How Often Does One Need To Take Lessons?

What’s the best rhythm for taking music lessons for you? This article will try to help you understand how you can design a good pace for taking music lessons by understanding your own nature

 

Understanding and Discovering Your Own Habits About Learning

Everybody has a different speed in learning and this is a phenomenon that depends on many aspects including our concentration density, experience in practicing and learning a certain field of work and motivation. If it is your very first time learning an instrument it’s pretty natural to notice that basic things might take a lot of time to settle. Or after a certain level of experience it’s also very common to see that noticing a difference in your advancement is not easily obvious and takes even more patience. This does not have anything to do with being ‘talented’ or not, it is more about having a clever and useful design considering your own learning habits and speed.

 

It’s All About Regularity!

When learning to play an instrument or sing it’s important to adjust the amount of information to your comfortable tempo. You don’t want to be overwhelmed with material. But at the same time it’s important to stay motivated and always have fresh things to work on.

Besides finding a teacher, it is also necessary to get in a good practicing flow. This is both the teacher’s and your own responsibility and taking lessons regularly will help you achieve results in a timely manner.

Once you start taking lessons and figuring out your own habits about learning you can start designing with your teacher how often you should take lessons.

 

What Is A Good Time Period To Have Between Each Lesson?

 

Having lessons every other week or even more seldom can be a little tricky. Staying motivated gets more and more difficult with less exposure so less number of lessons in longer time periods usually work only for highly organized and experienced people.

Two weeks is a long time for learning a new skill. Even if you’re planning to practice every day and know your way with the instrument already, it might not be the best option. Eventually you’ll feel that you need more input. And for beginners there’s a good chance that you’ll lose some motivation because you will have less occasions to show you how much you have developed.
A very common time period for taking music lessons is a week. This proves to be a good solution for most people. It’s a long enough time period to plan and adjust a practice routine that can start showing results and short enough to get new input from a teacher to stay motivated. Especially for technical development in your instrument one week is a good period for being reminded of your possible mistakes to not turn them into habits.

 

If you have a background of taking concentrated lessons in a more seldom manner and work on the material on your own in longer terms, you can design your own time period between sessions too. But make sure to ask your teacher to provide you with enough exercises and information to keep you motivated during this time. Also it is always nice to consider how much you can monitor your own development even if you have enough material to work on for longer times.

 

At MyMusicSchool.com the teachers search for a perfect strategy with each individual student. Discover yourself with us and shape your own program with the help of our experienced teachers. We are happy to help you reach best results in your own comfortable pace!

 

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