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Choosing the Right Violin Teacher << prev | next >> Jonathan Kim  Cleveland area instructor  and violinist/violist Tips on the search: 1. Trial lessons never hurt if they are available. 2. Ask current and past students of the teacher for info. 3. Don't judge by the hourly rate of the lesson. Great teachers can be very affordable and expensive teachers can be the worst. 4. Never go by qualifications alone. There are famous recording artists that do not know where to begin when it comes to teaching. 5. Watch the teachers students perform if possible. Once you've picked one, these are some good qualities that should begin to appear in the teacher: 1. Criticism: Make sure your teacher is criticizing you to the death on technique. You must be able to develop an inner discipline almost to the point where you hear voices in your head telling you what you are doing wrong before the teacher says anything. The teacher's job is to make themself obsolete. 2. Motivation: The teacher should set goals for you and be very active in helping you to want to succeed and go to the next step. It should never feel like things are slowing down. If you've been with a teacher too long, you will know when things are becoming dull and not so fresh anymore. DO NOT however, confuse this with your own responsibility as a student to practice and work very hard. If you are being lazy, the teacher has no choice and cannot move any further. 3. Improvement: Are you relaxed? Are the notes easier to hit? Do you have a bigger and fuller sound? Is the violin easier to play? You must observe yourself as you move along. There is no one school of violin playing. There are many ways to approach different problems and every body is different which will create different acceptable approaches to technique. Make sure the teacher is flexible in this area to achieve the most improvement for you. These qualities should become evident within the first couples of lessons. Just remember, RELAXED technique, constant criticism, steady improvement, and motivation. The violin is extremely difficult and the early years of playing never sound good. The teacher has the responsibility to try his/her best to make it worth the hard work by making things fun every week. Contents 1. VOICE/SINGING Teacher 2. KEYBOARD Teacher 3. VOCAL Instructor 4. SINGER/SONGWRITER Teacher 5. VIOLIN Teacher 6. SINGING Teacher 7. PIANO Teacher 8. PIANO Teacher 9. FLUTE Teacher 10. GUITAR Teacher 11. VOCAL Coach