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Editorial note: a teacher was concerned about setting tuition rates so as to do better than merely covering expenses. It generated the following discussion. I am a new Simply Music teacher, but before I taught simply music I was in a very similar situation to…

• Last updated 12 months ago
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Ideas that can help streamline Online lessons you use? When your student is playing and you need them to stop, instead of shouting, use a percussion instrument. This can be fun, incorporating music instrument, saving your voice and for the student to not feel they…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I would like a good response to “How much do you charge for piano lessons?”‘ From my experience, people that lead with price are not really serious about lessons. They are discount shopping and don’t know anything about Simply Music. They probably don’t know exactly…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I have struggled with this alot. Half of my students are in Private Lessons but paying Shared Lesson rates, as I don’t have someone to partner them with. What I need to do is cut down the lesson time by 5 minutes as I resent…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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Anyone ever run into this problem of an experienced player who doesn’t fit into a group because of how much more quickly he’s going through curriculum. He’s had 5 lessons, he’s at the middle of level 3, through the accomp. book, processed most of accompaniment…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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Can any other teachers offer any thoughts for integrating shared lessons and how to structure pricing? First of all, I’m in a small studio in a music store so space is the biggest issue! I could accommodate two or three students at most! I currently…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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I believe Neil has done a great job setting up the reasons for why you should charge more than the going rate. The psychology of paying more for something clearly says, “This is better.” But we all know this is better. On occasions, I have…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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Hi all– I still consider myself newly licensed (three months+/-) and have about six to seven students that have transitioned or are going to, and a group of six to seven starting soon. Yes, I am pretty excited! I do have a question, though. There…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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