Many people come to me asking “What is the right age to start music lessons?” My answer depends on the parent and the child. We start music lessons as early as 5 years old. Typically, a child who is 5 is still learning fine motor skills so lessons are based around having fun. For the 5 and 6 year old group we like to have the parents attend so they can learn the notes to help the child practice. We suggest children begin lessons at 7 years old. Students at 7 have better mot

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At Allegro School of Music we focus on not just teaching students how to play the piano or violin but we help them understand the language of music. Knowledge of the instrument - You must know your instrument and where all the keys are. For example on the piano is the keyboard, it is very important to be able to find any key The second it is important to able to recognize the note on the staff. We call it reading music notes but memorizing where on the scale each note is