Reader Enquiry 04

This post was updated on 6 Nov 2020 at 11:00 am

To better protect the reader privacy, I have deleted some parts of this post.

Anyway, the intention of this post is to encourage students to practice regularly and have a fruitful music learning journey 😃 

Reader:

 Hi Dennis, 

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Teacher Dennis:

Hi Reader,

A big welcome to you!

Let say if I have a girl who is around 9 years old, and I want her to not just enjoy music but also excel in it; below are the steps I am prepared to follow:

1) Bring her to attend music concert at least once every 3 months, these could be those free and easy one organised by SSO at the Botanic Garden or Yamaha students' performances or paid concerts that are more formal. 

2) Practice regularly. Regularly means everyday, yes you never hear wrongly, if you want good progress, this is something you cannot avoid. If that's not possible, the next best option may be 4 days out of a week, 20 to 30 minutes per practice session. I need to adjust my expectations in this case as she is not on a daily practice schedule. 

3) Encourage her to take ownership of what she wants to do. With that comes responsibility, attitude, perseverance and etc.

Bear in mind, every student is different and there is no one size fit all kind of method, you may need to change your way as and when where it is needed.

That's my two cents and best of luck to you and your girl.

Reader:

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Teacher Dennis:

Referring to your question of "lack of initiative.....", this has got to do with taking ownership, self discipline and etc. Mommy may need to step in to arrange her time table for practice if she is not mature enough. Taking her to concerts and performances will surely motivate her.

As for how to make a conducive environment for practice, I think it is a mistake to place the Electone in the living room where there are lots of distraction, TV, family member talking, to name a few. Her bed room or study room may be a better alternative, turn on the air con if possible, all these could make her practice session more enjoyable, of course if you own a Stagea ELS01C or ELS02C, it will be a perfect solution. 

Reader:

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Reader Enquiry 03

Reader C:
Hello Dennis, do you know if there is way to modify the registrations for data bought off yamahamusicdata.jp?

Teacher Dennis

Yes, it can be done, but please note that the song data you purchased is a Protected Data, this is to prevent accidental erasure and for copyright protection.

If u want to edit the protected song, first copy it within one thumb drive and on the same folder as the original song, then edit the copy, this copy is called the protected edit song. Please make sure that the original and the protected edit song exists in the same folder.

The original song has a single key icon next to it and the protected edit song has an icon of double key.

Reader Enquiry 02

Reader T: 

Hi Dennis, I refer to your guide in buying Stagea data. 

May I know what do you mean by
"Ensure your 1st batch of downloaded data is moved away into your 1st USB before downloading to the 2nd thumb drive"

Thank you.

Teacher Dennis: 

It is because you can download the data twice, this is to avoid the 1st batch being replaced. The 1st batch goes to the 1st thumb drive and the 2nd batch goes to the 2nd thumb drive. Hope this help.

Reader Enquiry 01

Reader C:
I stumbled upon your electone blog and boy! Was happy to find it. I picked up electone when I was young, stopped but still have my el90 with me. I'm now in my 40s! I will still occasionally play it. Kinda sad to see its popularity declining.
I realised now that the latest model has no floppy disk drive! Was wondering if you know whether there's alternative to modify/install USB instead of buying a new model, in order to play the new books.

Teacher Dennis: 

The short answer to your question is no, there's no way to install a USB drive to the EL model.

We're living in this destructive era, if you look at the telecommunication sector, from fix line, 2G, 3G, 4G and soon to be 5G, Yamaha Electone is not being spared either, the Floppy Disk is a dinasour now, Yamaha has to move along to adapt, henceforth the new model "Stagea".

Please feel free to "Test Drive" the new ELS 02 series at any Yamaha showrooms if possible , you're going to love it.

Reader C:

So sad to hear. Jus recheck my model it's el700 oops. And I was also told they don't accept trade-in any more..Sob sob sob u think any resale value? ;)

Btw Dennis do you teach outside of Yamaha? and besides electone, do you teach piano?

Teacher Dennis: 

Yes! it's very sad and I feel for you, I threw away mine many years back.

Regarding the trade in, it is going to be difficult and may be impossible now, please try to contact the Yamaha's dealer  Mr Anthony Soh at 6312xxxx for assistant, need to cross your fingers, LOL.

I'm currently teaching at Yamaha Plaza Sing and Sengkang branch, Electone only. Please call the respective branch for my available time slots if you're interested.