parents should also take some time to listen to a famous song with the whole family, and then discuss with their children what they have heard from it, know and understand the contents of famous songs together, or play musical instruments and rhythm games together; Listening to concerts and listening to famous artists' performances is a good study. If parents can regard the process of "sparring" and enjoying music together as the process of parent-child learning and communication, it is not difficult to cultivate the baby's interest in music.
Encouraging giving priority to practicing the piano is a repetitive activity, which is inevitably monotonous. When the baby is practicing the piano, the task that mom and dad undertake is to listen carefully and praise in time, instead of finding fault. More praise, more encouragement and less criticism are principles that must be adhered to. When a child plays inaccurately and carelessly, it is best not to interrupt the music in a hurry, but to point out the mistakes with a gentle attitude and let him correct them after the child plays. This does not destroy the baby's mood, but also reflects the respect of parents for their children, so that children can maintain a good mood and state and learn to respect.
In addition, different children have different musical talents, so parents can't cut across the board. Seeing other people's babies learn fast and play well will force their babies to catch up with the progress, and the result of comparison is likely to be haste makes waste. The ultimate success of children in learning piano depends on the degree of hard work and persistence, not immediate results. Encouragement is the best way to make children work hard.
Give the baby moderate pressure. 4, 5-year-old babies learn the piano with a game mentality, which is spontaneous and random and needs moderate pressure. After all, playing the piano itself is a complex mental activity, which is very technical and skillful-it requires reading the score, getting accurate fingering, hand-eye coordination, right-hand coordination, and sometimes pedaling. Even people with high musical talent will not learn it in absolute ease and happiness, and it is difficult to master it without long-term daily exercise. However, this kind of pressure is not corporal punishment and scolding, but a specific task. For example, you can consider making a study plan with your baby before the formal class, planning a fixed piano practice time every day, and urging your child to persevere and form a habit; Before practicing every day, determine the content of the day: review a tune, a scale or a basic fingering practice step by step. Because children are young and have short attention time, they can practice twice a day, 15 minutes, 20 minutes each time, and then gradually extend it according to their own situation and knowledge.
Matters needing attention in children's learning piano
/kloc-children under 0/and 5 should not learn piano.
Because epiphysis is directly related to the growth of bones, the length and thickness of fingers may change after the epiphysis of finger joints is damaged. It is not easy to detect at first, but with the increase of age, it may affect the growth and development of children's hand joints and ligaments, and may even lead to skeletal dysplasia in severe cases.
2. Basic conditions for learning to play the piano
Besides having a piano, related music scores and a suitable piano teacher, learning piano no longer requires any special conditions. Even people with finger disabilities can learn, and some people may doubt it. Fredo experts can provide indirect proof with the following examples. 1982 One day, Zhou Guangren, a famous piano professor in China, broke three fingers while lifting the piano. After treatment, three fingers are still severely disabled. However, with tenacious perseverance and superb skills, Professor Zhou unexpectedly stepped onto the solo stage a year later. In Austria, a pianist named Wittgenstein lost his right arm in World War I, leaving only his left arm. Entrusted by him, the famous French composer Ravel wrote a piano concerto for him to play. Some people will say that this is a special case of outstanding people, but it proves a truth: when we recognize a restriction, we can also gain great freedom in it-it is universal. Therefore, even if you have some kind of disability, it doesn't mean that you have completely lost the freedom to learn the piano.
3. What kind of children are suitable for learning piano?
Is the finger long and the palm wide the material for learning piano? In fact, long fingers and wide palms are naturally good conditions for learning the piano, but children, especially young children, don't have many big hands. Among them, most girls are not as slim as boys in childhood, but after puberty, the changes of palms and fingers are often greater than boys. Therefore, the size of the hand is not the key to learning the piano, but the acquired training and the correct guidance of the teacher.
4. Conditions for learning the piano.
Even if your child has a musical talent, what ability does the baby have to learn the piano? That is, the baby's cognitive ability has developed to a certain level, including a certain degree of auditory differentiation and the ability to feel music, such as distinguishing the pitch, timbre and tone of music; Children often show that they like playing the piano: for example, they often touch a few notes on the piano by themselves, or imitate the posture played by adults while singing. Children's attention can continue to concentrate 10 minutes or more; The child's small muscles can be controlled freely: for example, if you let him hold the pen, he can hold it correctly; The child's hand type is suitable: if the child's hands are small, the fingers are short and the width of the sample hand is not enough, then the child is not suitable for learning piano.
5. When is the best time for children to learn piano?
If you have musical potential, please recall your baby's usual performance and answer these questions. 1. When the baby hears music, will he wave his arm and push his calf with the beat, rhythm and melody of the music? 2. Does the baby like to listen to all kinds of sounds in nature? 3. Does the baby imitate all kinds of rhythms in life? 4. Will the baby beat the time with the song? 8. Did the baby dance at the concert? Can you close the beat of the music? 5. Does the baby like singing all kinds of songs? Can you sing with an expression? If the answer is more than 4, it means that your baby is very talented in music! It seems that many babies can do it! It is true that "human beings are born with musical talent, and everyone can develop this talent."
The benefits of children learning to play the piano
1, exercise children's flexibility
One advantage of learning piano is that it can exercise children's flexibility. Learning piano requires hands and eyes, and both hands can exercise children's flexibility and observation ability.
2. Develop children's intelligence
The second advantage of learning piano is that it can develop children's intelligence, and using brain power will make him smarter. People say that developing the right brain can make people smarter. Playing the piano requires a left hand, which develops the right brain. Maybe he will become a clever scientist in the future.
3. Cultivate children's endurance.
The third advantage of learning piano is that it can cultivate children's ability and endurance. Some children have a bad temper, so they can learn piano and cultivate their character, so that their temper is not so bad.
Step 4 think independently
The fourth advantage of learning piano is that it can cultivate his independent thinking ability.
5. Exercise your child's memory
The fifth advantage of learning piano is to exercise children's memory. Many notes and keyboards need to be memorized before he can play. Children will quickly remember the location of the keyboard because they want to study, which will effectively exercise his memory.
6. Cultivate children's sense of music
The sixth advantage of learning piano is to cultivate children's sense of music and improve their personal cultivation. Generally, children who have been practicing piano will have a temperament that others don't have when they grow up.
How old is a child suitable for learning to play the piano?
Generally speaking, most children begin to learn piano at the age of 5, while 3 to 4 years old can only be regarded as the enlightenment stage of music, not really learning piano. Personally, I don't think it's the most important thing for children to learn to play the piano. Unless you want to train your child to be the next Lang Lang, you don't need to worry for a year or two.
The key to learning piano is the cooperation between parents and teachers, educating children together under harmonious cooperation and creating excellent conditions for children, so that the motivation and efficiency of children learning piano will become higher. Maybe the children who started to learn piano at the age of 6 in your family have surpassed the children who started to learn piano at the age of 4 next door. And the list goes on.
It is very good to give some enlightenment education to children aged 3 to 4, but don't go to classes for more than 45 minutes, especially one-to-many classes. Children will definitely sit still, which will waste time and learn nothing, and at the same time make them feel bored. Therefore, at this age, it is best to learn some music knowledge, such as simple music theory knowledge such as notes and beats, and learn in the form of small games, which can not only make children like music and bring happiness to children, but also lay a perfect foundation for children to learn piano systematically in the future.