Antoine 13 ans

moutas wrote: This year Antoine wanted to play "the entertainer" but he did not succeed to learn the whole piece so now he seems demotivated. Could you give me an advice to help him not to abandon learning the piano.
Thank you
Corinne (Antoine's mum)

Dear Corinne,
Thank you very much for sharing your concern with us!
It seems to me like Antoine stuck with the believe that the piano piece is more important then his own joy of learning something new. It happens among piano students a lot!
Please, tell him the following:
1. I and all the members on this forum appreciate him, Antoine, and his progress makes all of us very happy. I and many other people on this forum had heard the Entertainer a lot. We don't care about the song. We care that Antoine loves music and wants to keep playing even though imperfectly. There are thousands of other songs/ Antoine is one and unique

2. Antoine's video of playing the 'Funeral March of a marionette' was featured on our show case page. It is the great achievement! pianolearningsoftware.com/pages/videos-o...udents-and-graduates

3. Please, read my blog post about the motivation here:
www.softmozart.com/forum/20-hellene-hine...w-book.html?start=24

4. Ask Antoine to keep in touch with other members on our forum to receive the positive energy and motivaion to learn music and become successful person. Our goal is to be well-rounded, intelligent, smart and happy people! This is our ultimate goal to learn piano!