The idea of the piano playing of numbers has been for a long time. In fact, the numbering of the keys is just an extension of the numbering of the fingers, was the first of Carl Czerny 19th in the early Century.
In the 1950s, there was the Emenee organ, a keyboard, the numbers on the keys was displayed and a Book of Songs "by" going with him. There was even playing "by color" products. The concept was always on the lookout for a quick way to play people began keyboard.The reasonThis is because conventional reading scores is not easy, not for adults, and certainly not for children. Why should be starting piano "easy?"
Talk to most conventional teachers, and they will say that the music can not be serious and heavy, and piano be easy for beginners. The truth is that piano students have, historically, a 80 +% quit rate. 8 End of 10 within the first year! Why? The teachers blame the children, maybe even the teachers are to blame.
Do you knowMethod for anything that has a 80% error rate, and calls himself a success? A golf swing? A sewing pattern? A diet regime? It aims to work!
Here are some numbers from my private teaching practice: 90 out of 100 children that start with numbers are still playing the piano a year later, almost all made the transition to traditional music. And almost all of which continue year after year, because it allows them to learn at their own pace, and began with a lot of fun with thePiano immediately.
Who cares if a child is happy, that would have normally quit piano playing songs by number, and a few pieces of notes one years later? The choice is to have the child, quit music in general.
When a piano method does not work, the method is wrong, it's that simple. The experts tell you otherwise, but common sense tells you it's true: When a piano method does not work, the method is wrong,
But why do we need to teach numbers to start piano? What is therethan conventional music notation (sheet music) so confused that almost everyone, especially children? The answer is that the numbers are understood by everyone. Figures are essentially one-dimensional, whereas conventional Sheet contains terms from many dimensions to the information needed to play, we say, give Jingle Bells.
Traditional music and traditional music teacher asking a child to understand at least four things in order to "success"
Find theto play the correct keys of a piano (a big task for a child)
Be the situation, the correct name for this piano keys hard to remember (to)
Use the correct fingers to play these keys (yet difficult), especially at the beginning
Play (the keys of a piano at exactly the right time, add the above three)
These four elements are overwhelming, but all of the musically gifted children. Music is only for the musically talented, or everybody should be able to play piano at their own capabilities?Children are often destroyed by failures in this ridiculous, conventional system. No wonder they quit.
I'm not saying that the above four elements are necessary, I say that almost all children do not respond to this system as a starting point.
We need a better starting position for children and piano.
Playing the piano "with the numbers" demanded one thing: They play the right key piano as best you can. Believe me, even after thousands of children, which is hard enoughto do well. It is a great place to start for everyone. Simply press the number keys, so it sounds like the song, you know.
Music is not just for musicians and teachers, and celebrities and artists and record companies, it is also for children, an essential part of childhood.
But why "piano by numbers?
The basis of the musical construction is mathematically. Nobody asks to start solving children's math class in first class on algebraic formula. We will let you start adding and subtracting for YEARSuntil we demand more. Piano numbers gives children the same "soft start." It is only logical to start at their level.
Numbers are an integral part of the music. When we "point" the piano keys with stickers, we no longer call the classical "intervals." The numbers, the children learn with this system, the same as the numeric functions are given to the relationship between the piano keys of classical music. If a child plays the piano key # 1 and # 5 of the key, they play the samePressing the "fifth" known in classical music.
Everything you learned to play the piano "by number" will be useful if the transition to conventional sheet music. Is played by the figure "is a reinforcement of the classical technique, a" prequel "that conventional teachers have inadvertently omitted to an unintended detriment of their students.
It is important that children begin to easily and successfully. I am not advocating lowering the bar for all andonly for the first year that a child begins to study music. The benefits are enormous.
Preview of the elements involved in the piano "by number"
Your child will play a single line of numbers, from left to right like a book. There are no other symbols to decipher. There are no chords and no accompaniment. The child is not expected to play with both hands, unless that's what comes to them naturally. The goal is to help a child at the piano to create the sounds of a song they havecan recognize.
