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I have had my kids taking piano lessons since Calvin was in third grade. By my estimation that’s almost ten years of piano lessons with three different teachers. Our current piano teacher is the best. She is dedicated, businesslike, punctual and my children have made great progress with her.

Currently she charges about $12.50 per 30 minutes, additional for the sheet music. That comes to a bit over $100 per month for the two boys. Gabe and Sam have been studying with her for about four years.

I really wanted Noah to start this year, but didn’t see a way to swing the additional money I needed to start him. I thought there had to be a way at least get him started!

Then it occurred to me that Sam has been studying for seven years. He is playing advanced pieces and has performance experience. It seems to me that he is more than qualified to get his little brother going on the basics!

So this week Sam dug out the old beginner piano books, and started teaching his little brother. He even gave him some things to practice. Since their first lesson on Monday, Noah has already practiced twice!

There are a couple of benefits to this. First of all, it gives Noah and Sam some special time together and hopefully will build some special memories. With Sam right in the house, he can correct Noah’s errors or bad habits more quickly than waiting between weekly lessons. I think it will also benefit Sam. I think you really learn a lot about your subject or your craft when you have to revisit the fundamentals by teaching someone else. I think Sam is starting to discover that.

When Noah does start formal piano lessons, he will be farther ahead of the game and hopefully will already know a little bit about proper hand position and basic music theory.

Of course it also benefits our family with the saving of weekly piano lessons. I don’t think Sam will teach Noah forever, but for right now this is a good option and better than Noah missing out on learning the piano at all.

Works for me!

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