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by illwrks 1693 days ago
I don't play piano, but my seven year old daughter does. She's doing her grade 2 exam soon enough.

I would also second that advice too! My wife taught her some basics but we got a private teacher for her about a year ago, that has supercharged her ability.

She does a 40 minute lesson once a week. The teacher writes notes on what she is to practice and learn. She practices her work for about an hour a day, and spends maybe another 30 minutes figuring out songs she likes (the Harry Potter theme is her current interest).

I would recommend doing the same to anyone else, a private teacher is the way to go.

As a side note, she didn't just start from zero, we've had her in some form of music and rhythm class since she was 9 months old. She has a good ear for music, timing and instruction, to the point where she used to surprise other parents/teachers with how attentive she was.

Also I make sure to have the classical radio on every morning and evening to further train her ear ;)

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> we've had her in some form of music and rhythm class since she was 9 months old

That's really cool, could you elaborate?

Those are fairly common in eg Singapore. From as early as eg three months old.

See eg https://www.lucysparkles.com.sg/