Teaching kids to LOVE to play music!
Keyboard/Musicianship Group Lessons for children ages 3-9
A lifelong gift of playing, singing, listening, and enjoying music....what better beginning can you give your child?! And when that musical training is found in an atmosphere of fun and delight, children learn not only to play music, but to LOVE to play!
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Why start lessons so early? Shouldn't I wait until my child is older?
Most piano teachers want to wait until children are reading to begin piano lessons. Recent research concludes that the mind has special neuron connectors dedicated to musical leaning. These musical pathways are at their peak from birth to age seven. This period of heightened awareness of pitch, rhythms, and harmony provided a window of opportunity for musical growth through age appropriate experiences that will make music a natural part of a child’s life.
Why should my child take group lessons instead of private piano lessons ?
Group keyboard lessons provide a wonderful beginning for all future musical endeavors. Because students play with a group, they have skills necessary for band or orchestra. Because singing is an important element, they learn to sing in tune and to sight-sing; a wonderful advantage for future singers. Keyboard harmony and competence in accompaniment prepares them for composition and arranging; skills that most piano students do not learn.
Musicianship is about more than playing piano pieces, and total musicianship, including singing, movement , a “feel” for rhythm and meter, harmony, tonal centered-ness, and ensemble, are best learned in a group setting. Children are more motivated to participate and to practice because a group lesson is simply, more fun. Interaction with other children and parents makes learning music an exciting and engaging experience and provides a natural way to reinforce musical skills
While it is easier to send children to piano lessons, parental involvement in music heightens both its importance in the minds of kids, and its pleasure, because music becomes something kids and parents do together.
Most piano teachers want to wait until children are reading to begin piano lessons. Recent research concludes that the mind has special neuron connectors dedicated to musical leaning. These musical pathways are at their peak from birth to age seven. This period of heightened awareness of pitch, rhythms, and harmony provided a window of opportunity for musical growth through age appropriate experiences that will make music a natural part of a child’s life.
Why should my child take group lessons instead of private piano lessons ?
Group keyboard lessons provide a wonderful beginning for all future musical endeavors. Because students play with a group, they have skills necessary for band or orchestra. Because singing is an important element, they learn to sing in tune and to sight-sing; a wonderful advantage for future singers. Keyboard harmony and competence in accompaniment prepares them for composition and arranging; skills that most piano students do not learn.
Musicianship is about more than playing piano pieces, and total musicianship, including singing, movement , a “feel” for rhythm and meter, harmony, tonal centered-ness, and ensemble, are best learned in a group setting. Children are more motivated to participate and to practice because a group lesson is simply, more fun. Interaction with other children and parents makes learning music an exciting and engaging experience and provides a natural way to reinforce musical skills
While it is easier to send children to piano lessons, parental involvement in music heightens both its importance in the minds of kids, and its pleasure, because music becomes something kids and parents do together.
“AYMS has been a wonderful experience for our son. Kay Stringham has taught him how to love music and the piano in a stimulating, nurturing, and professional environment. Kay is our resident expert on the art of piano for children in the Athens area.“