Recognition is the key: just watch the smile on her face when they realize that they actually play a song they know. It is an immediate increase in self-esteem, and I have the pleasure of every day
I put the stickers on the piano, now is, what should I do?
They should put the stickers on the piano with your child. Kids to emulate what you do. If you play the piano and are involved, they want to do the same. I can not emphasize enough. Even if you only try toPlay at the beginning, the sight of you try to piano is enough to let them know that he should try it. Make the start as much fun as possible.
Open the book to the songs and you try in, so you know how it is. YOU are the teacher. You have to see what to do to try the children. Playing the piano by number is so easy for adults, you get the idea that in a few seconds.
It does not matter which finger or hand that you are using. If you or your child use a finger, probablythe index finger, that's fine. The point is to begin playing. It's better than playing with one finger, they are confused by a flood of orders, and not play at all.
Here is a very important tip: lavish praise for your child. Tell them they are great for playing Jingle Bells. Tell them you want to hear another song. Tell them you want another, if they still seem to be enthusiastic. Amazement. It's amazing. Sit down with them and listen to them. Included are.
Stay, directly to your child involvedseems to be firmly started playing song after song on his own. Then gone again, so they do it themselves. If they need help, there is nothing so complicated that it can not help figure it out. Piano "by number" is so simple and satisfying to a child.
My goal in private lessons for a child in a "hobbyist to make." A hobbyist is a child who:
Plays the piano a little bit every time it past Mercury
Likes to try out new songs
No worries about someone elseOpinion of their game
Try to play songs they hear on television or elsewhere
Is confident and curious about the piano
Think piano is easy
Power, their own songs
A piano might be at least an average of 500-700 pounds. There is another 700 pounds of furniture your child has exclusive control over in your house? My point is that only play Jingle Bells on a 700-pound monster is enough to raise the self esteem of the humble child.
Never expressDisapproval.
The only mistake can make your child does not play the piano. Praise, praise, and then when they go to get bored, you play the piano. They will come again, and so will you.
The term "Piano is easy!" was in fact an expression of my students. I asked a child, after about a month: "Well, Dave, how are you? Still, like the piano?
Dave, about seven years old, said: "Piano is easy!" with a smile that indicated that someone knows stupid things piano. I hadthe title for the book, right there. Thanks, Dave.
By the way, Dave now reads music, simple Bach pieces and sight reading plays no simple piece of conventional notes I have from him. Yes, it took two years. But Dave does not play (practice), the piano, without words, because it is a fun activity.
Dave could see that the piano is fun, even for people who can not read conventional sheet music at first. In my estimation, Dave was a 100% chance one of these"Slackers" if I did not start with numbers, numbers used, and then carefully prepare for his transition to sheet music. I have always tried to find his level, and help him up in his own pace.
How do you teach a child to the first?
To be honest, I make a game about everything. Children are always frightened and intimidated by the idea of "piano lessons." (In the interest of accuracy, I make only "visits." I am delighted that rarest of teachers, the house that the child travels and teaches them, wherethey feel most comfortable, at home.)
You have to demystify the piano lessons as quickly as possible, and get the fun started. After the children remember the location of Middle C, I begin to play the same familiar songs.
Is all you need to do, say: "Dave, playing the piano keys are numbered, just like in the book."
The children play familiar songs like Jingle Bells immediately. In fact, I've never been a child who could not play Jingle Bells in the first two minutes of the first lesson.And then five more songs. And then ten and then twenty.
An important point: I break any tension with humor and fun and play songs Silly me, when I see the child begins to wander, and children will wander. Thinking about music is hard work, so they break with fun. Once a child has a small taste of fun (a silly song) they are ready for a little more work.
Fun, work, fun to work. Watch their faces and you'll see exactly what is right for the moment. The children showYou what to do! Keep back led her to task for a short time, and they will follow, because music has its own fun. Children and music, work and fun, in a simple combination, are a natural partnership.
