My daughter is 8 and passed grade one in Feb with a distinction after just under a year of lessons. Her teacher says she is very 'bright' (which we already know-she achieved a L5 in her KS1 SATS and has a reading age of 13+) and is doing well, ready for her grade 2 after the summer hols. My son has just started lessons with a teacher who comes to our house. My DD was practicing when he arrived and he got really excited saying she was 'gifted' at piano and that in 23 years of teaching he has only heard one other child with that sort of talent!
Then, on Friday at the pub a fellow dad spoke to my husband and said he had heard DD playing when she was round playing with his DD after school and that he thought that she was exceptionally talented (he is a professional musician). He said he thought that we should have her taught by a teacher focused on talented children.
Both me and my DH are excpetionally unmusical so have no idea if she is particularly talented - we are just impressed she can read music and play with 2 hands!!
Any views?
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Gifted at Piano!?
Swarski · 15/06/2010 18:56
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