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A Guide to Parent Resources for Beginning Band and Orchestra

Looking to introduce your child to music? Here are the answers to your questions.

Best Portable Keyboards To Learn On

These are the perfect partners to help beginners learn how to play.

How to Get Your Child Started On Keyboard

How and when to get your child involved in learning to play music.

Yes, There Is Such a Thing As Silent Practice

How to keep things quiet when there’s a budding musician in the house.
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Top Gifts to Encourage Your Child’s Love of Music

Here are some great ways to instill a passion for music.

Four Tips For Getting Your Child Started On Piano

Here’s how to help your kids get involved in making music.

5 Minor Assets to Running a Successful Music Program

While not essential to the teaching of music, these five minor assets are integral to running an effective music program.

Spotlight on the Yamaha PSR-E360 Portable Keyboard

This feature-rich instrument provides a great way to learn to play.

The Benefits of Playing Piano … At Any Age

No matter how old (or young) you are, playing piano is good for you!

So Your Child Wants to Play Strings

How to get your child started on violin, viola, cello or upright bass.

So Your Child Wants to Play Brass

How to get your son or daughter started on trumpet, trombone, baritone horn or euphonium.

So Your Child Wants to Play a Woodwind

Here’s what you need to know to get your son or daughter started on saxophone, clarinet or flute.

Step Up to a Better Wind Instrument

Five reasons your child needs a more advanced instrument.

Five Benefits of Joining School Orchestra

Give your child the opportunity of a lifetime.

How to Prepare Your Child for School Orchestra

Navigating the first journey into musicianship.

Buying Your Child’s First Guitar Amplifier

To fully enjoy their new electric guitar, they need an amp too.

Teach Your Children Well

That first instrument can lead to a lifetime of music.

Piano Lessons Can Improve Your Child’s Language Skills

The benefits go far beyond musical experience.
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Looking for a Student Violin? Here Are Six Important Questions to Ask

Put your child on the road to success with their first violin.

Get Parents Involved!

There are countless benefits when you get parents involved and engaged in their children’s musical growth.

Passing the Baton

The PSR-EW300 builds on the legacy of the most popular portable keyboard in history.

Transforming Promising Young Players Into Rising Stars

Growing up with the Yamaha Young Performing Artists program.

So Your Child Wants to Learn to Play Drums, Part 3

Electronic drums for the beginner student.

So Your Child Wants to Learn to Play Drums, Part 2

Everything you need to know about acoustic drum sets.

So Your Child Wants to Learn to Play Drums, Part 1

A guide to picking the perfect starter drum set.

PSR-E263 Looks Little, Plays Big

One music educator finds what she’s looking for in a portable keyboard.

Advocacy Fly-in Washington, D.C. 2017

Access to quality music education for all K-12 public school students.

Making New Music Makers

Yamaha Music Education continues to expand.

How Portable Keyboards Can Keep Your Child Engaged in Music

Features to keep your child’s interest while they continue to learn.

Choosing an Educational Gift That’s Fun but Not a Toy

Giving the lasting gift of music: a kid-friendly keyboard – the Yamaha PSR-E453.