PEMBELAJARAN BERMAIN PIANO UNTUK ANAK USIA 6-12 TAHUN DENGAN METODE LEARNING AND PLAY DI LEMBAGA SKETSA MUSIK TANJUNG MORAWA

Abstract

The Sketch Music Course Institute has produced students with good musical abilities in playing the piano. This musical ability to play piano instruments is formed through learning that is started and applied early on to children aged 6-12 years using the learning and play method. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Qualitative research methods are research that intends to understand the phenomena of what is experienced by research subjects such as behavior, perception, motivation, action, and others. According to Koentjaraningrat (in Nainggolan, 2013: 29) that descriptive research aims to accurately describe the characteristics of an individual, condition, symptom, or group to determine the frequency or spread of a symptom to another. Regarding the learning outcomes, students proved to be happy and able to play songs using a piano musical instrument. The application of this learning and play method has proven effective in the learning process to play the piano aimed at children aged 6-12 years or elementary school children, where these periods are a period of very physical/kinetic, intellectual, emotional, and behavioral development. good, so it is also very effective in shaping and growing the musical sensitivity and skills of students. Students are trained from the basics musically in order to be able to produce good quality music.