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Why implement the YMS concept into elementary schools?
As I have mentioned before, I believe that implementing of electronic keybo-
ards could make lessons of music education more attractive and would give pupils 
the opportunity to learn how to play a keyboard instrument (at least in the extent 
which these instruments offer). Unfortunately, the situation in schools does not make 
it possible to buy these instruments in large number (this assumption is supported by 
the fact that the methodology from the year 2000 has not been used in practice yet). 
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From the discussion with the professor Alena Vlasáková; Brno, JAMU, October 8, 2010.

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Electronic keyboards would be useful in song accompaniment when teaching 
popular music and improvisation. Thanks to experienced teachers they may beco-
me an excellent help in lessons of music education. Thanks to MIDI, they can be 
connected to a personal computer and thus enable us to create and change music 
compositions, record pupils’ compositions, etc. To reach this, it would be necessary 
to modify the teaching methods if YMS and not to accept the system of YMS with 
all its bad habits.
Conclusion
YMS defi nitely refl ects the requirements of a wide public and the ideas
of a con-
temporary man. The question is to what extend it is a responsible activity and to 
what extent it is rather a business. The head teacher of YMS has banned his teachers 
to provide any information about the school for this year because its promotion has 
not always been in favour of this institution. Personally, I think that if we want our 
children to have a high-quality education and to teach them to do things properly and 
precisely, the choice of the school with at least minimally talented child is clear…
Summary
The aim of the article is to compare piano education at elementary music schools 
and at Yamaha Music School. One of the targets is to clarify the aim of each school, 
outcomes of its pupils after individual years and the profi le of the school or cour-
se (Yamaha Music Schools) alumni. The article further develops the idea of imple-
menting teaching electronic keyboards in lessons of music education at elementary 
schools in order to make the education more attractive.
Bibliography
• CÍSAŘ, J. YMS Pre-school Programmes in TV Programme Sama doma [online]. [cit. 
16. 9. 2010]. From WWW: yamaha-v-poradu-sama-doma>
• The discussion with the professor Alena Vlasáková; Brno, JAMU, October 8, 2010.
• The telephone call with the head teacher of YMS Mgr. Zdeněk Simek, September 13, 2010.
• The observation lesson in YMS in October 2009 at elementary school Jasanová in 
Brno-Jundrov led by Petr Dvorník.

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