First guitar lesson done!!!!

[donovan.x]

Hi all.
I just gave my first guitar lesson!!! It was so cool.
The kiddy that I am teaching is a complete begginer. He took a lot on board and within an hour he could actually do something with his axe!
Sorry to blurt but just v cool, thought I would share with my forum buddies. :D

[sambo]

nice one dude! just out of interest- how much do you charge? im starting to get the impression my lessons might be pretty damn expensive....

[donovan.x]

I was advised to charge £20 an hour which I thought was a bit steep! So I have decided upon a tenner. How much are you paying?

[sambo]

£16 or maybe 17 cant actually remember AND my tecahers only like 24 or something so he ends up talking about how when he has a kid hes gonna make him learn left-handed guitar and how he got wasted last night....


anyway well done to you for making it a tenner... i think anything much higher than that is pretty steep like you said- but its not me thats paying!  :P

hope it goes well...

[nuntius]

5 years ago I was paynig £15 an hour, which went up to £17 per hour, before my teacher decided he was only doing half hour lessons and was charging £12.

I quit when he went to £12 per half hour, for both the money aspect and the fact I wasn't learning enough in the time period...  that might also be because I'd been with the teacher for so long he didn't have much left he could pass on to me.

£17 seemed fair enough though when I thought I was getting enough out of it.

I think £15 while you build a reputation is a fair price to charge.

£10 for music lessons is selling yourself short IMO :)

[sambo]

mmm its a trickt one.... spose it depends on what youve got to offer/how experienced you are and what and who your teaching....

i would have stopped as well at £12 for 30 minutes.... thats ridiculous...

[nuntius]

mmm its a trickt one.... spose it depends on what youve got to offer/how experienced you are and what and who your teaching....

Yeah it does.

If youv'e got several years of playing under your belt, are proficient to a high degree in several styles and can read sheet music - those are some pretty good credentials, and quite specific skills.

It takes 3 years to get a degree to get you into a graduate level job, that will probably pay more than guitar teaching will..

Guitar playing is lifetime thing and a skill that takes a long time to develop to a "teaching" standard.

[sambo]

Guitar playing is lifetime thing and a skill that takes a long time to develop to a "teaching" standard.

yer sure is....

[donovan.x]

I have played since I was 13, or there abouts, and I am now 26, I feel that I have a lot to teach and a lot to learn but I don't think that you ever stop learning! I am now trying to really get my head around the heavy theory side of it all and what I have gleaned so far has brought my playing along in leaps and bounds. I never had lessons but I have seen some terrible teaching and I want to achieve a real high standard of the understanding of guitar.

[sambo]

good on you don... like i said before- hope it all works out for you mate...

[TwilightOdyssey]

Sounds like it was a good lesson! Best part about giving lessons is that it reinforces the basics on you as a teacher, too.

All of you guys are getting a good break! I charge about $1/min for lessons. 30 min = $30, 45min = $40. A double lesson is $60.

[willo]

Yeah I was checking out the national registry for local teachers the other day - figure I might as well do some learning - and the top guy in my area is £25 an hour. I'm obviously not able to afford that right now but I'll give it a shot for a lesson or two, and if it's worth it I'll stick at it.

[Searcher]

Hi all.
I just gave my first guitar lesson!!! It was so cool.
The kiddy that I am teaching is a complete begginer. He took a lot on board and within an hour he could actually do something with his axe!
Sorry to blurt but just v cool, thought I would share with my forum buddies. :D

Teaching is fun, eh?  :D

So what did you teach him?

I loved it when kids actually asked to be taught something.  The ones that were difficult were the ones that just kinda shrugged when you asked what they wanted to learn, what they liked to listen to, etc.

Oh, and £10 seems too cheap.  People will think you have less to offer than more expensive guys if you cheap out on your fees.  Unless you think you do have less to offer, you might wanna raise your price, before you get more students and have to tell 'em all that your fees are going up.

[_tom_]

I wish I had the patience to teach people stuff. I tried teaching a beginner at school some basic single string riffs and I just got so frustrated...

[Dakine]

My teacher has a Degree in music (studied guitar as primary) and charges me $18 half hour. Just for reference (he is VERY good btw).