Questions

Is your child ready to play piano?
Every child is different, it depends on:
1. Their Interest - some children love music, and it gives them motivation to learn and explore more in music.

2. Learning Skills - if they can read and know alphabet, also understand simple conversation, it will be great for them to learn and read notes and understand simple instructions during lessons.

3. Memorizing Skills - they do need to memorize some materials during every lessons. (Most of them are pretty easy to memorize!) as long as you and your child work on the materials after lessons, then, there should not have any problems.

4. Concentration - they have to focus and concentrate during lessons, without being constantly distracted. Some children might go around the room a little bit during lesson, thats OK! as long as when you asked them to sit still and concentrate, then that will be fine.

5. Calculation - they should be able to count up to 10 and do very simple addition. It is necessary for them to understand the rhythms and different notes values etc. materials.

6. Practice - they should practice maybe 5 to 10 mins a day or maybe 15 mins twice a day etc. in order to have improvement every lessons.Lastly, it depends on what you want and what your children want. There are some successful cases for the children who start around 4 years old; however, some of them only want to have fun and you might not see any improvements Or maybe very slow improvements in every lessons Vs. 6 years old. In my point of view, the earlier the children start playing piano, the better they are in the long run with all the considerations above. Hope it helps for your consideration.

Do I / your children need to practice everyday?
It depends.
Some children love playing piano, especially when they learn the song that they want. Motivation is very important, for some children, they do not want to learn playing piano or maybe they are very lazy and do not feel like practice everyday , thats OK! However, we have to give them some attention or maybe rewards for them to keep practicing in order to see the results. They do not need to practice everyday, they can practice 15 to 20 mins twice a day or maybe 5 to 10 mins everyday for the beginner. Never force them to practice! Try to give them reinforcement, it will help them to build their own motivation.

Practice Makes Perfect!

Do I / your children need to have a piano or keyboard to start?
YES
It is very important for you or your children to have a piano or keyboard to practice.
What should I get? Piano or Keyboard?For long run and be professional, Piano will be the ideal instrument to get! If you prefer to compose and to make your own music; Or you do not have that much of money or place to put a piano at home, Keyboard will be better for you! For children under 6, or you are not very sure if they or you really want to learn piano, Keyboard will be a great deal! Yet, piano gives the best sounds and "fingers' feelings" (the weight keys); it also gives you the best training for the ears. (It will help you to play music by ears.) I would recommend Piano for the primary instruments to use.

What kinds of keyboard should I get?
It will be great to have a piano instead!
If you decide to buy a keyboard, pick the one with the "weight" keys, 88 keys with pedal. It is really important on what you are going to get.


About Piano Tuning
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Am I too old to learn piano?
NO, you are never too old to learn piano! Its a lifetime experience and you should enjoy the sounds and music!
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