Mainland pianist Liu Shikun once said: "To learn the piano well, the most important thing is two prerequisites, the first is the correct guidance of the teacher; the second is to practice enough time every day." ”
So how long does it take for a child to practice every day? In a recent interview, Zhou Haihong, a senior professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, said that the correct practice time should follow the "three senses principle", that is, the three aspects of happiness, achievement and responsibility, and cannot rely on the fixed time set by the public to make simple arrangements and imitations. Because for everyone, the length of time to practice should be different.
The practice time is related to the shaping of the entire foundation of learning the piano, and is closely related to the future career planning of the individual. First of all, we must clarify the purpose of learning the piano, what stage of learning the piano are you, are you professional or amateur, and what achievements do you want to achieve? These specific conditions can affect the overall state and effect of the piano training, if you want to go professional, prepare for the exam, then the time schedule of the piano practice must be longer than other people who learn the piano, and the difficulty of learning is more challenging. On the other hand, if it is only to cultivate hobbies and cultivate a musical literacy, then the lengthy practice time is not appropriate.
Any mechanical requirements are inappropriate. Therefore, in order to get a good learning experience, the practice time must be linked to the specific learning situation of the individual. With reference to Professor Zhou's "Three Senses Principle", supplement, modify and adjust on the basis of the experience of previous generations, in order to find the most suitable time for your own practice.
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Feelings of happiness
"It's painful and annoying, and you definitely can't practice."
Practicing is indeed very hard, but it must not be regarded as a hard job, otherwise it is not good to practice. Whether it is a career or a hobby, the piano needs to be blessed with a sense of happiness. A milestone in the history of The development of Chinese piano - Mr. Zhou Guangren's most important thing is to learn the piano happily: "I like music, enjoy the process of playing, nothing more."
Music is a journey that will make people feel good, and you can't just stay in front of the piano and practice without stopping. This not only takes a lot of time, but also tends to produce very strong resistance and rejection. Once you feel that you can't continue practicing, immediately give yourself a buffer time, instead of competing with yourself, in vain to lose the fun of learning the piano, efficiency can not be improved, will become irritable and resistant. Therefore, in the arranged practice time, we must appropriately leave room for rest.
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A sense of accomplishment
"A sense of accomplishment is a requirement in a child's heart."
In Professor Zhou Haihong's view, practicing the piano well is itself a sense of accomplishment. How much to pay will reap how many returns, that kind of bitter and then sweet joy is the source of motivation for the child to persevere, the child is not mature enough in his thinking, let him really fall in love with music needs time to experience and accumulate, in a short period of time can not feel the charm contained in it. The sense of accomplishment is different, it can give the child a kind of honor and happiness more directly, it is the satisfaction and happiness of his inner requirements after he has reached, and helps him understand the profound meaning of hard work for life.
Returning to the practice time, if the practice time is too short, you will definitely not see the effect of your own progress, so the daily practice time should be superimposed with the difficulty of learning the piano, at least so that children can see their progress every day. Playing the piano is a dynamic process, learning the piano is also the same, if the progress space stagnates, it will not advance or retreat.
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Responsibility
"Children feel pressured to commit to themselves."
A sense of responsibility is a mental state of consciously taking the initiative to do all beneficial things inside and outside, and is an important content of ideological and moral quality. Generally speaking, children are relatively lacking in responsibility, because the most heard words in their age are: "With parents here, you don't have to worry about anything." Too much coddling by his parents will make his sense of responsibility blurred.
Therefore, in order to let the child develop the habit of responsible and responsible behavior, it is best to agree with the child a practice time before practicing the piano to let him follow the implementation, not to give up in the middle, to give him a certain pressure, to tell him what is to do what he says, so that he not only learns to insist but also understands the importance of responsibility.
In addition, Professor Zhou also mentioned that children must learn piano at least to learn the third grade. In his view, learning the piano is a process of quality cultivation, and the cultivation of quality must have a time period. Many children no longer practice after the piano level, but in fact, the child's musical quality education has not yet been effective, and the premature end makes his overall musical quality not yet formed, not to mention what changes music can bring to his life.
"Through music aesthetic education, we enable children to master an instrument that they are good at in their lifetime. Liking musical instruments can cultivate a sense of needing music, being able to adjust the atmosphere with music to improve mood, and intervene in their emotional state, which can make music add color to life. ”
When life is accompanied by music, every note and piece of music is the spice of life and the source of inspiration for life. Music is a part of life, as long as children dare to constantly explore upwards, they can find the meaning of its existence.