PUTNEY MUSIC SCHOOL

Welcome to Storytellers, our group piano curriculum for beginners age 6+, providing the foundations of piano playing for our young learners, using stories, songs, games, and of course the group setting.

Singing is a huge part of the learning process, enabling children, not only to make links with non-musical contexts, but also to internalise melodies and achieve rhythmic accuracy. Songs are far easier to remember when learning to play a piece, and they can help with the learning process; so we sing the lyrics, the finger numbers and the letter names.

Our pieces build finger strength, 5-finger positions and a bubble hand posture. We have games and exercises that develop knowledge of the different sounds that can be achieved through the way that we play the piano, and these relate to the stories we are telling.

We are so passionate about the importance of parents' role in their child's piano-learning journey; it is key to the child's confidence, self-efficacy, and perseverance. As such, we provide an area of our site where parents can watch practice videos for each lesson. This is in addition to the parent practice sheets that teachers are able to hand out each week.