http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/03/metronomes-a-required-item-at-home/ Relax, Share, and Laugh! Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:39:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/03/metronomes-a-required-item-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 mary lou Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:28:44 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=380#comment-1920 To add to that comment - I don't think children can handle learning notes and learning rhythm at an early age, therefore you have to work on them separately. Learn the names of the notes then clap the rhythm. To add to that comment – I don’t think children can handle learning notes and learning rhythm at an early age, therefore you have to work on them separately. Learn the names of the notes then clap the rhythm.

]]> http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/03/metronomes-a-required-item-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 mary lou Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:26:44 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=380#comment-1919 Concerning requiring students to have their own metronome: I would require a metronome when they are in 3rd grade music. Parents don't protest. By the time they are in 3rd grade music, they have decided to be serious about music and parents don't mind. Before then, I would do a lot of clapping of pieces before they play them. Clap out sections of the piece. Concerning requiring students to have their own metronome:
I would require a metronome when they are in 3rd grade music. Parents don’t protest. By the time they are in 3rd grade music, they have decided to be serious about music and parents don’t mind. Before then, I would do a lot of clapping of pieces before they play them. Clap out sections of the piece.

]]> http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/03/metronomes-a-required-item-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1885 Lauren Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:06:50 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=380#comment-1885 Be sure they get the type that you can see the wand or the little lights moving back and forth. The kind that just beeps won't help at all. You have to be able to see the motion to feel it, even if it's just out of the corner of your eye. Be sure they get the type that you can see the wand or the little lights moving back and forth. The kind that just beeps won’t help at all. You have to be able to see the motion to feel it, even if it’s just out of the corner of your eye.

]]> http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2009/02/03/metronomes-a-required-item-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1784 Natalie Wickham Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:43:30 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=380#comment-1784 Yes! I require all my students to purchase a metronome within the first month of lessons. That requirement is included in my policy and I've never had a parent question it. It is well worth the approximately $40 for the student to be able to practice with a metronome. And we start using it at the very first lesson, too! Yes! I require all my students to purchase a metronome within the first month of lessons. That requirement is included in my policy and I’ve never had a parent question it. It is well worth the approximately $40 for the student to be able to practice with a metronome. And we start using it at the very first lesson, too!

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