Why do children learn musical instruments? How to learn?

Do children learn musical instruments or not? Why do children learn musical instruments? What's the purpose? These questions are very important and worth taking time to seriously consider, because when you decide to study with your children, you'd better not give up easily. Understanding these problems is also related to parents' attitude and investment, which directly affects children's attitude and effect of learning piano.

It's actually very simple to say that we are on this road. I love classical music myself, and I also hope to cultivate children's musical literacy. One day, my daughter saw her friend learning to play the piano, and also expressed her desire to learn it, so she embarked on the road of learning the piano in a muddle.

At first, we just had a try and have fun. Some important issues, such as what piano to buy, what teacher to find and how to get started, are unknown and have not been seriously considered and treated. At that time, only the cost performance, the convenience of time and the distance from home were considered, which are not important now.

Only after children have studied for a period of time do they realize that this attitude of just letting children play is not desirable. It will affect the effect and interest of learning piano in the near future, and will affect children's attitude in the long run.

For the parents of most non-professional musicians, the reasons for letting their children learn piano are nothing more than the following:

? Improving music literacy is conducive to cultivating comprehensive quality;

? It seems that children like it and have certain interests;

? Developing majors is conducive to further study in the future;

? I hope to improve my coordination ability and even develop my intelligence by learning piano (of course, it is difficult to directly prove whether learning musical instruments can improve my intelligence);

? Follow the trend and keep up with the competition, so that children will not lose at the starting line.

We all have these reasons more or less. At first, we just regarded it as one of other extracurricular activities, because we can't engage in majors anyway, so there is no need to study formally.

In retrospect, learning musical instruments is essentially different from other extracurricular activities once a week, such as drama, swimming, street dance, sewing, gymnastics and so on. Practice after class is indispensable for music. This directly determines the effect of the next class, learning progress and even interest and sense of accomplishment. Therefore, students and parents need to invest more time and energy. Only serious, professional and long-term efforts and accumulation can cultivate the following qualities:

? Improve concentration, grasp details, rigorous and meticulous work habits;

? Excellence, because the pursuit of art is endless, only better is not the best;

? Ability to solve problems creatively;

? Not afraid of difficulties, have the patience to overcome them;

? Emotional management control ability;

? Persist in doing one thing for a long time;

? Regular performances can cultivate public confidence and communication skills;

? Really improve music literacy and aesthetic ability.

If you want to have the above gains, you must first realize that there is no difference between professional and amateur in learning musical instruments. Many teachers have lowered their standards and requirements in order to comply with their children's fear of difficulties and their parents' vanity of being competitive, or their level is simply limited. Supporting fun or learning should be a fashionable cognition of fun. It is certainly desirable to cultivate interest at first, but to a certain extent, it is difficult to continue if this teaching idea is still adopted.

Speaking of which, before my eldest daughter learned piano, I didn't know where to find a teacher or what kind of teacher to find. I found one at random-a teacher of a musical instrument store near my home-and I never thought about his qualifications. Use the books recommended by him in class and answer 3-5 short songs every week as required.

A few months later, I started playing Royal, and I began to find problems. I don't know music, and I can't play it without details. I played a piece of music and she played along with it. Although it doesn't seem to affect the progress, it's a big problem not to understand the music score, because it's not only hard (because I haven't learned it at all and can't play it), but also an exam.

Once I asked the teacher how to play the Legato. I found that his performance was different from the CD I listened to at home. I decided to change teachers.

After that, several English teachers were very good, but they were not very strict. They didn't ask for basic skills practice, but just followed their children's interests. After drilling bullets for two weeks, they learned something new. I feel that I have learned many songs, but none of them are good. In this way, I got into CET-4. As expected, I only got Merit.

This time I made up my mind to find a demanding teacher. After trying once, she immediately pointed out all the problems I had always suspected. I'm glad I finally found a reliable teacher, but after a period of class, my daughter still can't adapt to her super-slow and meticulous teaching method. An etude or a Hanun dance must be spoken by the teacher at least four or five times. Coupled with boring finger exercises and scales, she wants to shrink back again and again. I'm also worried that her interest will fade away, not without hesitation.

As the greatly reduced repertoire reduced her enthusiasm for practicing the piano, I bought other music scores for her to learn to play by herself. In this way, I persisted in CET-5, and got a distinction (excellent), and almost every song got full marks. Seeing her ecstatic appearance, I think it was worthwhile to insist at the beginning. She volunteered to tell me that she would never change teachers again and would learn from her. Without teachers' high requirements for skills and musical performance, it is less and less likely to get good grades in the level examinations above Band 4 and Band 5.

Repeated practice of boring basic skills makes finger ability training no fun, but without formal performance skills training, music can't be expressed, thus it can't improve the artistic accomplishment and aesthetic ability of music. What's worse is to make children feel that they can do something or work without standards and efforts. So don't promise your child to learn the piano easily, let him realize what this means. Once a decision is made, it's best to hire a high-level teacher with rich teaching experience from the beginning. It is best not to learn piano informally, because doing sports, painting and other activities can also cultivate children's quality. Teachers who have received formal professional training have no idea what amateur learning is. The difference between professional and amateur lies only in the length of daily practice and the progress and breadth of learning. There are no amateurs in playing skills and music literacy.