FAQs

Teaching online lessons can work for some students. Older students with some experience tend to do better than young students or beginners with online lessons. Early in a student's development, regardless of age, there are foundational skills that must be addressed. For this reason, I generally don't like remote lessons for early beginners.

Contact me if you have questions about if online lessons are the right option for you or your student.

Like with so many things, it depends. Drums and piano, for example, are easy at first but get progressively harder quickly. Guitar is on the other end of the spectrum. It’s hard at first then gets progressively easier. Ukulele is easiest instrument.

How fast a student progresses depends on motivation. Highly motivated students who practice regularly will develop faster. For students who don’t practice, much of our lesson time will be spent practicing. I’ve seen some beginner guitar students progress rapidly in a few months while others progress slowly. The difference is how much they practice. I can’t emphasize the importance of practice enough.

At a minimum, students should have AT LEAST 15-minutes of focused practice time each day. Sometimes life and schedules get in the way. In these occasional cases, the practice minimum should be 5 minutes. More is always better as the pace of improvement is directly correlated to how much a student practices. However, for very young students, ~6, 5-10 minutes a few times a week is great!

It can take several weeks for students to understand how to practice. Learning to practice can be a bit more challenging if a student has not been introduced to the concept of regular homework at school.

All billing is done via My Music Staff for payments. Payment is by the month. Invoices are created on the 15th of each month and due on 1st before lessons. View our fees and billing for current fees.

Monthly lesson fees are based on yearly enrollment. All students get 48 lessons per year.

Life happens! Please be aware that I spend time prior to our time crafting the most effective lesson. In addition, that time is reserved for the student. Please don’t cancel because there was a lack of practice. We can use the time to practice and review the material.

Please contact me at least 24 hours in advance if you know you can’t make a lesson. These lessons will convert into a make-up credit. If you know you will miss a lesson we can schedule the make-up lesson early.

Students are allowed to have 2 outstanding make-up credits at a time. Make-up credits expire after two weeks.

Make-up lessons cannot be rescheduled.

“No shows” or cancelling within 24 hours result in the loss of that lesson.

View our cancellation policy.