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 Re: How much do top US players charge for private lessons on average?
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2025-08-08 03:59

There are MANY fine reasons to seek out a storied teacher. One example I like (maybe even presented on this very Board some years ago) is that of a cellist having developed a "drag" in techique and arranged for an expensive lesson with a fine player. After about five minutes of playing the teacher said the issue was that the student was using too much thumb pressure. Pointed out, the issue was solved and the student started packing up. The teacher said there there was still 45 left of the lesson but the student said that was the problem that needed to be solved.



You might be surprised at what another set of ears and eyes in the room can catch.



Of course the other side of this is that there are some really amazing players who have been such naturals at what they've done all their lives that they are really quite ineffective as teachers. The great Maurice Murphy comes to mind. He would frequently play the moment not working for the student, sounding perfect and amazing. But it was up to the student to interpret how to accomplish that him/herself.


You also have to be smart about being a student. Those free Russianoff lessons sound good! Leon was an amazing teacher.




..............Paul Aviles
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