About the Business

Yamaha Music Schools have been developing talent around the world since 1954 and have been established in the UK since 1976. Derby has given home to its own Yamaha Music School for over 30 years and has been under new management since 1998. With vast experience, a proven record and exacting standards, Yamaha courses offer the highest quality and the best value in music teaching.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, 4 or 94, you can develop your talent quickly and enjoyably with one of our exclusive popular music courses.

Lessons are delivered by fully qualified teachers in a secure, classroom environment containing state-of-the-art equipment. Our teachers are highly trained and vastly experienced to help you whether you simply want to play for fun, obtain a formal qualification or enter the music business as a professional.

Business Services

Music Theory Lessons

Music Theory Lessons

If music theory is something you need help with, then our half-hour one-to-one lessons are for you. Open to teenagers or adults, we aim to cater for you personally and offer lessons for beginners or the more comprehensive musician.

All areas of music theory are covered and students can progress as far as they wish, either gaining formal recognition through exams from elementary to advanced or by learning for enjoyment.

Junior Music Course - JMC (ages 4 - 5)

Junior Music Course - JMC (ages 4 - 5)

The "Junior Music Course" forms the basis for the entire teaching given at a Yamaha Music School. In the JMC the most appropriate teaching content, approach and style of lesson is adopted in line with children's physical, emotional and intellectual development levels.

Pre-school age children undergo a period of rapid development in acquiring their aural skills. They can immediately memorise whatever sounds and words they hear for the first time. Therefore, if they are exposed to a variety of music by listening, singing and playing at this critical point in their lives, they will acquire a fundamental sense of music that is both solid and balanced.

This is the period when children's sense of hearing develops most rapidly so their ability to recognise sounds through their ears is enhanced. These are ideal conditions to develop absolute pitch, a sense of harmony and develop a recognition of musical phrases and tones. At the same time they are encouraged to learn the basic elements of music - melody, rhythm and harmony by using keyboard instruments as learning tools.

The goal of the Junior Music Course is to enable children to sing what they hear, to play what they sang and to make a piece of music themselves, or to express themselves musically using the keyboard as a learning device.
Location & Hours

4 Pride Point Drive

Derby, DE24 8BX
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