Monday, September 9, 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.

You should first make a decision on the number of house you are allocating each day for the lessons. This will depend on the number of students as well as the number of hours they are available for the classes. The next thing to consider is the place for having the classes.

The other thing is to decide on the place where the lessons will be held. You may decide to have them at your house or to commute to the place where your student is residing provided that they have a piano with them in the house. However, the place should be kept tidy and calm to allow for maximum concentration. It should be away from any distraction which might interfere with the lessons.

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 also another important aspect for consideration. Before setting out to plan, it is important to have an introductory class with the students in order to get the necessary information to assist you in planning. Some of the necessary information is to find out the various levels of knowledge the students have in playing the piano.

You can get this information by asking them basic question and rating them depending on how they have answered the questions. You can also inquire whether they have previously played a piano before. The other in formation to look out for is the kind of songs the students like playing or the type of songs thy enjoy listening to. This will enable you to know the type of songs to start teaching the student in order for him or her to gain more interest in learning.

You cannot know how to start the teaching not unless you know the level of the student. Since piano is used to play different songs, it is also important to find out the type of songs the student like playing. This will enable you to know the type of keys to start with which will be of interest to the student.

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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