the Price of Music Lessons

Lessons and understanding of music, emphasizing learning to read music, as well as follow along to sheet music instrumentally via recorder, clapping, or piano basics.

This was a great class to take. It lasted eight weeks, and met twice a week, and was a great beginner class for people looking to learn about music in the first place, or people who used to be musically involved in the past and who need a refresher course. I was active in music and band when I was in grade school, and over the past twenty years have forgotten how to read and play music. It was a perfect refresher course, though I am not sure I will be breaking out my flute or sax anytime in the near future! We were instructed through use of a recorder (just like third grade!), to learn the basics, timing, and how to finger the specific notes displayed on sheet music. It was a lot of fun, but certainly won't be producing any musical prodigies--mostly designed as a fun diversion for adults, or the basics for kids.

Don't expect to come out of a beginning class like this able to play a concerto on the piano. It will give the very basics of 4:4 timing, and how to understand sheet music written on a treble cleff, but not much more than that.