[Perform-Talk] Online piano lessons

[Daryl Swinson]

Kelsey,
Remember this relationship is not just student & teacher. It is also
employer & employee. You are paying the teacher for their expertise
and to learn piano. You are in control and can dictate, within the
limitations of the teacher's expertise on teaching, the course of your
learning. Just remember you are paying them for that expertise and
take that into account. But if they cannot meet you where you are in
terms of accomodation, then you have the power to terminate the
relationship and find someone better suited to your needs. It's tough
to exercise that power, I know. But in the long run, it serves you
better. :)

Good luck in learning! My own experience with my guitar instructor has
been nothing but fantastic as we both searched for ways to make my
learning faster and easier. :)


On 11/26/23, Kelsey Nicolay via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> He responded to my inquiry almost immediately. He said he has had one
>> visually impaired student ′adult′ in the past and it was a wonderful
>> experience. He didn't elaborate on whether the student he had was a
>> braille reader or if he just recorded music for her to learn by ear, but
>> he said it worked out wonderfully for both of them. My previous teacher
>> would use a tape recorder to record herself as she said out loud the right
>> how notes separately, the chords for the left hand separately, then how to
>> put them together and I would learn the music that way. We did that for
>> quite a few years, then when I got older and could process more
>> information, she switched to teaching me both parts together a few
>> measures at a time. We also moved away from the tap€ recorder and started
>> doing everything at the lesson. I had a different teacher before her who
>> would scold me every time I m at de a mistake or did anything wrong, so it
>> took a while for my playing to get to a reasonable level. I was only seven
>> at the time and couldn't
>>  speak up to the teacher, but now that I'm an adult, I think the
>> experience will be much different since I know what I need to be
>> successful. The teacher wants to talk on the phone to discuss in more
>> detail and m at ybe set up a trial lesson, so we'll see how it goes.
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-- 
       Regards,

       Daryl Swinson, M.S., M.A.