Some students are overwhelmed with excitement and curiosity. When it comes to learning what we call creative arts, that excitement reverses. But because music requires constant practice and consistency, they fail to walk on track. Their minds throw around ideas like what is happening in this lesson. Why doesn’t my teacher play the real song? When can I start with the songs?
These thoughts will definitely be thrown in, because they only think about the result. It is certain that the Piano Buy will immediately create great fame. But the gradual changes bring much more improvement in their temperament that you can only recognize.
In short, piano lessons can help students become mentally strong enough to face various real-time challenges in life.
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Let’s see how it helps the students.
1. Improve tolerance
Helen Keller once said, “The highest result of education is tolerance.”
A student often feels frustrated when forced to learn what he perceives as disinterest for himself. It interrupts the tolerance that is nurtured from within.
Let’s say a teenager’s parents wouldn’t let him stop playing the piano. Instead, they forced him to sit down and learn and practice piano lessons. However, he couldn’t stand practice. But gradually he fought the frustration and furthered the learning process. He then developed timing or counting. Even remembering songs no longer seemed to be a problem after a while.
Very impressive, isn’t it!
Most of the time the frustration comes from the outcome rather than the process in mind. Although learning something new can also be an annoyance. But the consistent observation keeps them learning and practicing regularly. This approach is starting to show signs of improvement. Simply put, if they stick to piano lessons, they can spontaneously transfer this experience to fight out frustration from other challenges in their lives.
Tips:
Coach the student through the process of instinctively learning piano lessons.
Let them understand the events in their minds.
Challenge them to spontaneously identify the reason why they do not feel comfortable with piano lessons.
2. Steady mental growth
The curiosity is good. But it should not disrupt the hierarchical steps often encountered when learning any skill. The eager beavers try to turn the pages during piano lessons. Their excitement encourages them to jump to the next notation and look for something new and more excited.
As an instrumental teacher you know that each subsequent lesson is more challenging than the previous one. The students are not aware of it yet. Always tell them that there is no shortcut for hard work. Only dedication can make them master the art, which seems extremely difficult to put into practice at first. Once they understand it, they find that they take pride in dedicating time to a lesson until they master it.
Tips:
Instead of seeing it as a “battle,” shift their mindset to “having fun playing a lesson.”
Help them understand the value of “slow and steady winning the race” by measuring the progress of those who have spent time mastering a lesson.
Help them process their feelings and face the challenges.
3. Be patient
Tolerance and mental strength are two skills that inevitably lead to the education of patience. However, while you are learning music, guitar or piano, you cannot see the internal psychological growth. But what cherishes inside is more valuable than the visible results at that moment.
It is worth looking at the willingness of students to continue playing the piano for hours, practicing hard almost every day and working with new songs. All these events show that difficult things can happen, but the willingness and patience in learning a new skill make effort a new normal.
Tips:
Teach students to model their willingness to learn something new.
Instill in them the feeling that the hunger for learning should be endless.
Train them to consider it okay if you don’t know everything about piano lessons.
The above tips are good enough to make your children mentally tough and strong. It can only be sown by educating patience, tolerance and dealing with frustration. Not just piano, but any form of music or art can improve your children psychologically.