What should one be aware of before starting piano lessons? First of all, chat with your piano teacher. You should feel comfortable interacting with your coach. Find out his teaching experience as we as qualifications, as well as understand what motivates him to teach. Your teacher needs to be able to clearly explain the concepts and techniques of piano playing.
He must also be able to inspire you and impart correct playing techniques. You should also discuss with your teacher, your goals and objective in starting piano lessons in Singapore. Do also have a time frame in mind when setting goals.
Secondly, relax and be yourself. Understand and absorb what the teacher shares with you during your lesson. When you get home, make it a habit to practice every day. As a beginner pianist, you need not spend hours each day practicing the piano. Quality time is more important than quantity
Piano lessons for kids build self-discipline in the student, this is an asset for any child. The child understands the importance of self-discipline after going through daily piano practice over the years and seeing the improvement in piano playing skills over an extended time period.Practicing new piano playing techniques also instill patience in a child, as well as the mindset of not giving up when faced with obstacles.
Going through the phases of intrinsic techniques, warm-up techniques and conditioning techniques, the child may sometimes feel that they are not improving.
Any musician will encounter good days and bad days. Sometimes bad days are prolonged period. However if he or she does not give up, the imaginary glass ceiling will be broken one day.
It is also a great idea to expose your child to performances, whether it be informal performance among peers and family members or as formal as a national competition. This helps your child gain self-confidence. This self-confidence will flow through the other areas of life and be an asset in the future.
Most adults lead a stressful life, with stress coming from work, having to raise up children and concurrently taking care of aged parents. Some adults are also stressed from relationship issues. As such many adults start piano lessons as an outlet to relieve stress. The plus point is that reduced stress levels often result in reduced contraction of chronic illness, especially heart disease, multiple sclerosis and type II diabetes.
Adult piano learners also develop a better memory. The brain also is able to adapt and change. Thus, we highly encourage adults especially senior learners who are near retiring age, to start piano for beginners. This also prevents or slows down the onset of dementia.
The most trusted way to look for a suitable piano teacher is through a school like Stradivari Strings. We vet through our team of teachers not only for qualifications and experience but also gather feedback from students. Our team of teachers are committed and dedicated and have in place a great lesson plan for piano lessons. After your music foundation is built, we can progress your via the ABRSM exam route if desired. Alternatively, you can also progress via the leisure route.
All of our piano teachers are accredited by the Associated Board of Royal School of Music (ABRSM), Trinity Guildhall exam board, or renowned music conservatories around the world. They produce results, whether it be coaching young children or adults.
Piano lessons in Singapore can be arranged at Sultan Plaza, your place or at piano teacher’s location. Do contact +65-98137769 to arrange.
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Clynton Loh is a Singaporean-Chinese classical pianist and cellist. He started playing piano at the age of five and this led him to discover his passion in music. Under the tutelage of Angela Lin, he attained his Licentiate in Piano Performance in 2018, awarded by Trinity College London, and is currently in his final year at LASALLE College of the Arts. Besides playing the piano, he was also a former cellist of the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra from 2013-2017. He represented his secondary school’s Chinese Orchestra as a cellist in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) and attained the Certificate of Distinction under the baton of Wilson Neo. He was also a pianist for his school’s drama elective module and obtained a best performance award from the school.
Clynton was involved in the Rising Stars Concert 2018, where he performed Beethoven’s Sonata Op.31 No 3 at the Esplanade Recital Studio, and also played the cello for the other chamber works and concerti performed in that concert. An accomplished cellist as well, Clynton was a member of the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (Snyco), where he was a cellist in the overseas concert tour to Taiwan, performing in various concerts such as Dauntless Spirit, Four Seasons, The Love for the Moon of SYCO, Musical Landscapes for All Seasons, and the Exuberance of Youth. Clynton has also performed with internationally renowned orchestras such as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra.
An ardent admirer of J.S. Bach and the Well-tempered Clavier, Clynton’s research interest is performance research of the keyboard works of Bach, he is interested in the interpretation and voicing of keyboard pieces of Bach and his contemporaries and continuously sought to better his performances through historically accurate research.
Clynton has taught piano and cello since 2020 to students ages five and up. He hopes to inspire students by showing them his experiences he acquired throughout the years of playing the piano and cello
Siak Lee achieved ABRSM grade 8 qualification in violin and piano. She is currently pursuing Diploma qualifications in both music instruments. She has ABRSM grade 5 qualification in music theory and currently pursuing ABRSM grade 8 theory.
She started coaching violin and piano in 2015. She scored Gold in the National Music Strings Orchestra Competition as a violinist and soloist. In 2016, she was selected to attend Clement Curtin Violin masterclasses and was recognized for her skills. In 2018 she was awarded Silver in Euroasia Competition.
Electra achieved ABRSM grade 8 in piano practical as well as ABRSM grade 5 in music theory. She has a cheerful personality, is a responsible teacher and her enthusiasm in teaching gives positive energy to all her students.
Her performance experience includes: first violinist in St Joseph’s Institution International Orchestra, between 2019 to 2020; pianist for Penabur International School (Indonesia) between 2017 to 2018.
Matthew is a gifted music instrumentalist, proficient in the piano, keyboard, flute, clarinet, saxophone and cello. He is currently pursuing ATCL qualifications for both piano and flute, under Trinity music examination board. An avid composer, he composes music for youtube channel “Epic Music World”. Since 2016, he has a passion in coaching and is an effective music coach. Matthew has experienced coaching students age from 5 to adults”.
Ying Xu is a full time piano teacher, having achieved ABRSM grade 8 piano qualifications. Ying Xu also has ABRSM grade 8 Theory qualifications. He has been coaching since 2021 and has experience coaching young kids and adults.
He also has experience coaching piano and keyboard students online, over and above face-to-face lessons. Ying Xu goes above and beyond his duty to ensure all his students learn the skills of playing the piano or the keyboard effectively.
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Here is a guide on piano lessons fee in Singapore:
| Beginner level piano lessons | $30 to $50 | Duration 30 minutes to 45 minutes |
| Intermediate piano classes | $40 to $60 | Duration 30 minutes to one hour |
| Advance level piano lessons | $60 to $80 | Duration 45 minutes to one hour |
For a firm quotation as well as information on the profile of the piano teacher, contact Stradivari Strings at +65-98137769.
The piano and the keyboard are both similar musical instruments, and also different in some aspects. The piano has weighted keys while the keyboard has lighter keys. Moreover, the keyboard needs to be plugged to a power source. If you are interested to play classical music then the piano may be more suited for you. To experience both keyboard and piano lessons, you can contact Stradivari Strings at +65-98137769 to arrange.
With concise instructions from your piano teacher, a positive mindset and eagerness to learn, you will find piano classes a breeze. Many have managed to learn to play the piano. So you should be able to do so easily as well.
Your child needs to be physically developed and ready before starting piano lessons. Ideally age 6 onwards. Any younger, your child may not have the strength to press on the piano keys. The hand span may not be broad enough to play notes which are one octave apart.
This is not recommended. It is best that you get a piano (it can be upright or grand piano), or a digital piano with weighted keys to practice on. The feel of the keyboard keys is very different so not suitable for daily practice for your piano classes.