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Really? I didn’t even know there is a website or a company in business. Could you let me know what the website is? I’m going to start looking, but I’m guessing there are all sorts of businesses that go by “Robinson.” I’ll start with “Robinson Harps.”
Thanks.
After reading your description of the lesson, in which the teacher corrected you daughter’s hand position, I think you really owe it to your daughter for find another way. When I was young and taking music lessons for the first time, back in the 60’s and 70’s it was very typical for music teachers to approach things this way. Criticism was harsh because music students “needed to learn to take it-music is competitive, it’s not for those who can’t handle it”. The emphasis was on finding the most talented and weeding out everyone else. Not that all teachers felt that way, but enough did, and it was kind of a mind-set. That attitude did a lot of damage. Kids who could have found great enjoyment in music had their hearts broken, or, at the very least, never had that experience that should be open to all people who want to put in the time and effort.
Of course, professional musicians paid the price in empty symphony halls.
Learning to play isn’t only about preparing to perform, although that is important. Learning to play is about deepening the experience of music both as a player and as a listener.
Your daughter needs to experience the joy of feeling and hearing herself play and make music. She needs to want to make that sound so much that she can’t wait to practice. As for hand position, if approached with a mindset of searching for the music, she should first find that she can make a beautiful sound, and then she should discover that the sound is even better and easier to create when she uses her hands correctly. Approached from that point of view the music itself becomes the motivation to practice improved technique. It becomes something practical that opens up her musical experience, rather than something painful that destroys her confidence as a musician.
