Imai Music School/Piano School
今井音楽教室
Since April, 2020
Welcome to the website of Imai Music Studio! We are a bilingual Piano and music school centered in the skip shopping street, which is conveniently located from JR Musashi-
sakai Station in Musashino-shi in Tokyo. You can take piano, music theory, and Kinder Music group class in Japanese or English. It is a cozy and friendly music school where students of all ages, levels and nationalities attend from all over in Tokyo.
PIANO
The piano is special compared to the violin and other musical instruments. Unlike stringed instruments such as the violin and monophonic instruments such as wind instruments, to play the piano, you play the melody and harmony at the same time. The difficulty and splendor of playing the piano is that the player becomes the conductor of the orchestra and plays the accompaniment, melody, and parts of various instruments alone. For that purpose, we will read a lot of sounds and improve the reading comprehension of the score. At the same time as reading the sound, I will study the beat and the rhythm. Sound is just one element of making music. If you can feel the harmony between sound and rhythm, you can feel the music itself and experience the joy of music. We do not have a fixed textbook, etc., as we will proceed with the lessons according to each person's pace and personality. At the very beginning, use a textbook that you can enjoy, and gradually narrow down the direction according to the individual. The lessons are comprehensive.
ピアノを習う目的とは
ピアノを始める時、皆それぞれ習う目的がある事と思います。「ピアノが弾けるとかっこいい」保護者の方が「音楽は習わせたい」「楽しそうだから」理由は様々です。「ピアノを弾ける様にさせてあげたい」私達はいつもそう思ってレッスンをしています。弾ける様になった時は達成感が生まれ自信となります。個々のレベルとは関係なく、出来る範囲でベストを尽くします。
レッスンではこんな事をします♪
Singing song in pitch (Doremi) is called solfege. If you are able to sing in mind when you see the score, it will be much easier to play. I will try to imitate the song on the piano (except for some contemporary music). The more you hear it as if you are singing, the higher the level of performance. The piano is a keyboard instrument, and it is also a difficult instrument to express compared to strings and wind instruments.
At the same time, it seems that the sense of pitch leads to the self-confidence of children. "Sing in pitch" cannot be learned just by learning the piano. It is a skill that you can definitely master in Solfege.
大人の生徒さんへ
当音楽教室には大学生、大人の生徒さんが多数いらっしゃいます。生徒さんがレッスンプランを立てたり、講師が曲を推薦したりと楽しいレッスンです。弾きたい曲やレベル、練習時間に合わせてレッスンが進んでいきます。練習の仕方、楽譜の読解力を高めます。レッスンに来る理由では「ピアノを弾いてみたいとずっと思っていた」「好きで弾いているけど上達があまり感じられない」「この箇所をどう弾いて良いのか分からない」「昔、習っていたけどしばらく弾いていないから再び習ってみたい！」一人一人の目標をフォローアップします。「脳トレ」という言葉は生徒さんから頻繁に出る言葉です。イメージ的には、その通りだと思います（笑）