Best Piano Lessons in Santa Rosa, CA

There are many valid reasons to study music. Enjoyment, comradery, improvement of motor skills, and training hand to eye coordination are just a few of the positive results of music study. Research has proven that music study increases spatial IQ as well as spatial reasoning, which is the ability to perceive the visual world accurately. Most parents, however, know the value of a music education and want their children to study for the sheer enjoyment.

The piano is one of the easiest instruments on which to begin musical study. The visual layout of the instrument aids in the introduction of many musical concepts. With a little trouble, most children can be taught to play a simple tune at the first lesson. We have all witnessed the attention shown by children when set in front of a piano. Children from a very young age are intrigued by the piano. They are drawn to the repetitive pattern of black and white keys. Their exploration of the key movement, the resulting ease to produce a sound, and the fulfillment of generating varied, and often quite loud noises immediately make the piano musically accessible.

I have had children as young as five successfully begin and continue lessons. This works best with adult supervision of practice sessions of fifteen to twenty minutes per day. Generally speaking, however, the ages of seven to eight seem to be when most children are ready to begin learning piano.

I have found that lessons in my studio are more successful than those given in the home. Students tend to have more focus in the studio without the distractions of normal home life.

Unfortunately, missed lessons cannot be rescheduled. They can, however, be traded! If an absence is unavoidable, you can simply call another family in the lesson trade program and arrange to trade a lesson for the week.