The teacher from Weiwu Road Future Road Jinjiang International Garden is the first in international competitions. The first teacher in Henan Province who is now deceiving people is too worried about the current situation of piano education in China

(If You don’t want to ruin your child’s future, please read it patiently)

Author: Piano teacher at a university in Beijing, Master of Piano at the Conservatoire de Paris in France

Let your children receive good art education from an early age. This was originally a good thing. However, the comparison mentality of parents has given rise to the children's art training market. Various training institutions have sprouted up everywhere, many of which are misleading children. Some said he graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, some said he graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music... The refusal to investigate was pure deception. Individual teachers may have gone to these schools for short-term training, so they call themselves graduates of such and such schools. Standardizing the management of the team of part-time teaching teachers and educating parents on what kind of teachers to choose are urgent matters that need to be resolved.

1. ---------------What are the criteria for a good teacher? 1. You must look at the actual playing ability of the piano teacher (people who cannot play well themselves) How to teach others? ) What does it mean to play well? To put it crudely, the first thing is technique (that is, people who play fast but not fast must have problems with their methods. The most common mistake parents make is that they have never seen a teacher play a really big piece of music. Many piano teachers can only do some simple 599, 740 demonstration, you must know that this is nothing, the children's music is very simple. A qualified piano teacher must be able to play well, such as: Liszt's Rhapsody, Chopin Ballade, Concerto, Beethoven Sonata. (Dawn, Pathétique, etc.), three or more of Bach's creative works, etc., there should not be a heavy technical burden (it is best for the teacher to have won an authoritative international and domestic professional piano competition award, which will further explain the problem. ), due to their parents’ ignorance of the piano, they thought the teacher was very good when they saw that they could play “For Alice”, “Dream Wedding” and “Turkish March”. In fact, these are all amateur-level 6 or so pieces and cannot be played at all. Reflecting the level of teachers, the popularity of Richard Clayderman's popular piano has made most parents in China think that it is great to be able to play these works of his. In fact, all his music is only elementary to professional piano players. Of course, I am not saying that Clayderman is not a high-level pianist, but his strength lies in his accomplishments in arranging with the entire band. (It is called a popular piano piece.) In terms of the technical difficulty of piano playing alone, It really doesn’t reflect the level of a piano teacher. As the saying goes, don’t be afraid of not having a good product, just be afraid of comparison. Compare your teacher with other pianists such as Lang Lang and Li Yundi, the closer the level is, the better. Must be someone who has extensive exposure to the works of composers from the classical, romantic and modern eras such as Haydn, Clementi, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Ravel, etc. 2. Of course, only technology. A good performer cannot be considered without music. He must use a first-class sense of music and accurate analysis of the work to bring out the soul of the composer. 3. A good teacher must also have excellent language expression skills and be able to use vivid language. Teaching. 4. Have a basic understanding of the history of music culture at home and abroad, and be familiar with the styles of various composers. 5. It is best to be a full-time piano teacher at a university (don’t trust those who teach in society). Of course, there are also university teachers. Those who were dawdling were especially those teachers in their thirties and forties. Piano education was backward at that time. Most of them graduated from ordinary normal colleges. They just caught up with a good opportunity and occupied that position. Later, young people also applied for jobs no matter how talented they were. I won’t go to that school anymore. 6. Don’t think that those who graduate from a music conservatory must be good at playing and teaching. Many people work very hard before taking the conservatory of music exams. After passing the exam, they think everything is fine and rarely practice piano in four years. Such people Do you believe in my teaching ability? Only teachers who persist in practicing, studying, and studying during college or even after working can be trusted.

The author just wants to tell parents how to set the goal of learning piano; how to identify a good piano teacher; how to learn piano and how to really learn it without half-way.

I think it is most urgent for parents of piano children to solve these basic problems. Otherwise, not only will a lot of money and energy be wasted, but also the precious childhood of the children will be wasted. Poor parents in the world! Parents, you have paid so much, why can’t some of you see any results? After all, learning piano must have a reward in order to be considered "study worthwhile." Since you have spent so much money, why not reflect on whether you can find the right way to learn piano and truly master a skill that will be used throughout your life. In fact, as long as these parents know more about it, they can avoid such an embarrassing situation.

