its not me, its poor cry baby gnote that keeps bringing up the subject.
i think hes just upset cause his mommy didnt care enuff to buy him a flute before she took off.
its ok little man. its not ur fault she doesnt love u.

I happen to agree with dave... though I might have phrased it in politer terms. It would be disappointing if this post turned into an argument between him and gnote.


PS: Who is gnote by the way? I`ve never seen him post here before...

not used to anyone sayin im right bout anything.
i guess i just needed to find someone like gnote to make me look good.

I`ve really seen some ridiculous replies here.
First of all, the teacher is often worth that money. U don`t need to be first chair of the National Orchestra to be worth that money. The first chair thing that I mentioned was just to let u know the miserable pay that u get playing in an orchestra.
2nd... It`s the parents`s responsibility to scout for a good teacher. If u think that the teacher is not suitable for your child though she may be 40 per half hour or higher, then what`s the point of pursuing under her tutelage? But often professionals are that price cause thay are experienced enough to bring out the best in different children with different strengths and weaknesses. They know enough to achieve that.
3rd... If you`re not into serious learning in the first place, of caz , by all means, please don`t even engage a teacher who`s damn serious into teaching, if not you`re just wasting his or her time. It`s NOT that a good teacher is only available for a good enough student or the other way round. But u know, if you are going to take up 4 hours of my timetable every week, without the slighest intention to improvr yourself or be the best u can, then I rather u not come for my lesson at all, I rather not earn your money.
To me, the sense of achievement is more important than the cash.
BUT, I will not teach for free, nor reduce fees. CXause, that`s my expertise. It`s self respect. And no, for your information, A music major need not depend on his students`s fees for survival.
There are other things that u can do. And much often, it`s the other way round. It`s always the students scouting for good teachers, not teachers going student hunting. Wonder why?
4th... An earnest, serious student who loves music that much will not be satisfied just by intending to learn for fun. They are always in constant pursue of a higher level, be it technically or understanding wise. And they too understand that only those who are really profesisonals and happen to charge more can give them what they want. That`s why people travel across state to state, 3 hours to and, paid a hell lot of $ and time to learn from decent teachers.
5th... If they respect the teacher just as much as they respect their path of learning, then they will NEVER doubt and attempt to ask the teacher for a fees deduction. They, will in fact really, try to pay `by hook or by crook`.
6th And no, I don`t recommend people steal to pay for fees. And I believe I didn`t mention that at all.
But more often, the students will work or save up to pay. The idea of changing to a more cost-friendly teacher will not even cross their minds, and so do the parents if the teacher delivers.
And to whoever who posted that teachers are not worth that fee, caz not all teachers are first chair. Well, I think that is pathetic. Do u know how many decent string players or pianists there are out there?

It may seem that I am offensive. I am sorry if I am too harsh, but seeing all these replies about fees not matching to a teacher`s status or realiability is maddening.
Thank you.

cause u write too much, so no one reads it

U did read and in fact reply to the last sentence or in fact paragraph, didn`t u?

yea i read the last line that u set apart, something about being too harsh.

and ur welcome

hey I finally found a good teacher that`s really reasonable about $20 per 1/2 hr lesson. now I know that`s still $40 per hour but what makes it reasonable is that I don`t have to pay for a whole years worth of lessons at a time so I can go every other week instead. yaay! besides, I`m a beginner and there`s no rush to become the world best violist haha. :p

my lessones 1000 an hour!!!

I am a former student of the Senior Lecturer in clarinet at my uni. He is a good enough teacher to be able to charge whatever he wants.
To illustrate: I have been having some issues in my playing, so I went to him for help. Yesterday, we had a 15 minute lesson. This morning, I saw improvements in my playing that would normally take weeks to happen.
And I got the lesson for free.

I`m going to a concervatorium but I get free lessons of another violist and he`s good. But he always says we already have to pay him through our taxes. Great guy!

i dont have any privat lessons
i just practice real hard wit my orchastra (string) friends


i made 1st chair all by myself

and im teaching a 3rd grader so shes lucky she gets FREE lessons!


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go violas!

no offense or anything..but i dont like lessons..the only lessons i get are through my teacher, and he ignores me half the time (not intentionally) so i learn on my own, i didnt have a stand partner this yr..next yr i will tho. somethings are jest easier for me to learn on my own! i learn the songs on my own, i am a totally independent violist, people.. ttyl.

oh and the only reasons the teacher unintentionally ignores is cuz im 1 violist out of a class of 37 or somethin people, lol...but this teacher likes havin me there. (mayb ill b in a quartet next yr!)