{"id":1455,"date":"2016-03-12T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2016-03-12T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T17:36:47","slug":"help-your-child-be-successful-in-learning-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1455","title":{"rendered":"Help Your Child Be Successful in Learning Piano!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>by Ashley Blankenship<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How can I help my child be successful in piano lessons?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip One:<\/strong> Provide a good, in-tune instrument at home.<\/p>\n<p>Having a decent instrument at home is vital to the success of any student&#8217;s lesson. Without a way to properly practice at home, your student will feel inadequate at lesson time and will quickly lose motivation and interest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>What has 32 keys, plugs into a wall and makes piano teacher&#8217;s crazy? Sorry parents but your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cheap, run of the mill Casio just won&#8217;t do<\/span>. I always allow beginner students to start out on a small keyboard. Give it six months and if they are hooked, it&#8217;s time to invest in a better quality piano.<\/p>\n<p>Truly, nothing can substitute for the feel and feedback of a quality acoustic piano but if you should be looking at electronic options, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always look for these important features<\/span>: weighted keys, touch response and a fully functioning damper pedal!<\/p>\n<p>Often, I come across quality pianos for sale or to give away. Stay tuned on this page for those offers. There&#8217;s no way around it, your child can&#8217;t learn to play baseball without a nice bat and can&#8217;t learn to play hockey without a good pair of skates. Your child needs regular access to a quality instrument to become a successful piano player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ashley Blankenship How can I help my child be successful in piano lessons? Tip One: Provide a good, in-tune instrument at home. Having a decent instrument at home is vital to the success of any student&#8217;s lesson. Without a way to properly practice at home, your student will feel inadequate at lesson time and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1455\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Help Your Child Be Successful in Learning Piano!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructional","category-motivational","category-music-for-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1457,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}