PIANO is easy and the carol KIT grips are an ideal starting point for music for children. Almost all children can and should make a transition from numbers to play traditional music. For example, there are gifted children who I teach, have the attentionDeficit Disorder, and I allow them to by a number, as long as it takes me to get them to feel safe to play on the decoding scores.
I try to every lesson, which move with the reading listening to music, and when the child is not ready for the transition, and we go on a lot of fun with games and counting and numbers. This patient "bait and switch" method, in my eyes, always work with each child.
The numbers are like training wheels on a bike of your children. If they comfortable with the revenue from them,They are the first to know.
Perhaps only the eye of a professional can determine the exact time for this transition from numbers to conventional grades. I also recognize that almost all parents do not get the luxury of a teacher to have their homes once a week. But the principles are the same.
How will you know when your child is ready? In general, later is always better than before.
Give your child the opportunity to explore the piano to itsown pace. If the children seem to lose interest, you should renew your interest. If they see you keep trying to play the piano, they will try again and again, too.
In fact, an element I am looking to find candidates for this transition marks the traditional arrogance: I want to tell a child: "This figure stuff is too easy!" That is when children are ready for conventional grades. Note that (at this time each child is different, a week for a month to a year) per child in a position to play dozens ofSongs from a number from memory, and many more with the book in front of them.
A child who has had a positive initial experience with the piano, and who knows their way around the piano, is a much better candidate for conventional music lessons as a child who is simply thrown into complex conventional piano lessons, and expects that they are successful.
How far can the piano numbers of my child?
Piano by numbers, if they understand will be introduced by a parent or teacher who provides the bestpossible from platform. There is no confusion, discipline or brings.
Do I have more than PIANO directly to us to get started?
Absolutely not. We explore a whole system in the event of "piano by number" meets the long-term needs of our students.
To play the average payments for children by allowing the piano in a positive manner, starting with perhaps a carol or simply PIANO KIT, and then continue until I can read notes. Here are some of theBenefits for the creation of a child playing piano by numbers:
Learn piano at home when a child feels comfortable
Use a system that is immediately understandable: Numbers
Building confidence with simple, almost imperceptible, gradual steps
If all your child receives in the founding piano "by number" is a positive attitude to the piano, everyone is a winner. The goal is to see your child playing piano in a positive atmosphere, and then maybe go to the privateTeaching.
I am not advocating for piano "by number" for more than the first experience. In my private practice I use the "numbers" to start the child, and then, as we begin the traditional marks, numbers as a way to defuse tensions Children have the feeling that learning the complex art of reading conventional sheet music.
Practical advice for parents: Do's and Don'ts
Encourage your child
You do not criticize their play
Sit down and listen to themplay
Please do not ask that they "practice".
Ask her to "play" the piano
Set a time limit, such as "practice for half an hour." If a child does not do on its own, it is useless to force them to do so. Five minutes a day is all that a child needs when it's fun.
Did you play the piano. I teach in homes everyday where children are eager to try the piano, because Mom is doing it, Dad likes, and play the older children.
Do not take it seriously, play the piano.If you think it's fun, your children will too.
You want to do this if your child does not seem to try: Go to the piano and try to start it yourself. You would be surprised how quickly your child decides that they want to do.
Do not even think of Carnegie Hall. Do not exert pressure exerted. If you push kids too hard, they turn away at once, and it is difficult if not impossible, for them again.
Think about a private tutor for your child if they show interest. But notfor a while. Let the child explore the piano on their own.
To understand Do not expect your child to things like the "right finger" or "playing to the rhythm." Everything you want is on the first, your child like to sit on the big grand piano for a few minutes per day. There will be plenty of time to pursue another interest, if and when your child decides they want to take lessons. And when she begins teaching, they will already have a relationship with the device. It is much easier toStudying the interests of children in the conventional music when they think they already can play!
Make games out of everything connected to the music:
"They play a song, then Mama a song is playing." "Can see time who play Jingle Bells fastest without mistakes." "Let's all play our favorite song." "We play back the song!" (Kids love this one!)
