Product Description
Musikgarten Intro to Music Makers At the Keyboard
Our Intro to Keyboard adventure class
• Captures children’s interest in playing the music they love to sing
• Eases the transition from auditory musical awareness to abstract music reading and performance
• Promotes the development of listening acuity & aural memory
• Provides movement experiences vital to the development of musicality, fine motor development, and cognition
Your child will experience the joy of
• Exploring the keyboard, patterning, and improvising
• Cooperating with friends while playing in ensembles
• Traveling the world -- celebrating music, folk dances & cultures
Musikgarten’s groundbreaking Piano classes
are a wonderful way to begin the study of piano. This class is tailored for 6½ yr olds, who need a pace appropriate to their age and maturity and 7½+ yr olds who do not have an early childhood music background.
Description: This specialised introductory group class is an extension of the work done in Music Makers Around the World and follows a very sequential approach to building keyboard skills and understanding musical notation as set forth in the books. This programme is designed to teach the children to play the songs they've been hearing, singing and dancing to throughout the years of early-childhood; it is the final step on the pathway to music literacy.
Musical Goals: Lessons at the keyboard in small groups allow the children to experience the delight in making music with others, while at the same time encouraging the development of rhythmic competency, listening skills, singing, and music-reading. The children experience it all—improvising, composing, playing by ear, and reading notation!
Activities & Instruments: In addition to playing the keyboards, the children will be involved in drumming and dancing to nurture their rhythmic development, singing to nurture their tonal development, and echoing patterns to nurture their aural development as well as composing and musical dictation activities to lead the child to music literacy.
Parents Note: The ideal age to begin is between ages 6 and 8 years. Starting too early often causes frustration, especially if a child's fine motor skills are not well developed. A child who begins at age 7 will usually progress faster than one who is made to start at age 5.
Outcome: Children who complete Music Makers: At the Keyboard not only possess a strong desire to make music, they have the aural and keyboard skills that will enable them to do so. It prepares children for future keyboard study, as well as whatever musical adventures the future holds. Continue with Music Makers: At the Keyboard 1,2,3,4,5,6
Pre-requisite: Recommended Musical Mundo
Recommended: A Keyboard/Piano at home along with a CD player/mobile device kept near the piano/keyboard for ease of access for daily practice. Talk to us for recommendations before you purchase.
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Intro to Spanish (Not offered in 2020)
In this class we make foreign language learning musically fun! Children will acquire relevant vocabulary for expression and understand basic grammar not by rules but rather practical applications with music making, creative movement and role-play.
