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Re: 1e lesson

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2023-05-27 00:21

Hi Matthieu,

As another adult learner, here is what I have found:

I've had a couple of first lessons with different teachers, and their teaching styles were incredibly different, so it may be that you just need to go with the flow a bit and find out what the teacher is like.

If you are very keen to make progress fast, and perhaps on a budget, then it might be good to be quite upfront about that, and ask the teacher to give you clear guidance on how to proceed.

To do that, it would be good to define quite closely what you consider to be "progress". For example, do you want to get into a group to play with others, or are you motivated by grades? Do you can deeply about playing in tune, or do you love just pouring your soul into it and not caring too much about accuracy?

I know I wanted to learn all the fingerings fast, so I could play my favourite tunes, but I know other people who get anxious about making mistakes so prefer to learn slowly and play simple tunes perfectly.

The most important thing I think, is to say if you experience pain when playing, especially around your jaw area. I know you are a medic and you are probably way ahead on this already, but I just wanted to mention. Having a good long lesson on your first go, is going to expose stuff like that pretty quickly. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder is the thing that is useful to read about.

I think if you can say what you want and are motivated by, then it will really help the teacher to meet your needs.

Good luck!

Jen

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