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Re: Sliding scale for lessons

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-03-04 03:11

DavidBlumberg wrote:

> Rarely do I give a discount, but if the literal need exists,
> and the student works really hard, it does happen.
>

I think the problem can be that a teacher will never know about a potentially hard-working student whose family truly can't support the full cost of lessons because that student often won't approach a teacher in the first place.

In an area where organized music schools exist, the problem can be solved by scholarship programs that pay the teachers their regular contracted rate but subsidize the student's fee.

If there are no such schools in a less populated area, it may take a local school music teacher acting as an intermediary to get the student and teacher together. If you start at whatever the going rate is in the area, you can always negotiate a discount if the cost still seems to be more than the individual family can pay. You can start by allowing the student to take lessons less often at the full (local) rate and then offer to increase the frequency at a lower rate if the student shows reliable lesson attendance and practice between lessons.

Karl

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