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Junior Music Courses for Children

Junior Music Courses for Children

All Yamaha Junior Courses are based on comprehensive music education, timely education, group learning and creativity taught by well trained dedicated and qualified teachers.

  • Comprehensive Music Education

    Yamaha music education system offers a well balanced program with lessons incorporating not only fundamentals of playing but also other music elements such as aural training ,singing, reading and creating.

    Key - features of the Junior Courses :

    Playing: Stimulates interest in keyboards, which leads to a smooth development and a basis for the willingness to express.
    Listening: Expands an image of a piece when children listen through a CD or their instructor's performance.
    This will develop sensitivity and imaginative power, which leads to their own music expression.
    Reading: Introduces score reading through Repertoire, Solfege, Musical grammar, and Score copying.
    Singing: Aims to acquire a wide range of various musical expressions through singing of songs, singing of melody from memory, or solfege.
    Music Appreciation: Providing children with an opportunity to experience joy of music.

  • Timely Music Education

    Yamaha's concept of timely education is to provide the most suitable education for the child’s stage of development. For children of age four to five, whose listening ability develops most remarkably, teaching with emphasis on 'hearing' will help acquire the fundamental music ability and sensitivity to music and will allow them to learn in a natural and enjoyable way.

    Group Lessons

    Yamaha Music Education believes that group lessons are the most effective way to stimulate the emotional and mental development of the children. Through group lessons, students inspire and encourage each other while sharing creativity with their parents and classmates.

    Creativity

    Child’s ability to express themselves is cultivated through singing and keyboard playing activities in the lesson. As students progress in the Junior Courses they learn more about composition and are encouraged to compose and perform their own music for audience and through programs like Junior Original Concert (JOC).

  • The Lesson Format of Junior Courses for Children:

    Duration: 2 years (2-4 levels for each course)

    Age: from 4 years old

    Lesson Style: Group of approximately 4-10 students

    Lesson Length: 60-minute lesson – 40 lessons per year

  • Junior Music Course (JMC) for 4-5 years old
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  • The JMC is a Yamaha's core 2 year course for children (with parents attendance) that nurture creativity and help to learn playing keyboard and expression through feeling and understanding music.

    The program based on the method of ‘imitation and repetition’ – this is how children easily learn at this age, imitating their teacher, by listening, singing and playing, children enrich their music vocabulary and knowledge of music.

  • What to expect at the end of JMC?

    At the end of JMC, students are encouraged to take the Fundamental Skills Survey. The survey is designed so that students, as well as the teacher and parents, can confirm whether the comprehensive musical abilities, like hearing, singing, playing and reading, have been acquired. After completing this course children are promoted to the Junior Extension Course (JXC).

  • Junior Extension Course (JXC) for 6-7 years old
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  • JXC course is for children who have completed the Junior Music Course. With the course, students will become more independent in improving their skills and music proficiency so they can express music creatively and spontaneously and perform in front of others.

  • What to expect at the end of Junior Extension Course?

    At the end of JXC, students will be ready to take the Yamaha Piano Grade 9 examination. For the exam Students are expected to play melodies and harmonies by ear as well as to sight-read a short piece of music, to create an accompaniment for a melody, and of course, to play repertoire pieces with expression. Once children have completed the course, they are promoted to the Junior Ensemble Course (JNC).

  • Junior Step Fundamental Course (JSFC) for 5-7 years old
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  • The Junior Step Fundamental Course (JSFC) is designed based on the comprehensive method and children’s physical, emotional, social and cognitive development.

  • What to expect after the Junior Step Fundamental Course?

    Children learn the basics for playing the keyboard for two years, and aim to take the Yamaha Piano Grade 11 examination. The exam will assess their listening, playing, reading and creating skills. After completing this course, children are promoted to the Junior Step Course (JSC).

  • Junior Step Course (JSC) for 7-9 years old
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  • The Junior Step Course (for graduates of JSFC course) develops further listening, singing and playing skills and will also learn how to write, improvise and compose their own piece.

  • What to expect at the end of JSC?

    At the end of JSC, students take the Yamaha Piano Grade 9 examination and promoted to the next course Junior Ensemble Course (JNC).

  • Junior Ensemble Course (JNC) for students from 8-9 years old
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  • In the JNC course ( for graduates of JXC or JSC courses), individual personality and enthusiasm of student will be drawn out by music activities such as arranging, repertoire and ensemble playing.

  • What to expect at the end of JNC?

    After JNC, students are eligible to take the Yamaha Piano Grade 8 and are admitted to the Advanced Ensemble Course (ANC).

  • Advanced Ensemble Course (ANC) for students from 10-12 years old
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  • The Advanced Ensemble Course is the highest course level for students who have completed the Junior Ensemble Course (JNC).

    In the course, students learn deeper concepts of composition and musical analysis and develop consistent knowledge about different musical forms and structures.

  • What to expect at the end of ANC?

    By completing the ANC, students are eligible to take the Yamaha Piano Grade 7. As this is the last group course provided for students, graduates are highly recommended to continue their musical studies through individual lessons.

    They can join the Yamaha Piano Course (YPC), with the Pianoforte Books 11-12, after which they can aim to take the highest Yamaha Grade for students: Grade 6.

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