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Solfege Ear Training

Age Appropriate Methods

Making Piano Fun Again

Presto is a local Salt Lake City music class for older children. It teaches complete musicianship in a fun and engaging way. Salt Lake City students learn rhythm, sight reading, music history, music theory, ear training, and proper piano technique.

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Look Inside Presto

Presto I Student Materials - $74

(plus sales tax for AZ residents)

Presto II Student Materials - $70 

(plus sales tax for AZ residents)

Student Materials

Crafted to

Educate & Engage

Children are all musical when given the proper tools. Let’s Play Music programs each have specifically crafted materials to help your child succeed.

We've Struck a Chord!

What Parents Are Saying about Presto!

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This program has been AMAZING for my daughter. She had taken piano for a couple of years before getting into the program and while she enjoyed it well enough, she truly began her love for playing the piano when she started this program. It is engaging, fun, interactive, and so exciting. My daughter comes home from piano so excited to show me everything she learned. She wants to practice as soon as she gets home from practice, which isn't usually the case with piano lessons. As a pianist myself, I have been amazed with the technique and theory instruction. Not only is it a fun, enjoyable experience, but the complete music training has left me pleasantly surprised. I am beyond impressed with this program and what it has done for my daughter's musical abilities as well as her self-confidence.

Lynsey C.

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I love having my kids involved in the Presto program! Piano lessons have become engaging, interactive, and most of all FUN! My kids learn about theory, timing, technique and they love it! The program has even helped me to better understand rhythm and counting in music because the "one and two ands" never made sense to me. It is a lesson packed with a broad approach to music with ear training as well as sight reading. My kids have developed playing skills appropriate for their age while also being able to progress as fast as they would like because the learning method is in place. Piano lessons have never been so good!

Rachel M.

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 love everything about the Presto program. It is an excellent program from the older beginner. My 12 year old had thoroughly enjoyed the program. It has kept his attention while teaching beginner piano skills. Not only does my student learn the piano but he gets piano theory, technique and ear training. It really is the entire package and I would highly recommend it to anyone. I have 10 years of piano experience and my beginner Presto student already has as much theory training as I do. He has excelled quickly in the Presto program. Thank you Let’s Play Music for producing such a wonderful program.

Tosha G.

In our local Salt Lake City music classes, we make learning piano fun, and our students all look forward to their lessons. They develop a thorough understanding of classical music, sight singing, music history, music theory, and ear training. Our goal is to build complete musicians so our students can excel no matter where their musical journey takes them. Presto is taught in a group format to allow room for games and peer interaction. As our Salt Lake City students in our kid’s piano lessons curriculum develop good habits and grow as musicians, learning piano becomes a pleasure and a challenge.

Accelerated Class for Musicianship and Piano Skills

Why Presto?

Playing With Style

Once children turn 8, they have developed the necessary fine motor skills for piano. We begin teaching proper techniques right away to ensure the development of good habits.

The Let's Play Music curriculum is centered in the teachings of the music masters Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze.  These men were revolutionist who changed the attitudes of teaching music to children.  Their philosophies are at the heart of our curriculum and you will see their methodologies in each detailed lesson plan.

Zoltán Kodály

In the Kodály Method children are first introduced to musical concepts through playful, natural experience. He emphasized the use of the folk song in all early music education, stating that they are the ‘mother tongue’ for teaching music.   Melodic patterning, the repetition of certain notes in a row, trains both the ear and the eye to read the patterns on the staff.  Adding solfeg handsigns and syllables further enhanced the learning experience. He used both folk music and songs that are based on the pentatonic scale to help teach the art of singing in tune.

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

The Dalcroze method, taught in his Eurhythmics schools, is another approach music educators use to foster music appreciation, ear-training and improvisation while improving musical skills. In this method, the body is the main instrument.  Students learn rhythm and structure by listening to music and expressing what they hear through spontaneous bodily movement. (I.e. walking to quarter notes, skipping to dotted notes.)

Carl Orff

In the Carl Orff approach, children are taught concepts through improvisation, composition and a natural sense of play.  He taught using folk music and music composed by the children themselves.  All musical concepts were taught through singing, chanting, dance, movement, drama and the playing of percussion instruments. He believed the order of instruments should be: 1. Body Percussion  2. Voice  3. Simple Percussion Instruments  4. Barred Instruments

(For example, our tone bell set is an Orff instrument!)

Let's Play Music was founded in great educational philosophies

Learning From the Masters

Program Costs

Presto has two separate costs, the materials fee and class tuition.

 

The student materials fee is due at enrollment and paid online to Let's Play Music.

 

The Presto tuition fee is due to your local Salt Lake City music teacher and is paid in monthly installments. For detailed tuition information, please contact your local Presto music teacher. Tuition fees include classes, parent communication, classroom instrument use, and teaching tools. 
 

Find a Teacher Today!

Find a certified Presto music teacher in Salt Lake City today! All of our teachers are trained and mentored for three years.

Explore our classes!

Learn more about our other curricula below.

Ages 0-4

A music class for our youngest musicians (ages 0-4) and a caregiver.

Ages 4-6

Our flagship curriculum.

In our kids piano lessons for Salt Lake City children ages 4 to 6, we teach foundational music skills and piano.

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