How old does your child need to be to start basic piano lessons? This is a commonly asked question of parents wondering when the time is right to embark on kids piano lessons. While there is no clear cut answer, with some teachers saying the younger the better, there are some sensible points to take into consideration:
1. Your child needs to be able to sit still for 10-15 minutes at a time and be able to focus for that time.
2. Ideally, your child should be able to know the alphabet from A through to G.
3. Again, ideally, he or she should recognize the numerals 1 through to 5 and be able to comprehend the correlation between the finger numbers on the music and their own fingers.
4. The younger your child is when they start on their piano lessons, the more involvement and time you will have to invest yourself. Do you have the time to sit in on their lessons and practice? If the answer is no, then you should probably wait until they have started school. If you have time on your side, then there is research to suggest that preschool is a great time to start, so as to benefit from the increase in your child's IQ points that can result from child piano lessons.
5. If you are planning on purchasing an electric keyboard to start, you need to ensure that the musical keys are the same size as that of a normal acoustic piano, and that the keyboard has touch sensitivity for soft and loud control.
Nowadays, with the technological advances, your child doesn't even need to leave your home to benefit from the advantages of keyboard lessons. Although some experts say that there is no substitute for a real music teacher, especially for the child's posture, there can be a lot of advantages to online kids piano lessons. Some of these are:
1. Cost effective. Some of the online keyboard lessons offer free programs or free introductory offers. The lessons themselves were considerably less expensive than a personalized music teacher.
2. Time effective. No driving to the piano teacher's house. You can also do the lesson when it suits you week to week.
3. The online keyboard lessons mostly came with games for the children to encourage them to play scales and to experiment with the piano.
4. You can play the lesson over and over until you understand. There are no time restraints that you have with the piano teacher.
5. You can ensure that your budding little Mozart likes the piano before you lock yourself into formal paid in advance lessons with the piano teacher.
6. The programs are aimed at children of various ages and stages and look like a lot of fun!
This article is going to briefly list the best online children piano lessons sites that we could find:
Pianoforkids.com has a program for children aged 5-13 years. They also include a video and offline lesson facilities. Highly recommended.
Pianopatchkids.com has been designed for children between the ages of 2-7 years. Perfect for the young musical prodigy.
Mrronsmusic.com has a special program for children starting with the preschoolers.
PianoBears.com has lessons, and stories involving bears who play the piano, and various other merchandise. This site would probably suit the younger teddy bear loving child.
Whatever the age of your child, there is an online site offering keyboard tuition to suit you.
