Many parents discussed with me the problem of children learning piano. My family has been learning piano for more than 3 years since I was 6 years old. As a parent of a zither child, my feelings can be summarized in one sentence:
Once you enter the gate of the zither, it is as deep as the sea. Since then, everything has changed!
1 Why did you choose the piano?
In fact, I have always been indifferent to musical instruments. The only time I felt that musical instruments were good was when my roommates played good guitars in college, which attracted many girls' admiration. At that time, I deeply felt how beautiful it would be to order musical instruments
Later, after Han Han was born, Han Ma insisted on learning musical instruments. She had a saying, "Men can be not handsome, but they must have temperament". Music literacy is a necessary aspect to improve temperament. Therefore, practicing musical instruments for children has been the consensus of our family, which is just to choose a musical instrument.
Generally speaking, the introduction of musical instruments in the United States mainly starts from the violin or piano. For the violin, because the child is still young, we are worried that he is not strong enough to hold the piano with one hand; The piano is known as the king of musical instruments. The naive American piano teacher said when he saw us on the first day, "The piano is worth practicing. With the foundation of piano, he can learn any musical instrument quickly".
Therefore, in response to this sentence, we chose the piano. In fact, it does not necessarily mean that the child will reach any height in the future, but through piano training, we hope to lay a good musical foundation for him.
2. The twists and turns of learning the piano
If you take her to learn piano, you must be ready to fight for a long time. If she is in good condition, you will be happy. But if she is not in good condition, every minute of playing with her will be a battle.
According to the experience of more than three years of accompaniment training, the piano heat of the first two years of Han Han is definitely a curve of twists and turns, and a cosine curve! Because it is absolutely the peak at the beginning, and then it will meet the bottom, followed by a small climax, and then the bottom... Just keep on going until you form a good habit!
In the first few days of learning piano, the little guy was so excited that he said he loved piano very much. Every time I went to school to play the piano, I played it very well. As a result, his piano teacher always praised and listened to many comments about awsome, great and perfect... Every time I heard Han Ma, she was elated, always hugging her son after Han Han played a song, "My baby is talented!"
However, just a few months later, with the increasing difficulty in learning the piano, Wa's frustration grew day by day. Sometimes he couldn't play well. At this time, the more anxious he was, the faster he played, and the more prone he was to make mistakes. Sometimes Han Han hums while playing. Sometimes he simply covers the keys and lies on the ground with his feet facing up, shouting "OK. I give up! I give up!".
But don't worry. Every child will have this process. As long as the child's interest in piano is maintained, you can break through the clouds and see the sky after this period of time. My family, Hanhan, has basically practiced the piano consciously, and we don't need to hurry up, but we have spent more than two years to get to this state.
3 What should parents do?
Since you have chosen the piano for your child, you should be prepared for a long fight. In this process, it is most important to keep your child's enthusiasm for piano and practice it willingly.
We usually use four moves.
1。 Sticker rewards
We have prepared a bunch of stickers. Every time he plays well, he will stick a piece of this song to him. The picture below is a simple and honest piano book, with many stickers on each page.
In fact, the process of awarding stickers is a recognition of children's efforts. The human brain needs to be in a relatively high state to stimulate the maximum vitality. Therefore, when there are stickers, children can be kept in a relatively high state all the time, so that they can complete various technical actions with the best effect.
2。 strike a proper balance between work and rest
One of the difficulties in playing the piano is the coordination of the left and right hands. You will find that children can play with one hand, whether with their left or right hands. But once they play with two hands together, they are often prone to make mistakes, because at this time, you have to focus on two things. At the same time, you have to look at the scores of the left and right hands. Your brain also has to control the movements of the left and right hands at the same time, which is a little careless, There will be noise.
So when the child is frustrated, don't force him to continue playing, but let him calm down. Han Ma will give Han Han some snacks and juice, so that he can forget his previous unhappiness and play after he is calm. In addition, we will let him focus on the mistakes. One piece of music is quite long, but there are only a few mistakes. So just play it repeatedly from these mistakes. Finally, after he overcomes the difficulties, the little guy will have a unique sense of achievement, and his self-confidence will be much stronger!
3。 sound recording
The piano can especially stimulate children's "stubborn" cells. Because if parents point out that there is something wrong with the child's movement or rhythm after the child finishes playing it with difficulty, the child will often be stubborn with you.
For example, for the gesture of playing the piano, the wrist should be raised. Once Han Ma told him that the wrist posture was wrong, and he refused to admit it. Another example is the beat. Sometimes his beat is fast. Mom Han asked him to slow down a bit, but he didn't admit it. He kept shouting "Yes... I'm wrong...".
When Han Ma takes Han Han to practice piano, a lot of time is wasted on such wrangling!
Later, we will have an assessment before the end of each time he plays the piano. During the assessment, we will record all the songs we practiced today by mobile phone. If he finds something wrong, he can't rely on the video, so that he can gradually learn to accept other people's opinions and recognize his own shortcomings.
The following is an exercise video recorded for the child before. We can tell him what the problem is!
4。 Sparring
It is very important for young children to practice with others when they are just beginning to learn piano. One thing I admire about Han Ma is that she really worked hard and spent a lot of time practicing with her. Every time I see my wife taking so much trouble, I will nag her, "My wife, if you had the drive to urge Hanhan when you were studying, you would have Tsinghua University and Beijing University long ago!", but every time I will get a blank stare from Hanma
Han Ma's practice partner is divided into two parts:
One is to accompany the whole class.
Many parents don't accompany in piano lessons, but this is actually a problem, because parents don't know where the teacher's teaching focus is, what homework is assigned, and how to check the children back home. What's more, Han Ma will record all the teacher's demonstration performances in class, so that she can use this as a model for Han Han to refer to when she goes home. If the little guy has any action that is not up to standard, you can see it from the video! This accompaniment to class is especially important for early piano children!
The other part is accompanied during the whole process of piano practice.
Han Ma even went to the battle to play with the baby.
If adults play with them, the children will be very motivated, and the two people will urge each other like little partners. Han Han will train very carefully so that he can correct Han Ma's movements, and his competitiveness does not want his mother to catch the flaws of his movements.
In a word, learning piano is a very long process. The most important thing is to persist, not only for children, but also for parents. this Although the process was tortuous, it was also full of fun. When we saw the children's flexible fingers beating on the keys, and when the melody sounded every second, we were always fascinated and enjoyed it!
So if you choose the long piano road, please stick to it. There will be a lot of pain and suffering in the early stage, but as long as you get through the chaos of the previous two or three years, and the child has formed the habit of learning piano, you and the child will be better and better, and will be more and more smooth!
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