9/06/2013

Discover How To Become A Piano Teacher

By Kate McMahon


This article provides an insight on how to become a piano teacher. Playing a piano is very interesting and easy to learn. Before being a piano teacher, it is important that the person intending to teach must be in a position to play it perfectly. It beats logic if the intending person does not know how to play it. One must also be having experience in playing it. The experienced is gained through continues practice. One should therefore play the piano on a daily basis in order to gain the experience.

The other thing to do is to decide on the number of lessons one wishes to have with each students. You should also be able to decide on the length of the lesson, whether the lessons will be running for thirty minutes daily or for one hour daily. Since you are starting to teach, it is advisable that you charge lower rates as compared to those who are already in the market. This will attract many students hence you will as well gain experience by teaching several people.

It must be a quiet place where people are not making noise, most preferable a house. You can therefore decide whether to lease a room where you will be holding the classes or to decide to have them at your place of residence or at any other place which is convenient with your student and you.

Without the students, one cannot be able to teach. It therefore calls for looking for students to teach. The search can be conducted through advertisement in the newspapers, use of flyers as well as using posters. You must be able to convince the intending students that you are good at playing the piano hence you will be in a position to teach them properly.

Planning is another important aspect of teaching. You should be able to plan what you will cover during the first lessons. This calls for developing a proper lesson plan indicating what each student should cover each week until they complete all their lessons.

The first lesson should be on the introduction and simple keys. It is also important that during the first lessons, you introduce yourself to the student and also allow the student to introduce themselves to you. This will create a good learning environment as well as creating a good teacher student relationship.

It is also necessary to find out if the students had previously played piano before or if they have basic idea on how to play. This will enable you to know where to start your lessons from. It is also advisable to find out from the student their interest in playing the piano as well as the type of songs they would like to play.

You should also be in a position to recommend various books to the students so that they can read prior before the beginning of each lesson. This will make the learning to be interesting as the student shall have had an idea prior before the class. These preparations helps one to know how to become a piano teacher.




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