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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2003-09-12 23:24
I was thinking of becoming a private instructor. but i was wondering, what are some things i should be able to do. scales, theory, articulation, etc. just fyi, i'd teach clarinet and saxophone.
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2003-09-13 03:41
because i'm not that old. and not that good. pro's still can play better then me. i made the provincial honour band, but a pro would've made first. i didn't. i like the feeling of acomplishment, as probably other private instructors do, as a beginner learns to play their instrument and learns over time with your guidence to master their instrument.
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Author: Musical Mind
Date: 2003-09-13 04:00
That's excellent. We all have to have a teacher for the beginning stage and letting the students decide.
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Author: clarinet
Date: 2003-09-13 12:55
well this don have to do anythin with private lessons but what chair where u in honor band?
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2003-09-13 17:41
3rd. university(college) level music.
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Author: miller
Date: 2003-09-13 19:25
it'd be wonderful to teach someone who turned out to have real talent
that's why i suppose teaching is so rewarding you get all the thrills your students ahve when they learn something they've been struggling with
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2003-09-13 22:48
thanx for your input, but please, i'd like my question answered.
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Author: musichick
Date: 2003-09-15 01:11
I would think you would need a good sence of pitch so that you can tell immeaditly if the note your student is playing is wrong. You also need to be able to count very well. I'm thinking of becoming a music teacher, so I'm trying to learn as many instruments as possible. I dont know if you need that to become a private teacher, but realisticly I don't think a private teacher will be enough of a career will it? Don't you also need to do something else along with it? All the private instructors I know are also school teachers or such. Maybe im thinking of something different though.
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Author: miller
Date: 2003-09-15 16:36
you don't need to learn hundreds of instraments all youi really need is your first instrament and piano and you don't need to be that geat at piano only competant
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Author: Amanda
Date: 2003-09-16 20:41
What you need to know depends on the age and abilities of your students. Are you planning on being a teacher as a career, or only as a part-time hobby? If you're only looking to take on a few students at a time, it's easiest if they're in the same ability range (which, obviously should be below your own.) You need to be proficient on your own instrument, which means you will know basic reperatoire, major and minor scales, rhythms, and articulations. Those are just fundamental to playing your instrument. It is helpful, though not necessary, to have at least a little background on theory, especially harmony. Also, playing your instrument is one thing, but TEACHING someone else to do it is a whole different story. . .
Hope I helped a little
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Author: ellie
Date: 2003-09-20 14:59
You need PATIENCE!
I'm just a flute student, but I spent a lot of my time during High School tutoring my fellow flutes with difficult passages and flute ensembles. It was so much fun. Especially when they'd play something right... See, our band director really didn't know much about flute at all. So I did all that. And I loved it.
I don't know about whether or not you could make a living off it. But I do know it's great, if you have the patience.
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Author: dude
Date: 2005-12-07 19:25
you have an attitue problem
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