The Yamaha Factor

This afternoon, CA got Beth to sit at the keyboard to do her music class homework.

Homework involves putting on the Yamaha CD supplied by her teacher while Beth plays along with the CD.

I was ASTONISHED - astonished is the word - when Beth played The Fairies, Hot Cross Buns, The Shoemaker and Rollercoaster - accurately, note-wise and timing-wise.

There's also a DVD that she's required to watch. While each song plays, she sings along using do-re-mi language, something I never learnt in my time. We had to learn to read notes from the beginning. Yamaha's philosophy is less stressful for kids and evidently works better.

I've only sat in on Beth's classes a couple of times before she made up her mind that CA would be the one to accompany her on her Sat classes, so I'm completely clueless as to her progress. I kept thinking she wasn't making much headway.

I am so, so glad that Beth's with Yamaha. It's only Term 2 and she has made such amazing progress.

Can't wait to see what happens next term!