Auburn Piano Lessons – Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to travel anywhere for my piano class?

At Piano Lessons In Your Home, our teachers teach you in your own home, ensuring you don’t waste time stuck in Auburn traffic to get to your piano class.

Do your piano teachers come to Auburn? And on which days of the week?

Please call for more information as well as for information on Saturday and Sunday piano lessons.

Do I need to own a piano or keyboard?

We know pianos can be out of people’s budgets, that is why a cheaper keyboard is great for beginners.

Introductory keyboards are an easy and affordable option for homes without a piano.

When do you offer Auburn piano lessons?

We typically offer after school lessons, on weekday afternoons to evenings, our Auburn piano teachers are very flexible and will always try to accommodate the time that suits you best.

Weekend lessons are also readily available, please enquire for more information.

How old should my child be to begin piano lessons?

Children as young as 5 can begin learning the piano and basic music theory.

Our Auburn piano tutors are experienced in tutoring young children who are complete beginners, and have all the patience and personality needed to engage your child and give them best start in their piano journey.

What styles of piano music do you teach?

Our Auburn piano teachers are qualified to teach all styles of music, whether you’re interested in popular, contemporary, classical, jazz, musical theatre or even Nintendocore (yes, this is an actual genre). However, we encourage our students to explore all genres to show them just how interesting the piano can be.

Why enrol my child in one-on-one lessons? Why not Auburn group  piano classes?

Group piano lessons are a great way for your child to socialise, but that’s about where the perks end. Individual piano tutoring ensure that your child won’t get left behind, and can learn at their own pace.

In personal experience, piano students learning in private lessons progress a lot quicker than students learning in group tutoring.

Am I too old to start learning to play piano?

NO! There is no set age to start learning a musical instrument, and the best time to start is right this moment – ie Now!

Learn to play your favourite songs, learn how to read music, learn theory, or just about anything you’d like to know about the piano.

Playing the piano is a fun and great way to exercise your creative abilities so don’t just dream about it, start learning.

What are your Auburn piano tutors qualifications?

Only the best Auburn piano teachers work with our students.

Our piano teachers:

• highly experienced in teaching all ages and skill levels
• are experienced in playing the piano themselves
• have undergone a NSW Government certified “Working with children” police check
• are very friendly and patient to make students comfortable with learning at their own pace.

Usually students take piano courses once a week.

However if you just give me a minute of your time, I’ll tell you why that’s often not the best way to go.

I myself consider the best way to response to this question is to look at the best of the best and see how often THEY took lessons.

Some of the best pianists in the past likely had lessons on a day-to-day basis. We will frequently find that main composers and pianists came from a musical upbringing and their earliest trainers were often one of their parents. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven just to name a few had parents who were musicians and likely gave them everyday lessons.

Piano Practice is NOT Adequate

This is how weekly piano lessons ought to work. The tutor listens to what the student practiced in the previous week. The coach would then give recommendations on how to get better or explain new ideas to improve the new pianist both technically and musically. From there, they may add some training tips and suggestions on what and how to practice in the succeeding week. The student would then train for a week according to the trainers recommendations and this would carry on from week to week.

Sadly this is very rarely the way lessons happen. This all assumes one very crucial thing. That the student actually practiced. Sadly more often than not the teacher will come to a lesson only to discover that the student did not practice. Oh no! What does the trainer do now? Rehearse with the student of course!

That’s what happens if the student just did not rehearse, but sadly even if the student DID rehearse this might still be the result. Why? Because practicing is hard.

Why Practicing is Hard

Let’s think about what we’re asking young children, perhaps as young as 5, to do. The best way to rehearse is to eliminate all diversions sit down at the piano and work on segments of music that the student cannot yet play.

Playing from the start of a presentation is more often than not an inefficient use of time. Playing a small segment slowly and correctly is often a condition of good rehearse. Then repeating it over and over and over. Then they would want to find another small section they are not happy with and do it once more.

I’m done simplifying here, but the fact is to assist us understand how difficult that is. How long should practice be? I would be pleased with fifteen minutes from a young child and thirty minutes from an older child. How many five year olds do you know that could concentrate well for fifteen minutes without getting diverted. Or even better, how many grown-ups do you know that could do the same?

And yet tutors anticipate that kind of rehearse every week from their students. Realistically it is rarely if ever going to happen that way. But an exciting thing happens when the tutor is sitting there. You have the teacher leading the student telling them what they need to rehearse and how many times to repeat it. The tutors can put right bad habits and improper posture. These are things a young child, or even an grown-up would have a hard time doing in a determined way.

How Often Should Lessons Be?

For full success lessons should be held as frequent as feasible. If a student can allow lessons everyday, they’ll progress many multiples quicker than a student taking lessons once a week. It’s as easy as that. Most of the lessons will be the trainer just practicing with the student. But that practice is absolutely precious.

Realistically

No not many of us can afford to take a lesson everyday with their coach. Not only that, but not everyone needs to become the next Mozart. So deciding how frequent to take lessons really depends on your goals. Think about exactly what you’re looking for in lessons. Let’s describe some collective goals.

Goals for Piano Lessons

• Play one specific piece
• Play for my wedding
• Be able to play as a hobby
• Study serious as a all-time pursuit
• Make it a business

If your objective for piano lessons is just to play one piece, clearly lessons daily indeed aren’t needed. You may actually be capable to even study on your own!

A piano tutor will at all times be supportive and make the music sound the finest it can. If fund is a issue though, see if you can find a lecture of the piece on YouTube. If you never want to study anything else, then it matters a lot less whether you are playing absolutely correctly or not.

However this all changes if you want to, or you want your child to take this indeed sincerely. It doesn’t happen often, however I have a few students that would take an hour lesson three days a week, and then additional hour of music principle for a total of four hours a week of lessons. These students are at all times the best.

You get what you put in. If you don’t take lessons very seriously, you won’t get as much pleasure out of lessons as if you put your whole emotion into it. As a pianist I can tell you that the joy that arises from playing mesmerising music is immeasurable. Don’t miss out!