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Multiple Music Instruments?

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HalloweenCheeseboard · 23/10/2021 12:22

Hi, hoping for some advice from the parents of very musical children.

My youngest DD was just sitting at the piano, looking at the sheet music for Fur Elise and slowly starting to play it. Far from perfect and it took a while to get it right.

But….DD is 8 and has never had a piano lesson. She is working on Grade 3 Flute and has grade one on both recorder and viola. Apparently she had looked at a YouTube tutorial and figured out where the notes were on the piano-treble clef and bass clef and then she went for it.

I am wondering if I should do something about it? However, I am a bit reluctant to have her playing a lot of different instruments.. She plays both the viola and the flute in (different) orchestras and ensembles (and has private lessons in both) She also has a recorder group lesson and apparently an ensemble within that group.

Should I do something about the piano or just let it go…?

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sluj · 23/10/2021 12:40

Once you can read music, its easy to play a simple tune on the piano once you get where the C is. She is probably doing enough at the moment.
Both my DS's can pick out tunes on the piano but they are brass players. They would need lessons to do both hands though Grin

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HalloweenCheeseboard · 23/10/2021 12:40

Wow, that sounds amazing gogohm. Do you think I should let her just get on with it or give her piano lessons? What did you do?

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gogohm · 23/10/2021 12:33

Sounds like my dd, she picked up her sisters music and played it without lessons (dd1 asked for violin lessons, Dd2 asked for piano) dd1 is studying music at university and plays 5 instruments to grade 7/8