The Importance Of Beginner Piano Lessons
Posted: Friday, March 07, 2008
by Terje Brooks
the-piano-site.com
Learning to play the piano is a difficult, important step in the lives of children who are so privileged and for a beginner; piano lessons are a child's only contact with the art of piano. Until a child becomes more experienced in piano and grows up to set their own practice and playing schedule having a set routine is important, and piano lessons and self study are important parts of this. If you want your child to become a skilled piano player and be disciplined in the art, it is your responsibility to make sure that you set the right ground rules for them and urge them in the right direction. They may not want to play all the time and sometimes roller blading sounds better than practice any day but a parent has to be strict enough to set the foundation for excellence. This is especially important in those first couple years when beginner piano lessons are still going on.
You must be self-disciplined enough as a parent to enforce regular piano lessons. Obviously you want to make the piano experience as positive as possible for your child, but you have to be very consistent with the idea that greatness is something that requires persistence. When your child is older you can give him the choice about how heavily to pursue piano, but in the early stages, your job as a parent is guidance and enforcement of discipline development in your child.
Rewards
Just because you are enforcing discipline doesn't mean that you can't make it fun and even rewarding for your child to learn the piano. In fact, bribery is a great method. After all, you go to work because your boss pays you. Maybe some day your child will play the piano for the fun of it. If you've taught your child discipline, your child will do it to the best of his ability. But in the meantime, it is okay for your child to play the piano for the rewards. Buy your child a fancy outfit for that first recital. Take your child out for cake after the recital. Every time your child masters a book, go out and celebrate. Remember that rewards can be just as much about praise as things.
Have Some Rules in Place
Some kids think that playing the piano is all about making noise and music; while music is the central idea of the whole beginner piano lessons in the first place it is also about disciple. Make sure that you enforce the rules of piano play and lessons and make sure that your child practices when they should, keeps their nails trimmed, goes through the necessary warm-ups and does what their instructors tell them to do. After they leave the lesson, your child is in your care so if you think about it you have more control over your beginner's piano future than anybody else.
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