I recently read an article titled "Liu Shikun criticizes the current situation of piano education in China." The article mentioned some bad phenomena in society due to the current "piano craze". Piano teachers are not professional enough. Without qualifications, in Liu Shikun’s opinion, what kind of teacher is qualified? "More than ten years of professional training is the most basic." Liu Shikun's answer was unquestionable. But the reality is far from that. If you delve into the various piano training classes, except for students who have graduated from the orthodox piano department, you will find that the teaching staff is mostly distributed like this: there are those who originally studied national instruments such as erhu and pipa, and there are also those who study vocal music and even music theory. Some teachers never demonstrate in class. They take a piece of music and let the students practice it. After class, they draw a hook and let the students take it home to practice. "Just to cope with the situation, they may not even know how to play it." What makes Liu Shikun helpless is that , "piano teacher" is increasingly given some symbolic meanings - good social status, generous economic income, and relaxed freelance status. Naturally, more and more non-professionals will come towards this attraction. The number of piano children is growing rapidly, but the number of teachers is far from keeping up. After ten years of training, professional teachers are hard to come by, but they can only teach a few students one-on-one. In this case, no one can avoid the temptation to make up for the mistakes. ”

4. --------------- Institutions and piano teachers are too good at packaging themselves: Celebrities generally have no sense of social responsibility and use their reputation to open centers across the country , the actual teaching situation is not monitored at all. As long as the franchise institution pays the franchise fee every year, it controls the level of teachers it recruits. The economic accounts are very clear: if you recruit good teachers, the class fees they charge are high, and the institutions earn less. Instead, it is better to recruit some people with poor skills and no jobs, use the relationship of the organization to take photos with various celebrities across the country, and package it up by saying that a certain pianist provides regular guidance to the central teachers, and the teacher’s teaching level has been praised by the master. Praise, this is a commercial society, everything can be run as long as you have money. It is very similar to celebrities shooting advertisements. As long as you give money, the big names don't care whether the thing they endorse is true or false. As long as they smile, Gold dollars add sweetness, reach out and don’t hit someone with a smiling face. Masters often don’t criticize other people’s face. They take a photo, write a message, mention a word, a certain master visited a certain piano store and gave the institution a very high evaluation, etc. Everything went smoothly and it appeared in the official report (Nowadays, you only need to pay to publish an article, and newspapers don’t care about your authenticity. No one has trouble with money). I have been to most institutions in Dalian. I am very proud of the Dalian piano industry. Most of them are... They are students of several leading piano educators in our country. Their intimate group photos are as harmonious as a family, which makes me deeply "envy". There are only dozens of piano education masters, but there are hundreds of thousands of piano teachers. If these people all have long-term Study with the masters (the masters are afraid of being exhausted). The actual situation is that you have only taken one lesson, or even none. The purpose of visiting is to take a photo. Do not go to an institution to learn piano. For example, if you choose Teachers get 100 yuan per session. If you give the money to the institution, they basically get 50/50. Teachers can only get 50 yuan. But when you actually go to the teacher’s home to learn, these 100 are all the teacher’s. What does this mean? The teacher's family has too few students, so he can only go to an institution to be exploited in his spare time. Why are there so few students? It’s just that the level is not good. So this is what happens when you go to an institution. The poor parents' money was divided between two groups of people.

Almost all institutions will hire an authority in the local piano industry to be their teaching consultant. The consultant's teaching level is usually pretty good. The first purpose of hiring him is that he also teaches, and the tuition fee is very expensive, because he has to teach students at home. It is the highest price in the local area, such as 200, but in this institution it is usually 300 (the institution has to earn part of it). Purpose 2: falsely claiming that the expert will train the teachers of the center for a long time and lead them in scientific research. In fact, people who can reach this level have no time at all. Doing these tasks, even if the teaching and research is done once a month at most, will have little effect on improving the level of teachers in the center. In addition, don’t think that older people must be more authoritative. I graduated from the piano department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music. After graduation, I returned to my hometown of Hefei. , because I was born and raised here, I know all the local school-running groups well, and I am also familiar with the teaching level of the so-called local experts. From the perspective of our music school, the method is too problematic. Provinces like Anhui Province do not have music schools. It is difficult for the piano education level to be in line with international standards. The few students who have majored in music conservatories cannot support the entire education market. Most students with good talents are deceived by institutions. Strong teachers can only accept mediocre students. If the quality of students is poor, the quality of teachers will be poor. Even if you are high, you will not be able to achieve results. If the vicious circle continues, the organization will become stronger and stronger, and the stronger and more attractive it will be. . . . . .

