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Sylvia Coats
Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Class Piano
Wichita State University
Q. What are the advantages to you of using a Clavinova?
A. In a class setting the Clavinova enables the teacher to be flexible with multiple groupings and provides students with a quality, well-tuned sound for their lessons. Music majors can learn technology with a sophisticated instrument, essential knowledge for 21st century music careers.
Q. What made you decide that a Clavinova digital piano was right for music education?
A. The Clavinova CVP305 is exactly what I need in a piano laboratory instrument. It is an all-in-one unit with multi-track recording capabilities, good sounds, and is user friendly.
Q. What one feature of the CVP (Disk Drive unit) is most valuable?
A. The onboard metronome is used more than any other feature—to set the tempo for ensemble playing, to encourage continuity in playing, and to change the tempo of recorded accompaniments.
Q. How do students respond to the CVP?
A. WSU students are thrilled with the CVP. The change in attitudes from the previous lab is dramatic. The students learned the features of the instrument very quickly with little instruction. They remarked that the action is easier to control and the speaker sound is good, both in the CVP and in the LC II headphones. The graduate assistants also responded enthusiastically to the advantages of the Clavinova.
Q. What is the product mix in your lab?
A. I have13 Clavinova CVP305 pianos and a Yamaha LC2 lab controller.
Q. Do you use software in your CVP based instruction? If so, what method?
A. Group Piano for Adults, Book I and II, Alfred
Sylvia Coats is the author of the book "Thinking As You Play: Teaching Piano in Individual and Group Lessons" published by Indiana University Press.
Features listed above are not available on all models.
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