How long is your DC's instrument lesson, and how much do you pay?

[Anonymous]

You fools are getting robbed

[Anonymous]

That's fine if you're happy with your teacher.

The duration depends on the kid's attention span and your logistics. My kids 6 and 9 split an hour 20/40.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You fools are getting robbed

No, if you are not paying your music teacher a fair wage, you are robbing them.

We pay $75 for 45 minutes and $39 for 30 minutes.

[Anonymous]

1 hour. $85

[Anonymous]

Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

^at instructor's house

[Anonymous]

1 hour, $84

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

This is a strange post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

This is a strange post.

Which part is strange? I indeed had this conversation with my child in the past two weeks, and that's what they said. Playing doesn't generally exhaust them, in fact, they'd prefer a longer lesson, but they said specific techniques and harder material can be exhausting. So if a lesson was only that, they'd prefer a shorter lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

This is a strange post.

Which part is strange? I indeed had this conversation with my child in the past two weeks, and that's what they said. Playing doesn't generally exhaust them, in fact, they'd prefer a longer lesson, but they said specific techniques and harder material can be exhausting. So if a lesson was only that, they'd prefer a shorter lesson.

For someone new to lessons, the lesson will be focused on technique. As technique becomes more solid, the lesson will include other focuses.

Do you distrust the teacher? You could talk to them about this and see what they expect future lessons to look like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

This is a strange post.

Why?

[Anonymous]

It’s just weird

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30 min, $40

Same here. This is for a home piano studio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Strings $70/hour. Would be $40/30 min. Age 12, started private lessons at 11 but only did a few 30 minutes and says full 60 is valuable. I asked the child recently because I'd switch to 30 minutes if they thought 60 was no longer productive. For now they say it still is, but they can potentially foresee a time where it would be too long if only focusing on technique. So I will keep asking periodically.

This is a strange post.

Which part is strange? I indeed had this conversation with my child in the past two weeks, and that's what they said. Playing doesn't generally exhaust them, in fact, they'd prefer a longer lesson, but they said specific techniques and harder material can be exhausting. So if a lesson was only that, they'd prefer a shorter lesson.

DP here. That's usually not the progression, PP. The student needs the physical stamina to play for an hour and has to have enough mental wherewithal to absorb that hour intellectually. On no account should they repeat a certain technique for an hour! That's how you get injured. It's like a repetitive injury in sports. The usual lesson should include etude(s), and the performance piece(s) you're working on, and they should all focus on different techniques and/or phrasing. It's the teacher's job to observe the kid and tailor the lesson to what they can sustain.

[Anonymous]

We pay $30 for 30 minutes piano lesson. Were in Rockville.