studio setup
Online Lesson Challenges
Hey everyone. If you are teaching online (virtual lessons), and wouldn’t mind sharing, what would you say has been your BIGGEST PROBLEM thus far? If you had to sum up what has been the most challenging part of virtual lessons as a piano teacher, what…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Keyboard View for Online Lessons
I’ve got my phone mounted over my keyboard as a camera with the lens facing down at the keyboard (camera view, not selfie view) and Zoom will NOT display the view horizontally! Instead it’s a vertical view only in the meeting. When I try to…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Setup for Online Lessons
For any teachers that are wanting a more thorough way to explain setup direction/instructions to students, I created a video tutorial series as a well as a guide. You can see it at the link below. Feel free to use it or duplicate it how…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Studio Setup
My husband said, “What do you want in this room for your piano studio?” Where do I start? In this day and age, also lots of electrical outlets. And a whiteboard – easel style or one that can be mounted onto a wall (or even…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Studio Name
Has anyone had issues with choosing a studio name? I just did a Google search for my chosen name, and there’s nothing by that name coming up. Someone has a studio several hours drive away with that name, and there’s also at least one in…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Setting up an in-home studio
I just moved and am building my studio from nothing again. For those who do an in-home studio, how do you set it up in your house? What kind of chairs do you use? I got folding chairs at Office Depot on the after Thanksgiving…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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New Teachers and Relationship Conversation
I’ve been having more attrition than I’m used to among students. Two, I think, are a temporary hiatus, and two others were over-committed in their lives and needed to rearrange something. I know I can’t take it personally when a student decides to leave, but…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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