Piano Mastery With At-Home Convenience

Piano lessons by video are the ideal solution for people who have busy schedules, for people who want lessons at home for other reasons, and for people who can't find the right piano teacher in their area.

Pure convenience isn't our motivator, but it's wonderful not to have to drive to lessons in bad weather on a busy day.

One of the best parts of at-home instruction is learning on your own instrument. You won't get home and find that the new material feels/looks/sounds different on your piano and is therefore confusing. When you play at lessons, you're on a familiar instrument, making it easier to summon the nuances you've practiced.

Read more about setup for video lessons

How Easy Is It To Connect for Video Lessons?

If you know how to use either FaceTime or Zoom, you've got this. There's nothing unusual about connecting for video lessons.

 

The best way to set up your tablet is on a tablet stand at the end of the keyboard. This provides a good view of you, your hands and your keys. It can be set up in ten seconds, and the tablet is safely held.

In emergencies, a smartphone placed in the crook of the piano can suffice.

You'll see me at my keyboard, too, so I can demonstrate a passage for you without our jumping up to trade places. That's a blessing.

 

Distance lessons didn’t need to wait for the internet

Video lessons are great, but telephone lessons are special. Audio-only lessons are more focused on sound, and they feel more personal, like radio compared with television. It’s a wonderful discovery that the telephone is perfect for music lessons.

 

It’s okay to be skeptical about whether music lessons on the phone can work. Most people are until they try it and get hooked. Forty percent of my students now choose to use the telephone for their lessons instead of video or in-studio lessons.

 

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

– Laozi

Music isn't about anything. Music just is.

– Leonard Bernstein