2 to 5 Year Old Violin Lessons
For information about and prices for lessons for students over 6 years old、please check this page。
Lesson prices
（3-4 lessons per month）
| 15 minutes | ¥5000 |
| 30 minutes (3 year olds) | ¥6500 |
| 30 minutes (4 year olds) | ¥7500 |
| 30 minutes (5 year olds) | ¥8500 |
| 45 minutes | Please inquire |
| 60 minutes | Please inquire |
We offer violin lessons for students 2.5 years old and up. In this age group, the teacher will coach parents on how to practice with their children at home, where the parent will become a "home teacher."
2歳と4歳の生徒さんをもつ保護者さんにレッスンや練習についてインタビューを行いました。こちらからご覧ください。
What do we focus on with 2-5 year olds?
保護者が積極的に関わり、良い練習の習慣を築くこと
- 子供は基本的に自分で要点が理解できず、且つ保護者もバイオリンの知識が無い事が前提であるため、保護者が自宅で教えれる様に、細かい説明・実演での説明・動画・写真等をお送りします。
- 子供と一緒に練習する事は極めて難しいため、よりスムーズに練習できるようにサポートいたします。
- 子供は習慣付けられた事に上手く応えるため、予定された練習のスケジュールを組むことで、子供が練習を嫌がる事が減り、練習をより楽しくすることができます。
- 日常的に練習している子供は、徐々に練習と上達の関係性に気付きます。また、他の事に関係している事についても気付き始めます。
- 子供は、練習が何度も同じ曲を繰り返して弾く事では無い事に、徐々に学びます。上達するためには、自分の体や音を常に意識する必要がある事を学びます。
Getting students used to taking lessons
- Violin may be the student's first extracurricular activity, so they may need time to get used to the new location, new teacher, and the new expectations of daily practice
- Students may simply want to play pieces, and it may take time for them to accept corrections from their parent or teacher
- Lesson and practice times for this age group are usually longer than the child's attention span, but after many sessions, students' attention spans grow and adapt. Additionally, their increased ability to concentrate usually transfers to reading, writing, math, and other subjects.
- Younger students (2-3 years old) will often see the violin as a toy, and may want to choose another toy to play with during lessons or practice time. This conflict will fade over time as violin becomes a more and more normal part of the child's life.
Learning to care for the violin
- Students will learn not to run with the violin, not to leave the violin on the floor, not to touch the bow hair, etc.
- Students and parents will learn to take out and put away the violin
- Students and parents will learn the names of the parts of the violin and bow
- Parents will learn to tune the violin. This can be surprisingly difficult even for adults, so students in this age group are generally not expected to tune their own instruments.
Learning Basic Violin technique, along with both note reading and ear training
- Students will learn proper violin hold, bow hold, posture, and the basic movements of playing that they will refine over many years
- Students who start very young (2-3 years old) will take a long time to do this, but will generally play more naturally than later starters by the time that they move to the next level.
- Students will learn to read most notes in g clef
- Students will learn to read basic rhythms
- Students will learn to recognize certain intervals by ear
- Students will be able to learn music both by sight-reading and by ear
Being able to play simple pieces beautifully
- Students will learn to listen to their own sound, and will learn to distinguish between beautiful and ugly sounds.
- Students will progress at their own pace, never being forced to play music that is too difficult. Playing a large amount of easy music is not only the fastest way to improve, it is also much more enjoyable for the student than struggling through a single difficult piece.