"I'm going to try a song with both hands." "I will play on three songs, and play three songs." Does this song sound happy orsad? "" I will use many different finger on this song. "Let's play Name That Tune". "Let's play musical chairs. "
Do not be impatient. Expect nothing and you'll be pleasantly surprised. Expect many conventional power and your child will lose interest once they see they can not please. Make it easy to please you.
Mom and Dad say that practice.
One case comes to mind, to force children to practice. "I had a pupil, six, who was abig, spicy young, awkward and sensitive, athletic and curious. I have all my usual methods to make it start. He was a tinkerer, making up little songs, always plays a few minutes a day or so. He was progressing well enough to learn in the first five notes of the traditional grades staff. I never gave him orders or homework, but I brought him more and more conventional notes, which he had the ability to search in that week. He has always tried to pieces that I lefthim.
After five months, he was fascinated by the song of a stupid beginners called "My Wigwam" and they played at home, according to the representation of his mother, 500 times a day. His father hated this song. I tried to see the parents that it was important for the child to memorize and a special song he wanted. I advised them to grin and bear, be thankful you have a child, the piano goes out of his own accord, without a nagging to practice it.
But Dad built a new program, calledTask force and began to observe the child for half an hour of practice a day with Dad sternly, which is very thought of this child, it was fun to play the piano, unpleasant by himself.
After two weeks I could give up the child and want to quit. I told the child that he did not have to play the piano when he did not want that it should be fun and that maybe he would start again one day. This was a child who had been waiting by the window in the living room for me to arrive for our crazy,Fun lessons for five months.
After a month, the parents decided that the piano was "simply not for him."
How do I choose a piano teacher?
Very carefully. Look for the following list. Some items below are of course difficult to find, but you will not find if you look after them.
Look for a teacher that has a fun, friendly way. Choose not that great teacher of the block that everyone says, great, but a distant, professional manner has. You can return to it when teachersYour child shows promise and is older. Start with someone friendly, professional and skilled with children.
Find someone with the patience of a kindergarten teacher.
They need someone who is willing to go slowly, not stress how much power as a very patient player building. The truth is that music and piano study is hard, and it takes a brilliant, patient teacher, to inspire children. Look for a teacher who teaches music theory to children, not just the piano, and has aknown for his music theory fun. Kids know how music works from the inside, but it takes incredible patience on the part of the teacher.
Try a teacher who can come to your home. This is not easy and cheap, but for the beginning child, it is often the difference between the entry and exit. A child is most comfortable at home. You can see and evaluate the manner and teachers' method. " From the perspective of the child believe you have never seen a child likeuncomfortable as a beginner sitting in a strange music studio, unless the teacher has actually treated on the implementation of children in the facility with games and fun.
If you are not a "home visit" to find teachers ask to sit outside the studio of the teacher's room until the child feels comfortable. It's hard enough to understand music, much less to do with a stranger in a strange house. Make your child as comfortable as possible.
Here is my main point. Listen to your child. If they say over and over againthat they do not like teaching it too hard to get another teacher and start over. Children do not lie about this: If the piano is too hard, they often say that the method is wrong. Get a different, sympathetic teacher. Every child is unique, and also remember many teachers, so in their passion, their "teaching method."
I would rather have a child to love the piano playing and happy six simple songs as hate piano, as they play some complex piece like a robot implementation of meaningless drudgery.
There areTime enough to fit on the hard stuff after a child is inspired to do so.
Conclusion:
A child who has a positive start on the piano at home is more likely to make the transition to private lessons outside the home.
In earlier times, before radio and television, the piano was the entertainment center for the family. The whole family tried to play at least one instrument.
I think, beginning to play the piano "by numbers" helps to move a family, perhaps out of reachBut noble ideal. It can only be a good result of more people discover the joys of piano and music, no matter how modest their current skills.
It is better to play the piano with a simple system, as with a flood of confusion for conventional command and are finished to quite trying.
What I try to do as a teacher, is the excitement I felt for the piano as a child, communicate with each child as an individual.
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