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Learning a musical instrument brings many benefits. Pic: Yang Min\/VCG via Getty Images – Yang Min\/VCG via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure> Add to that that you’re helping to nurture the cultural landscape in your neighbourhood, keeping good music teachers employed and maybe eventually boosting a local chamber music<\/a><\/strong> group or orchestra<\/a><\/strong>, and we can see that learning an instrument brings many, many benefits. <\/p>
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But, once you’ve decided which instrument is for you<\/a><\/strong>, how do you start seeking out the music teacher who will be the best fit for your needs and learning style? <\/p>
First things first. The best way of finding a music teacher is to ask around. Find recommendations from friends or others within your community. While there will be flyers and advertisements in supermarkets, newsagents and libraries, you can’t guarantee the quality of the teaching. Recommendations are key! <\/p>
Once you have established contact with a prospective teacher, a quick conversation should answer your preliminary enquiries and give you some idea about whether they are genuinely offering good advice. These are some top tips for choosing a music teacher.<\/p>
Top tips for how to choose a music teacher<\/h2>
Find out how much the teacher charges for music lessons<\/h3>
A qualified music teacher should charge between \u00a330 and \u00a345 per hour in the UK, or $50 to $75 per hour in the US. That said, lessons with a first-class soloist may set you back by up to \u00a3200 \/ $250 an hour or beyond). <\/p>
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Pic: WIKUS DE WET\/AFP via Getty Images – WIKUS DE WET\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure> In the UK, the Musicians’ Union recommends<\/a><\/strong> teachers charge a minimum of \u00a338.50 per hour, although this rate also includes marketing and administration. You may find a cheaper way of learning an instrument is to join a group lesson, but the tutoring will inevitably be less tailor-made for you and you may not progress as quickly. <\/p>
Remember that professional players will often be working or touring, and lessons will inevitably be more intermittent than they would be from a full-time teacher. <\/p>
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Choose the teaching method that works for you<\/h3>
If you’ve found a teacher that sounds good, you can now start to fine tune the way you want to learn. Is their teaching method structured in a particular way, or is it biased towards one particular system \u2013 such as the Suzuki method<\/a><\/strong>, whose tenets include saturation in the music community and a preference for learning by ear over learning from a score?
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