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Author: kurth83
Date: 2025-11-27 01:45
I did it very successfully with mandolin lessons, but we never played duets together.
Personally, being able to see and hear a good player up close is useful. I always compare my volume and tone to my teacher's. You could live without that though, especially if you are playing in groups with good players, and I believe you could get most of the benefit from online lessons. So if that's your only option it's a pretty good one compared to no lessons.
When my teacher plays passages for me I pay very close attention to the style and expression. All of that would come through nicely I think.
The reason you can't play duets easily is due to online lag, the speed of the internet is laggy enough that precise playing together is hard. A 10-100ms delay doesn't sound like much until you try to play with someone, and it's doubled by the round trip.
Even during the pre-digital days, the speed of electricity wasn't fast enough if you were more than about 50-100 miles apart. And digital is slower than that. If you minimize the physical distance, like one or two states away as opposed to a separate continent, you might be able to play slow passages together.
You need a good camera that let's them see your fingers and embouchure. Most built-in cameras these days are more than up to the task.
Aging classical trumpet player learning clarinet as a second.
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