All About Choosing Piano Schools And Teachers

[handison]

Lee30:

Hi everyone,


I am new here. My daughter is currently pursuing piano theory grade 8 and practical grade 7. Could someone recommend me a reliable and hopefully inexpensive tutor at Ang Mo Kio/ Hougang/ Serangoon North area?

Thank you.

You can try Ballet & Music located at NEX (Level 4R)

[handison]

super_dad:

Piano seems to be the \"standard\" instrument for kids...anyone thot of getting the child to learn something more exotic...like er hu or something

Where is the place to learn?

[kwcllf]

Hi,


I am looking for a good piano teacher for my kids who are taking their Grade 1 and 2 exams soon.

I am open to travelling to the teacher’s place/studio or vice versa. I am staying around the Pasir Panjang/West Coast area.

It is not easy to find a good piano teacher, from personal experience. Any good recommendation will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[HappyMum2]

I am staying in Choa Chu Kang, looking for a female experienced piano teacher to come to my house to teach on Saturday. Pls pm me.

[winniel_tlh]

hi alamanda, thanks! I'll check it out ^^


Happy Learner, I've PM you

[dafenni19]

Hi, my friend is teaching piano. U can email me at dafenni19@gmail.com if you are interested. She has about 10 students and is very patient with kids.

[winniel_tlh]

hi dafenny,


Thank you! Yes, I'll email you

[deardear07]

Hi,im looking for a piano teacher to start my girl on music.she is turning 6 in oct…


Stay in serangoon so preferably surrounding nearby locations.

[deardear07]

Fairy:

pianojazzy:

That's why i start with note reading and rhythm counting on the very first lesson. JMC courses start with listening first as the students are used to it hence refuse to read notes later even when they are taught to do so in the later stage of the course. However, it is too late by then

That's exactly what happened to my daughter! She started her JMC with Yamaha at 5 & half years old and after 2 years, I signed her up for individual piano lessons. She achieved distinction for grade 1 practical and I was a happy mother. She is good at 'listening' (probably acquired through her training at Yamaha) and has perfect pitch. She can play (2 hands) some of the pop songs she likes quite well just by listening. Her problem starts when she progress to higher grades. She has been reluctant to read the music notes, prefering to play by the ear when practising for her exam pieces. Not surprisingly, she usually almost fail/failed her sight readings. Her current piano teacher has been complaining that her note reading is poor. She has cleared her grade 5 and is contemplating dropping piano for good! As a parent, I am in a dilemma; I do not wish to force her to carry on if she does not wish to but am afraid she will regret it later when it will be more difficult to pick up again. I enjoy listening to the pop songs she plays. Even her paino teacher commented that she has the ex-factor. For all her theory exams, she has never get less than a distinction.

Sounds like me when i was young...i went thru e whole jmc works n proceeded to individual lessons. I dreaded gg jmc coz pace was too slow for me...din dare to tell mum then...lol

But guess i picked up too much hearing n sight reading wasn't strong.i could play by hearing but struggled thru reading so much so that it took me a while to play a new piece unless my teacher played it once for me.

Did v well for theory but didn't have much confidence for practical...

When practicing at hm,i would do bare minimum for reading notes then proceed onto my 'own' music. That is compose my own music thru emotions that came that time. I remember times when my dad would b doing laundry on sundays while i was practicing n my mum would b nagging me to practice books...in e end, they'd still comment on e music i made n ask me to play again. My only reply was-i cun play back e exact same tune as i wasn't reading any notes. I got close to e tune though...

After i got to upper primary,with exams n mum's constant nagging n tougher notes,i started skipping classes at my mum's expense since she was e person paying. I gradually lost interest in classes but still played at hm occasionally. Totally stopped classes in secondary. Haven't touched piano since. Always hoped that my kids would b able to play as well

[ptnttsg]

I am living in East Coast, looking for a female experience piano teacher to teach at my place for my two children grade 4 and grade 6.