For teaching Repertoire, each process has significant purpose. At home, it is important to review and repeat what have been learned at the lesson.

Listening

In the lesson:

Listening to the model performance of the teacher or the CD.

By listening to the entire piece children get a clear idea of the piece and are motivated to sing and play.

At home:

Please listen to the CD as many times as possible.

Singing

In the lesson:

Singing with worlds or by solfege

Children sing by solfege to express the mood and characteristics of the piece. Singing repeatedly enhances their motivation to play the music.

At home:

Please listen to the CD.  You may sing along with the CD.

Playing

In the lesson:

Playing while singing by solfege.

Playing while children sing fosters their aural ability.

Playing the right and left hand parts separately.

Playing the chords while listening to the melody cultivates the sense of harmony.  Team playing with friends or with the teacher develops the sense of even tempo.

Playing with both hands.

Playing with both hands repeatedly helps develop children’s playing skills, as well as further developing their sense of harmony.

At home:

It is important to play in the same way as your child have sung.  When playing the melody, please let your child sing by solfege.

Reading

In the lesson:

Confirming the piece they have just played by following the score.

When they learned to play the piece which they started by listening, they finally confirm its score with their own eyes. In the Junior Music Course, children are not taught to play by looking at the score, but they follow the score in the textbook of the piece they have played.  It aims at arousing their interest in written music.

At home:

Once your child becomes able to pay a piece, please encourage him/her to repeat playing, so that the piece is learned as part of the repertoires she/she can play any time.  Having many repertoires helps enhance the overall ability.

Significance of Reading in the Yamaha - Junior Music Course (JMC)

Playing immediately after reading the scores requires various abilities, such as:

“Score” is the language of music, or the symbols that describe music to be recreated.

You could say that it is just like reading a book.

Think how children learn to speak.

First they hear the words and understand their meaning. They do not initially understand the meaning by reading words or sentences, for which interest and willingness are essential. Learning music is the same.

“Timely Education” is one of the characteristics of the JMC.

Children’s hearing ability develops remarkably during this period.  We focus on nurturing the ability to listen to and capture the music as whole, as well as musical sensitivity and the willingness to express themselves through music.

During the lesson, children trace the notes of the repertoire pieces which they have played and confirm them on the board, so that they are motivated to have interest in the written scores.

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