Is It Possible to Learn Piano, Guitar, or Violin Online?

Many times, we, music teachers are asked by learners, whether it is possible to learn musical instruments like Violin, Piano (Keyboard), and Guitar online and learn them adequately. The answer is Yes, it is absolutely possible and we have been teaching students of all ages since the beginning of the Pandemic with great success. The question shouldn’t be whether offline lessons are better than online lessons, but the question you should ask is whether you have a professional teacher in your area or not. Because, if you have a highly educated Violinist or Pianist in your area, then you may go for offline lessons. But, if you don’t, then you should always go for online lessons, you can learn from one of the best tutors in India in that way. It is the teacher who would make the difference, not the medium.

However, there are certain important points to consider in my opinion before going for online lessons, here follows:

1. The lessons must be one-to-one, and not group classes, at least for the Western Classical musical instruments. Always go for private and one-to-one lessons. No two students are the same and it will require 100% focus of the teacher toward the student in order to have the best result. Also, in online lessons, if there are two students, the teaching duration might get divided between the students as on the Video chat platforms only one stream of sound appears clearly and not two together.
2. The teacher must be well-qualified. For musical performance, qualification might not be needed. But, for teaching, especially Western Classical music, qualification is a must. The teacher should be a minimum Grade-8 pass, a better Diploma, or a Degree in music. This is also very important if you want to appear for the ABRSM or Trinity college examinations.
3. The teacher must be well-equipped with the technical requirements for adequate online lessons. A good device and a good bandwidth connection are very important. Also, lessons are often not clear on WhatsApp, that’s why most professional tutors use Skype, Google Duo, or Microsoft Teams. The same goes for the learners too, a good laptop and around 100mbps bandwidth should work.

Many people in India have been opting for private one-to-one online Western classical music lessons in recent years, click on the instruments below to learn more: