Comments on: Zara’s Progress on The Keyboard https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729 WAHM's journey to bringing up two girls Thu, 19 Jun 2014 06:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: chew lee https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126844 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:50:43 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126844 I think it is common for such a young child to read notes… for a start, hands coordination is more important. Malaika too, she doesn’t really know how to read the notes too. Some pieces she memorizes, some not. Since I have to practice with her and I with no musical backgrounds, I write down all the notes in c, d, e… so that I can teach her. YOu know, the one who knows how to play piano has no patience to teach his precious daughter.

BTW, my girl too, likes to add ‘compose’ music… and she likes to play with chords. In fact, she likes it so much that her piano teacher gave her some pieces with chords. And she enjoys playing them.

Well done, Zara…

]]> By: rachel https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126832 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:56:32 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126832 I think she is progressing well. Btw, do you plan to switch her to Royal Music? Cos I saw her singing Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So…. whereby in real music, we go c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c..

I was ex JMC then switch to Royal Music grade 1-8. I think I took JMC for 3 yrs. and when i switch over, hard time to re-learn the notes.

]]> By: Grace Sue https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126829 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:25:44 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126829 Woah. The last time i stop by your blog was last April!! too busy with studies.. *counting fingers* that was 6 months ago. I had a pleasant surprise when i saw how fast the 2 girls grow within this 6 months. Zara and Zaria getting prettier every month. The stress is normal la oh.

]]> By: Trexxd https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126828 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:57:14 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126828 Dun worry too much. My niece was a trinity college first prize winner and she is excellent in her pianowork. and we used to worry about her memorizing her pieces during her JMC days:)

]]> By: chanelwong https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126826 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:48:59 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126826 well done…Zara….
JL also tend to memorize…theory almost zero….

]]> By: michelle https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126825 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:37:32 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126825 My gal is the same, still find it hard to read notes. I wonder is there a special way to help them.

]]> By: 雅 https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126824 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:46:05 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126824 “she memorises all the musical pieces instead of reading the notes from the book when she plays.”—–> actually this is a common trait of Yamaha trained students. They have excellent hearing abilities but is weaker in notes-reading as their training focuses a lot on listening. Pros and cons of the different pedagogies

]]> By: Alice Law https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126817 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:09:59 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126817 Wah~! Not bad… the most important is she was motivated!^-^ Great job!

]]> By: mom2ashleyaidan https://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729&cpage=1#comment-126816 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:59:46 +0000 http://mytwogirls.net/?p=2729#comment-126816 wah not bad huh? know how to add the left hand chords all by herself? i could never do that when I used to play the piano.

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