Teaching children to play the piano: what to do in the first lessons?

Teaching children to the piano is a systematic process, the initial stage of which is divided into two periods: donor and musical. What to do in the first lessons? How to introduce a little musician into the secrets of the music world?

The first lessons of teaching children to play the piano are based on acquaintance with a musical instrument, its keyboard and the name of the notes, on comprehending the expressive possibilities of music.

Specificity of keyboard instruments

Tell us about the history of keyboards. Explain why the piano is both a piano and a grand piano. Show the internal structure of the piano, prove that the sound of the instrument depends on pressing. From what mood the performer touches the key, the piano will answer him. Let the student be convinced of this - let him feel “playing” from the very first lesson. The first presses are an opportunity to acquaint the student with the registers and octaves of the instrument. Imagine with the creation of a “musical zoo” on the keys, put different animals in the “house-octaves”.

Introduction to musical instruments

Beginning musicians, coming to the first lesson, already show musical literacy - they know and define simple music genres, they distinguish the timbres of instruments. The task of the teacher is not to teach a budding musician to learn the genres of music by ear, but to unravel the mechanism for creating musical works. Have the student answer the questions “How is this done? Why is a march a march and I want to walk smoothly under it, and dance to the music of a waltz? ”

Explain to the young musician that music is information transmitted by a specific language — the means of music, and the musician is a translator. Create a musical and artistic communication. Play a musical puzzle game: the student comes up with an image, and you play a melody-guessing and analyze the sound.

We form landing for the tool

Watch a video of children's piano concerts. Think together about how the performer sits, holds the body and hands. Explain the rules of landing at the piano. The student must not only remember his position at the piano, but also learn how to sit at home instrument.

Learning the keyboard and first touch the keys

Little musician is eager to play. Why should he deny it. The main condition for the student is the right pressure. A pianist should know:

than press a key (with your fingertip)
how to press (feel the “bottom” of the key)
how to make a sound (brush)

Without special exercises, it is unlikely to work out right away. Before playing the keys, teach the student to accurately put a fingertip on the rubber tip of the pencil.

Many problems of staging will be solved by a regular tennis ball in the hand of a student. Let the student play with him on the keys - with a ball in your hand you can feel not only the “bottom”, but also the brush.

Learn with the baby the famous little piece “Two cats” on the keys, but with the right touch. Transpose it from all seven piano keys. You will learn not only their names, but also the alteration signs. Now known notes keys need to be found in different “houses - octaves”.