Piano lessons & Keyboard lessons Chesterfield area
Your piano tutor, Tatiana Causey, BMus, DIP
Tatiana Causey
- Beginner piano lessons
- Keyboard lessons
- Advanced piano lessons
- Music theory
- ABRSM and Trinity college exams
- Classical, popular and Jazz
- From 5 years and up to any age
- Read about my credentials here
I live in Wingerworth, near Chestefield and offer a wide range of private piano tuition tailored to suit the needs of you or your child, from Music for Little Mozarts to Jazz, Pop and Classical Piano tuition.
Piano lessons for the very young, Chesterfield area
A young Mozart
One of the most fequent questions I am asked by parents, is at what age is a child old enough to begin piano lessons?
The general consensus goes with 5 years as the earliest age (Mozart being the most famous exception!). Earlier than that and the child's ability to sit still is just too limited. Ultimately though, it depends on the individual child.
Another question often asked by interested parents, is how do you begin to teach piano to a child as young as 5? After all, they can't understand musical notation can they?
This is quite right. I don't attempt to teach 5 year olds using the same methods as I would, say, a 10 year old. Their cognitive abilities and modes of understanding are just too different. Over the years however, there have been a few special methodologies developed to teach piano to the very young.
There is one in particular that I endorse, and have used very successfully to teach piano to very young children over the last few years. It is Music for Little Mozarts (hence the picture above).
The general consensus goes with 5 years as the earliest age (Mozart being the most famous exception!). Earlier than that and the child's ability to sit still is just too limited. Ultimately though, it depends on the individual child.
Another question often asked by interested parents, is how do you begin to teach piano to a child as young as 5? After all, they can't understand musical notation can they?
This is quite right. I don't attempt to teach 5 year olds using the same methods as I would, say, a 10 year old. Their cognitive abilities and modes of understanding are just too different. Over the years however, there have been a few special methodologies developed to teach piano to the very young.
There is one in particular that I endorse, and have used very successfully to teach piano to very young children over the last few years. It is Music for Little Mozarts (hence the picture above).
Piano tuition for ABRSM - Chesterfield area
For children aged 8 and upwards, the piano lessons are predominately (but not exclusively) ABRSM driven and are directed towards achieving their next ABRSM grade.
For these piano lessons, I teach everything included in the ABRSM syllabus and will coach your child in:
No problem! Many youngsters are inspired by some music they have heard, and just want to learn enough to play piano for themselves. I teach piano (and keyboard) to a wide range of pop, film, and simple blues or jazz arrangements. It is often the case though, that when a child is learning a piece of favourite music, they are more motivated, practice for longer and remember more of what they have practised.
Children feel a great sense of achievment from having learnt their piano pieces, and it is interesting to note that many then choose to go on towards the ABRSM grades.
For these piano lessons, I teach everything included in the ABRSM syllabus and will coach your child in:
- Music theory
- Sight reading
- Aural training
- Piano recital
- Piano duets
No problem! Many youngsters are inspired by some music they have heard, and just want to learn enough to play piano for themselves. I teach piano (and keyboard) to a wide range of pop, film, and simple blues or jazz arrangements. It is often the case though, that when a child is learning a piece of favourite music, they are more motivated, practice for longer and remember more of what they have practised.
Children feel a great sense of achievment from having learnt their piano pieces, and it is interesting to note that many then choose to go on towards the ABRSM grades.
Piano tuition for adults - Chesterfield area
Experience has shown that adults have different motivations and needs from children in terms of piano learning. Usually adults are less motivated by grade achievement in learning piano, and more results oriented. Adults tend to seek perfection quickly in their piano playing, and interestingly, have shorter time horizons than do children. Where the child is immersed in a school environment which instils slow and steady progress towards some distant goal, the adult often wants to achieve, and achieve it now. Or at least, within some small time frame.
The good news is that beginning adults do tend to make progress learning the piano faster than children. And if you have never played piano before you will learn to play simple yet rewarding pieces within a few months. At that point the sense of achievment one feels from this is very high. Looking further ahead, progress towards more advanced techniques and complex recitals does take time, and one should be equiped with patience and prepared for regular practice.
If you are an adult thinking about learning the piano for the first time, lessons will be planned to suit your own pace and you will use books and materials specifically designed to show you not only how to play different styles of music confidently, but also the theory concepts necessary for excellent understanding. If you can already play the piano but feel as if you have been "stuck" at the same level for too long, I can improve your technique and get you to the next level.
The good news is that beginning adults do tend to make progress learning the piano faster than children. And if you have never played piano before you will learn to play simple yet rewarding pieces within a few months. At that point the sense of achievment one feels from this is very high. Looking further ahead, progress towards more advanced techniques and complex recitals does take time, and one should be equiped with patience and prepared for regular practice.
If you are an adult thinking about learning the piano for the first time, lessons will be planned to suit your own pace and you will use books and materials specifically designed to show you not only how to play different styles of music confidently, but also the theory concepts necessary for excellent understanding. If you can already play the piano but feel as if you have been "stuck" at the same level for too long, I can improve your technique and get you to the next level.
Chesterfield Area
- Lessons given at my home, Or
- I come to you