5. ------------- Various groups and training institutions are collaborating: At present, more and more units make a living by organizing competitions, and the ratio of gold and silver awards in many competitions is as high as 30 , as long as you participate, you will receive an excellence award. It is called encouraging children, but in fact, you are afraid that you will not come back next time, or that you think your child has no talent and will not learn. How ridiculous. Gold and silver medal players receive nothing more than a certificate, and the total cost of a medal is less than 8 yuan. The registration fee for players is as high as 200---300, and various training institutions are willing to cooperate with them. Whichever institution sends more people will get a higher proportion of gold and silver awards. Some people may say that the competitions I participate in are all international competition divisions. , why is it irregular? As everyone knows, as long as the organizer fee is paid, the proportion of the gold medal awarded is not decided by the organizer. And then putting the winning photos of these contestants in their center will undoubtedly deceive most lay parents. Many parents think that their children have won a gold medal. It's amazing, but I didn't know that it was only when I took the exam for the High School Affiliated to the Conservatory of Music that I realized how far apart the level was. I'm not against children participating in competitions. It's a good thing that children get exercise in competitions. I remind you to pay attention to the gap between your children and others. Don't just focus on the medal, it has too much moisture. It is meaningless to only participate in international professional and national piano competitions called so-and-so piano competitions. Those comprehensive ones called "talent competitions" are meaningless

The bosses of almost all large-scale training institutions They are all around 40 years old. Most of these people were majoring in music education back then (because it was very difficult to get into a conservatory of music at that time). Their piano education they received was extremely rudimentary. In addition, they were busy with the daily affairs of the institution over the years, and most of them were wasted. Practicing the piano, congenital deficiencies and acquired calcium deficiency have caused them to stay away from the art of piano and gradually become "businessmen". However, this group of people has rich social experience and is the first batch of institutional founders to debut in New China. They have extensive social relations and have close contacts with local teenagers. The relationship between the palace, the Music Association, the Song and Dance Theater, and other so-called government agencies is ambiguous, and they want honors such as "awarded by a certain people's government as an outstanding social school institution". It's so easy. As a result, their centers are often dazzling, with all kinds of honors covering the walls. It’s so confusing that parents can’t even move their legs after looking at it, so they often pay several months of tuition fees in a hurry. They often rely on their own reputation to be very impressive, and their tuition fees are often the same as those of university professors: (150-----200) Parents generally have abnormal psychology. First, they think that the more expensive the better, and second, they think that the older the teacher, the better. , The third is that the more gorgeous and larger the center, the better. When it comes to children's palaces and song and dance theaters, don't think that they are run by the government and can be trusted. In fact, they are currently contracted by private parties, and the boss has the final say as to what kind of teachers they use.

6. ---------------- Various art schools mislead students: let’s talk about the best art schools first, such as provincial art schools and city art schools. Don't think that because they are public schools, they are very formal. In fact, 1. The school is smoky, with puppy love, online games, and gambling prevalent. It's like a gangster.

2. Most of the teachers in this kind of school are recruited through connections. Most of them are playboys who were idle when they were studying at the music conservatory. No real talent or learning. Teachers who have no connections but have real talents often lament such a good job, and private art schools cannot even consider it. The office has a wall full of lists of students who have been admitted to the conservatory of music over the years. They are all fake. The principal knows that no one I'll check it out, it's not illegal. I don’t know why so many people believe it

7.----------------Don’t try to learn the electronic keyboard first and then change to the piano: the piano has its own specific hand patterns, fingerings, etc. requirements. It will be very laborious when the time comes to change it

Yang Jun, Director of the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, talks about the current situation of piano education in China: An excellent piano teacher must have many years of experience and loyalty to this cause. I think he is a qualified piano teacher. There are so many children learning piano now, and I also believe that there are a large number of unqualified teachers teaching there, and some even mislead the students. Some of them start teaching without even knowing the key points of knowledge required on the staff, which is confusing. It hurts. It is actually possible to teach in large numbers. I think this phenomenon is serious. Don't think that I bought a piano today, then randomly found a teacher to learn from it, and then hoped that the children would achieve great results. Children who do not receive wrong guidance are much easier to teach than those who receive wrong guidance. We should take good care of children, especially these piano students, and provide them with a healthy and correct learning environment.

8. ------------------ Due to space, time, and energy limitations, various issues cannot be analyzed in detail, and the text is not carefully crafted. Explain the problem. The purpose of this article is to attract the attention of conscientious colleagues, to expose the shortcomings of China's piano education, and to promote righteousness. For the sake of parents, and more importantly, for the poor piano children, they have studied with certain teachers for many years and only want to enter the music academy. I spent my precious teenage years in the illusion of passing the exam and winning the gold medal in the competition. I thought everything would go as planned, but I failed miserably in the piano department exam of the Conservatory of Music. After more than ten years of hard work, the hope, hard work, and sweat of my family , money, everything is in vain. I believe that most parents do not have the attitude of spending money to let their children learn to play, but just learn and see. If the child is very talented and progresses faster than other children, then whether to pursue a professional path However, if you choose the wrong teacher, your child’s level will remain stagnant for a long time, and you will mistakenly think that your child has no talent. How sad. I remind parents again: “Don’t look at the advertisements, but look at the efficacy.” In addition, what I said above The sentence is true and not exaggerated.