My ds(8) started piano in February. He has been doing 20 minutes a week lesson at school.
He has a home work to get grade 1 book, choose 3 songs and practice over summer.
He managed to learn to play 2 songs ok-ish, and 3rd one, ok hands separate, but struggling to play hands together.
I am completely new to this exam thing. The teacher asked us to get CD with a book, so we got it. He can play almost perfectly in synch hands separate for first two tune.
Lessons seems have been the same. He was given tunes to learn for homework, she checks it, then move on to new ones .Learning new songs(although it's all short) every week.
But is it normal to work out pieces by himself and practice? Use of finger? He always get comment written on the page, "curly fingers".
I am not so keen on him doing exams, so is my dh, but ds wants to, since he is a kind of child who listen to what teachers says.
Is it going to be practicing same tune over and over once he decided to take exam?
Also I don't think he can read music properly yet.When he was playing some song, it sounded off, compared to the CD, so I pointed out, and then he realised it was something sharp/flat what ever. {confused]
What happens if he failed?
I am completely lost, I have no knowledge of these things. Could you give me some insight about how these things work?
Do you even think he is ready?
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user789653241 · 11/08/2016 19:24
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