HairyScaryMark Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Are you starting out with guitar and want a lesson?I am looking for guitar pupils in the Aberdeen area. I am based in Westhill but I could teach in town (this may alter price if I have to pay for room hire). Some teaching studios also have standard rates.My Musical BackgroundI am an 18 year old music student (on the Access to Music Degree Course) at Aberdeen College. I will sit my Grade 8 guitar exam in June along with Grade 6 theory. I am going to start the Teaching Diploma after summer and plan to sit the diploma exam in 14 months time.I also have a knowledge of popular and jazz theory and have attended a Jamie Abersold Jazzwise Summer School. I have also been attending Guitar lessons with George Norval for over 4 years and Piano Lessons with Ian Milne for about 9 years (although I only started practicing piano seriously a couple of years a go). I play a range of styles but specialise in rock lead playing and jazz. I also play some classical and jazz piano.I would like to start teaching beginners and intermediate players.I am planning to study at Leeds College of Music in a couple of years time. CostFirst lesson is free. Subsequent lessons will be around 10 per hour lesson. You are under no obligation to have more than one lesson and 1/2 hour lessons are also available. If you require a lesson in town this may alter the price as a teaching studio will have to be hired. (I am based in Westhill).I will make sure to do plenty of preperation work for all my pupils. Some tasks can be taken from books but a large proportion will be my own material.Contact Informationmobile: 07950 289222email: mark@mark-chalmers.comor send me a message here.--Mark-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairyScaryMark Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I have my own little studio and I am planning to make backing tracks to help my pupils to learn specific techniques and skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delly Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I have 5 year old son and considering some sort of music lessons - would that be too young? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairyScaryMark Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 No age is really too young to start (within reason). Some people will be spectacularly good by the time they reach 8 and J.S Bach composed relatively complex music at the age of 5. I am told Mozart did as well. Most kids who get lessons don't really achieve a high level of playing, but some do. I believe studying music is generally a positive thing. It is not just about being a great player but most people improve much faster when they are older, concentration spans can also be an issue. I will have to ask other music teachers what they teach young children. I already have plenty of ideas but I think it may have to be presented as a sort of game.I started playing piano when I was about 6 years old. I didn't have a particularly good teacher so I stopped for a while and started with a new one who was much better, unfortunately I wasn't motivated to practice, not because the teacher didn't try to motivate me but because I wasn't really that interested in music then. I now am perusing a career in music and this would have never happened for me if I didn't take lessons from a relatively early age. This is just coincidence though.I regret not practicing when I was younger. Everyone told me they regretted not practicing piano when they were younger but this meant nothing to me other than I didn't give it up completely.Also, could you make it out to Westhill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 No age is really too young to start (within reason). Some people will be spectacularly good by the time they reach 8 and J.S Bach composed relatively complex music at the age of 5. I am told Mozart did as well. Most kids who get lessons don't really achieve a high level of playing' date=' but some do. I believe studying music is generally a positive thing. It is not just about being a great player but most people improve much faster when they are older, concentration spans can also be an issue. I will have to ask other music teachers what they teach young children. I already have plenty of ideas but I think it may have to be presented as a sort of game.I started playing piano when I was about 6 years old. I didn't have a particularly good teacher so I stopped for a while and started with a new one who was much better, unfortunately I wasn't motivated to practice, not because the teacher didn't try to motivate me but because I wasn't really that interested in music then. I now am perusing a career in music and this would have never happened for me if I didn't take lessons from a relatively early age. This is just coincidence though.I regret not practicing when I was younger. Everyone told me they regretted not practicing piano when they were younger but this meant nothing to me other than I didn't give it up completely.Also, could you make it out to Westhill?[/quote']No offence, but that waffle doesn't exactly inspire confidence that you know what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666 Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 No offence' date=' but that waffle doesn't exactly inspire confidence that you know what you're talking about.[/quote']i was thinking along the same lines. but he is quite young to be able to teach music (not that he can't), or is there no restriction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paime Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 grow up lads! Just because he is young doesn't mean that he cant teach. I know two other young music teachers - one plays violin and the other piano and they're pretty damn good. And also, HairyScaryMark probably knows more about music than you two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairyScaryMark Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I don't have any pupils so far. I have a fairly clear idea of the sort of things to teach older players but I am not so sure about very young ones. I plan to research this. They will essentially have to learn the same things but the ways in which they are presented will probably have to be differnet.Teaching young has advantages and disadvantages. It often means you remember how you learnt many of the things you teach, as they will have entered your brain recently. This can have benefits while explaining things to pupils, the disadvantage will be my lack of experience and it goes without saying that I will have to get some pupils before I will have any experience.There is no legal requirements for private instrumental tutors to be of any age of have any qualifications. I however am going to do the course 'teaching diploma' after summer. This course is largely made up of exams from external bodies such as London College Guitar Teaching Diploma and accociated board of music grade 8 music theory. Grade 5 music theory and grade 8 performing (a step below teaching diploma) is what is required for entry for the top music colleges in the UK. They usually also require an audition. I believe I am qualified enough to teach beginners.Mozart and Beethoven are examples of people who were exceptional musicians at early ages. There are many modern examples but I can only provide one as an example (in video below).Mozart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MozartBeethoven http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven8 year old playing racer X tunes http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4628046460703829608&q=8+year+old+racer+x&pl=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairyScaryMark Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Also thought this was quite interesting.http://www.bbc.co.uk/musc/parents/features/starting_young.shtmland this http://www.suzukimusic.org.au/phil.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie suvara Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 grow up lads! Just because he is young doesn't mean that he cant teach. I know two other young music teachers - one plays violin and the other piano and they're pretty damn good. And also' date=' HairyScaryMark probably knows more about music than you two.[/quote'] I don't think 666 or Frosty Jack were implying that HairyScary Mark can't teach, but rather that his blurb (it is a technical term) wouldn't inspire that much confidence in potential customersI can't speak for 666, but I know for a fact that Frosty Jack knows at least as much about music as HairyScaryMark, if not more.RegardsFlossie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairyScaryMark Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I am not going to make claims about being the best guitar teacher in the world becuase that would be untrue and nobody would believe it.I try to put across a balanced view so the reader can form their own opinions. I am not a professional writer, just a music student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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