You have just begun your
musical journey with an instrument and you want to learn quick and progress at
a rate so that you can discover the artist in you in couple of months. Most of
you have questions whether one class per week is enough to acquire the growth
you are expecting or if multiple classes will disturb your practice sessions?
This article emphasizes on the benefits and the reasons why as a beginning
music student, you should attend multiple classes in a week.
1. Frequent Revising of Lessons and Feedback
Every student progresses
at a different rate. It depends on how the student reconciles concepts of
pitch, rhythm and executes co-ordination alongside their curiosity towards
music. But, beside the rate of progress, it is very important for a student to
retain the information and lessons taught in class. If you are a beginner
student, then you will benefit from attending multiple classes in a week as the
lessons will be revised and touched-upon more often and coming across a topic
repetitively will help you remember and retain the information better. Also,
Frequent Classes would mean that you are in touch with your instrument more
often and getting effective feedback from the teacher to help you to progress
in the right direction.
2. Better Focus as Gaps Between Lessons are Shorter
The gap between lessons is
meant for practice for the student. When the student comes to the next lesson,
he/she should have a satisfactory command over the previous lesson. However,
for absolute beginners, it could be challenging, thus it is important that they
utilize the gap between lessons so that the mentor can help them focus on the
lesson as well as progress with new information little by little. This helps
the student to have a fresher perspective towards the instrument and avoid
mundane practice sessions for too long.
3. Preventing Bad Habits with more Oversight
The beginner student tends
to adopt whatever works best for them, and in process, sometimes they break
some very basic rules that needs to be applied to the instrument or voice. With
a longer pause between lessons, student might develop a bad habit (posture
etc.) which in turn hinders their progress. With frequent observation and
mentoring from the teacher, students can be corrected as they learn, develop
the right habits and the necessary progress in their playing. Learning the
right way will benefit their skills towards instrument or voice in the long
term.
4. Faster Learning
With keeping all the above
points in mind, it is safe to say that they will learn the instrument faster.
For complete beginners, it might be challenging to grasp new topics, but with
multiple classes which will encourage focus, correct basics and repetitive
information, a student gets familiar with the instrument which builds up their
confidence and hence their learning progress. Every beginner should be
encouraged to take up two-three classes in a week until they reach a level in
technicality where it requires more practice time than getting acquainted with
the instrument.
While these points may seem obvious,
just look at the example of a school. In a school, in the early stages, every
subject is covered everyday or every alternate day. All of the reasons listed
in this article apply to learning in schools. Simply put, multiple classes a
week helps you learn with better recall, understanding, faster and correctly.
BlueTimbre is a Music Company with Music Education spaces, Jam Room and Recording studio located in Whitefield, Bangalore, India. BlueTimbre provides complete end-to-end Music Education solutions for schools. The BlueTimbre team comes with decades of cumulative experience in running structured businesses, music curriculum development, music education and performance.
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