How Do The Latest Piano Lessons For Children Work?


by John Richards

Adults and children learn things in different ways. Adults usually have an agenda to work to. For example you might want to learn piano so you can entertain your friends. Children, though, learn piano because they're told to. Generally, there's no other reason. That why the material they learn from needs to be engaging and effective.

Therefore when children start playing piano, they have no plan, they don't even know why they're doing it. And that is the reason piano lesson for children have to be enjoyable and need to produce results fast. They need to fun because this is generally the only thing that motivates small children. If an activity is enjoyable they'll return to it time after time. And they need to produce results quickly because when kids realize that they can actually play a tune and that they’ve actually achieved something then they’ll want to do it again.

So, How are you going to transform a potentially dull and dreary music lesson into a fun-filled lesson? I can tell you that it's got nothing to do with books. If you’ve ever looked at a children’s’ piano lesson book you’ll find that attempts to enliven them normally consist of littering the pages with pictures of pixies, fairies or little pigs. In all fairness, what else can the publishers do. And the problem boils down to a fundamental flaw in the nature of the medium itself. Books are silent and inanimate. No amount of words, pixies, elves or anything else can change that and because of that, the child can never hear what it is he or she is supposed to play. And whether they get it wrong or right there’s still no feedback.

The newest piano lessons for children operate in an entirely different manner. They’re computerised. They let the child hear the tune that they’re supposed to play befre they play it. Some programs use colored keys to make note identification easier and several use a feedback mechanism that tells the child how well they’ve done. With these sorts of differences, it’s no wonder that they are so much more successful that the traditional approach which was held back by a fundamental flaw. There are a number of different programs and products available and you’ll need to see which one best suits your needs and your budget.

About the Author

For children, the most economical and effective lessons are delivered via the teach-yourself route. They can work at your own speed and learn in their own way. The most popular piano lessons for children are featured at http://www.PianoDetective.com where you can read actual user comments on the different packages available.

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