Proud parent

[ralu81]

I am new to thebworld of music and I am experiencing it thru my 6 year old daughter. She started piano 4 months ago and I think she is showing great progress.

She can identify each note, but what I noticed is that she does not use the music sheet. She plays it all from her memory. The teacher will play it for her and she can reproduce it very well.

She started with kids songs, then she heard Ode to Joy, and she wanted to play it. She played that using both her left and right hand at the Christmas recital plus two carols.

Now, she is working on Musette by Bach, she heard it watching Little Einsteins. The teacher says she believes she could do it, and she is proving me she can! After a week she can play the beginning part very well, though not as fast as some YouTube videos I've seen.

To me, it is amazing! But I'm sure all the parents are amazed by their own kids

I am wondering if it's good to skip steps in learning piano and jump to harder pieces? I don't know much about piano, and the teacher says she is really good, and she will take her as fast as she can go.

Is there such thing as too fast?
What is the normal progression when you learn piano?

Any thoughts, ideas or comments will be greatly appreciated.

[omar_roy]

There are a few types of progress in this instance:

Rapid progress as a result of inborn talent.

Rapid progress as a result of hard work, possibly in conjunction with inborn talent.

Rapid progress as a result of "progressing" before the child is ready.

Any good teacher will know when to pull in the reigns.  These are the fundamental years in which a solid musical and technical foundation can be built.  If you truly believe your child is talented and she enjoys playing music, then now is the time to invest in a teacher of repute in order to foster this growth.  It's important that you have every bit of confidence in your daughter's teacher.

[ingunite]

Ralu,
I'm happy for you, proud parent! (I belong to the club, too.)
My suggestion would be to start developing a diverse repertoire. That would mean working on more than one piece, even three or four pieces of different styles and characters that are studied simultaneously in one practice session/lesson. All that, of course, if she is ready and have a suitable attention span. She is still very young. (I personally start my young students with at least two pieces.)
Not only it would help to discover the wide world of piano possibilities, it would also alleviate a possible boredom and mental block that might come with giving undivided attention to a single composition. Also she would begin to develop musical discrimination (I am not using the word in the vulgar sense) and personal judgment.
Of course, one can't go wrong with Bach for starters, but adding a bit of, say, Kabalevsky could be of great benefit to the budding pianist. Also first steps in music theory like learning a few chords would greatly add to her piano understanding and enjoyment.