Are you Making this Critical Mistake in Choosing your First Piano Teacher? (I Used to Think the Same Way)

Is your son ready to start piano lessons? He’s shown interest in music, he’s exploring the piano/keyboard at home, he’s got friends taking piano lessons and you want to find a piano teacher for him.

Here it is, #1 mistake parents make choosing their children’s first piano teacher: play well = teach well.

It’s so easy to make this mistake I used to think the same thing. Here was my checklist for why I’d be a great piano teacher back in college:

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Not so fast young grasshopper. The graduate program in piano pedagogy opened my eyes to just how much there is to teaching piano. 

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