Brie: Mommy’s Advice to Learning the Piano
Not everyone has the opportunity to have someone teach them how to play a musical instrument.
So when the opportunity is there for you, and you’re willing to take it up from the start, … once lessons have started, don’t throw opportunities away.
Understand that learning to play the piano takes commitment, consistency, self-discipline and humility, among many other things.
Do your best and practice daily.
Don’t wait till Mommy tells you, or worse, scolds you, to practice, … because that simply means you don’t realise how precious the opportunity is and you are wasting it.
If we notice that for some time you’ve been ‘difficult’ or needing to be ‘forced’ to practice, then we’d need to talk about what’s happening.
eg. Is it due your school’s excessive load that makes daily piano practices a ‘burden’?
Is it because you’ve simply lost interest?
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If you are willing to learn, Mommy and Daddy will work hard and support you.
I will drive you to lessons, … wait for you, … drive you back home.
But, we are not here to force you to learn or practice, because we believe our children need to appreciate opportunities that God has given to them, and understand the responsibilities that come with them.
And if you notice, that’s why you didn’t start learning the piano very early.
You started your piano lessons in February this year, when you’re 6.5 years old … when you’re ‘old enough’ to understand why you need to do what you do.
Will you learn the piano for many more years?
We don’t know.
But we’ll take it one step at a time.
Just know, that we’ll support you, Brie …
Keep learning.
Love you.
