6/25/2023 0 Comments Six year old piano prodigy![]() This helps in developing piano playing as a habit in children. ![]() Just like his/her study chart, it is advisable that parents make a separate chart or incorporate in the already existing chart of academics and games, a fixed time for practising piano. Make sure that he gets his own space and time at home to practice piano in quiet and without any interference/disturbance. You, as a parent need to ensure that your child practices enough on his/her own after his formal lessons. Practice is the key for anyone learning to play the piano. ![]() Make sure that your child practices enough You can also, buy a second hand acoustic piano to ward off unnecessary investment risks. You do not have to buy one of those expensive acoustic pianos, instead your child can learn as efficiently on the much less expensive digital pianos ( see our reviews here), which are a replica of the acoustic pianos with matching sound quality and key action. While purchasing a piano at the very start can prove to be a costly investment (in case your kid loses interest in piano in a few months), it always helps to have a piano at home on which your kid can practice any time he/she wants. You can opt to purchase a piano right at the start of your kid’s piano lessons or wait for about a year or so, to see if your kid really deserves his/her own piano. There are a number of things which you need to accomplish as a parent/guardian as well! 1. So, now that you know how to find out if your child is ready for his/her piano lessons, what should be your next step? Take him/her to a piano teacher, of course! But is that all that YOU as a parent have to do? No. – Look for certain pointers – Are their hands big enough to place five fingers on five adjacent white keys? Are they able to read (not read music, but in general) well enough? Is there a genuine interest shown by the child in learning piano specifically? Also, grown ups or kids who are already at an advanced stage of schooling will have that much less time to practice piano as say a 5 or 6 years old child, hence making it harder to accommodate piano lessons in their already busy life. At the same time, it is important to assert the fact that it is never too late to start learning a piano (or anything in life for that matter)! Yes, it becomes a bit more difficult for an older child or person as they have to deal with more pronounced finger stiffness and awkwardness but practice and desire can help them overcome this difficulty. A child may be 8 years old but he might not show the same learning capability or level of interest in pianos as say, a 5 year old! However, it is usually agreed upon that 5-8 years is the ideal age group for kids to start learning piano. There is no predefined fixed age at which your child is bound to become ready for a piano lesson. You need to look for some pointers and signs that will help you understand if your child is ready for a piano lesson to commence. You, as a parent need to find out if your kid has or developed the ability/interest to play a piano and for that you cannot just depend on your intuition or parental logic. So, does that mean you should make your toddler sit on the computer and watch piano lessons on YouTube or engage a professional piano tutor for your 5 year old immediately? No. Getting accustomed to piano playing from an early age also instils in a child better sense of discipline, an excellent hand-eye coordination, an impeccable taste in good music and if he/she grows up to become an accomplished piano player, it can serve as a valuable skill on his/her CV! ![]() Scientific studies have shown that children who start taking piano lessons from a very young age (usually 5-8 years), register a better development of their mental skills and are also quicker to learn fine motor skills, as compared to other kids of their age group.
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