KillJoy Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Does anyone here teach? Or know of someone who does? Our Daughter (3) seems to have a least SOME interest. I am wondering what it will cost for lessons.... KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 IDK, I'd say wait until she is a few years older. 3 seems really young, at least to someone without kids and not in any related field. Maybe there is someone or a program out there built around teaching kids this age. That's the only way I could imagine it working. Me and my brother and sister all played instruments. Me and my brother started in late elementary school. The school we were at started stringed instruments in 4th grade and winds in 5th. Sister might have started a little sooner, but not much. She played piano so it was private lessons, so they could have theoretically started her whenever. There is probably a reason that the school we were at waited until around that age (do schools still wait until then)? At 3, unless your kid is some savant I can't imagine 'lessons' being very productive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 At 3, unless your kid is some savant I can't imagine 'lessons' being very productive. I disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I disagree. Like I said, maybe I'm wrong. Just seems young at first glance. Do you know of anywhere or anyone who works with children this age? I'm sure it could help with the right program. I don't think me starting to play at 10 held me back at all from doing everything that I possibly could in the field. Which wasn't much, but I think I developed as much as I possibly could. I could see it helping to stimulate overall learning development if done correctly. At 3 I was probably busy eating dirt and running in circles around my house. At 5 or 6 I was busying playing the woods. I don't believe in 'teaching' kids in a traditional sense at that age. At 3 I think they are best taught reading and language by being read to and they they are best taught music by hearing. But like I said, I'm no expert in the field and I don't have kids. What does teaching look like at 3 years old? I don't exactly know but I don't think it's piano 'lessons'. I should state that I'm imagining lessons in the traditional sense. Starting with basics, these are the notes, then moving onto timing, scales, etc. Your traditional teaching structure where you start with basics as we know them and build up. I would think something that would be productive for a 3 year old would have to be much different and purpose built with a ~3 year old in mind. I will go a little further and say I don't think you need to worry about having a 3 year old in piano lessons. Maybe that's a more appropriate, even if blunt way to state what I was trying to say before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 give me a day or two. i know my sister took lessons from a guy in our old neighborhood who played for the columbus symphony orchestra or whatever it was...he wasnt much older than me either. i *think* his name was stan, but i cant remember for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 http://www.powellacademyofmusic.com/ This is a buddy of mine. He is very good, his name is Chad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Tiger Woods began "playing" Golf at 2 KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I started my son around 6 or 7, but people start sooner. He takes lessons at Colonial Music in Hilliard. I think it is $60/month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I started my son around 6 or 7, but people start sooner. He takes lessons at Colonial Music in Hilliard. I think it is $60/month. Thanks! After doing a little Online looking, and making a few calls.... I think we should probably wait a little bit. KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I am looking for lessons for myself if anyone knows someone local to the eastside. I have always loved the sound of the piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Jason, what are you trying to accomplish? being able to read music or just be able to play a few tunes. I took lessons for 10 years and it's still fun to sometimes just sit down and play and get lost in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I would certainly like to be able to open a book and start playing however if its possible to learn to play by hearing something, that would be fine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 you have to have a knack for playing by ear.... I was just trying to get an idea of what you were wanting to accomplish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindall2006 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 As a music major, learning to play by year can either come really easy, or come with alot of training, one of my classes requires me to be tested on hearing a short melody and writing it on paper note for note. It isn't that easy for a drummer! As far as lessons, I could teach a 3 year old, but prefeer to look teach older kids. As far as lessons, either of the previous listed people, or try hitting up a piano major at Ohio State, be extra beer money for them, and also probably be cheeper for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Im going to come back to this. I played from the 2nd grade up right into high school. My grandmother gave me her Piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Look into a teacher of the Suzuki method for someone that young. As opposed to the traditional method, in Suzuki you're tought to play first then read as you develop your skills. Much like we learn to speak before we read. It's much easier for a 3 year old to pick up that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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