piano or violin?

pink_daisy

Member
hi all,

is piano or violin better? or which one is easier to pickup? cant decide on which one for age between 5-7yrs old..
 

hope seow

Member
hi all,

is piano or violin better? or which one is easier to pickup? cant decide on which one for age between 5-7yrs old..
Hi, maybe you can send your kid for trial class before deciding. My son always said that he is interested in violin but however after 2 lessons, he cried and dont want to go for lesson. According to the teacher is that violin can be quite boring for young kid.

i now send him for piano, he seems to enjoy it more.
 

pink_daisy

Member
the 'trial' that they hv is a 3mths package...cost abt $260..one time payment.
must buy the violin oso..plus the book..will cost abt $200
 

camom

Well-Known Member
I think the child's interest is very impt. But investment wise, piano is usually a 1 time purchase (exp though) compared to violin. I heard tat the violin must fit the size of the musician, so probably tat'll require quite a few changes along the way.
 

siling87

Member
Hello,

I have this problem.. My boy said he wish to take violin and refuse to go after 2 lesson. I told the teacher maybe he is too young as Violin is tiring. kids thought that they can starting playing once he had got the violin on their hand but have to learn in grabbing the bow and correct posture.
My boy having hard times in holding the bow..

Any way i thought of selling of the violin,.. it brand new...
 

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I think I will choose to let my gal to learn piano when she grow up cox her daddy know piano as well (but not prof), hehe...

Hi Siling87,

Ur boy vy cute ~~~~~~~~~
 

siling87

Member
Heehee thank..
Cute but very naughty. Till now still don't want to study or learn things.
Gave up easily not determined enough..

Piano better but I wanted violin was because can train his posture.. Shall let him continue when he grow older..
 

seraph

Member
either one is a good option but piano is easier to learn...
can their little finger handle the strings on Violin? my parents are both music teachers, they just recommend piano for my 4 yr boy, while he just want Guitar, he is too short for that ... sign
 

momoto101

New Member
Re: piano or violin? - my advice

i believe every parent's concern when deciding which instrument lesson to enrol in, is whether the initial instrument you purchase will be the instrument your child finally settle with. children is too young to decide and explain their preference, and that makes parents even more confused than the child himself. just to play safe, i recommend this special course for young children (age 3 and up) at magic fiddler music sch located @ orchard rd. it allows children to try different instruments during the entire course. my boy signed up 5 lessons of piano, and then 5 lessons of violin, and lastly 5 lessons of drum, and he promised me to stick to drums as the instrument to major, of which I purchased a 2nd-hand drumset for him. my boy is very pleased now so i think the course helped ALOT in terms of helping me and my boy to judge which instrument is his preferred choice... the school is called magic fiddler, specialise in children music classes
 

trachel

New Member
Hi, I've learnt both, but I picked up piano as a very young kid and violin only later, in secondary school. Personally I find that it may be better to give children a basic knowledge of music before seriously learning the instrument and piano might be better for that. At least for piano, you can train your child to recognise how the notes of a scale should sound like. If the child goes straight to violin, unless he is very musical, he may have trouble knowing what is 'in tune' and what is not.

As for which is easier to pick up, well both instruments have their particular difficulty. Piano is harder coordination-wise as both hands are needed to work independently. Violin only has one melody, but it'll take quite a while to learn how to play in tune
 

candy_ian

Active Member
i'm thinking abt this too. i would want my son to decide for himself when he's slightly older. i think he likes music cos we didnt actually drill him on the diff sounds of musical instrument but he could diff between guitar, piano, violin n the saxaphone by telling us the name or showing us the movement for it whenever he hears in on the radio.
planning to expose him to piano when he's 2.5 n then c where his interest lies.
 

SnowieBob

New Member
Good to let him try out few instruments and also singing to see which one he prefer. Younger children usually prefer piano unless their hearing is good then violin would be easier to pick up
 
if given a choice, i would say piano first to build the foundation and then violin...

after you ve learn how to play the piano, its definitely easier to switch to other instruments ...
 
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