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dinulip

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Teaching Piano... on Skype!

on: March 06, 2019, 04:03:01 PM

Does anyone here have experience teaching piano on Skype? One of my favourite students, who is 10 years old, is moving back to India, and we are considering this option... I would like to know how this works...

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0range

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Re: Teaching Piano... on Skype!

Reply #1 on: June 29, 2019, 03:48:39 PM

I have not taught, but learned piano over Skype, I moved away from my teacher and carried on for a time via Skype. (Oh, I wonder if I was one of the favorites? $:-\$ Hehe)

As far as Skype, it largely depends on what sort of access to technology you both have, how tech savvy you are, and network conditions between you. I can't recall ever making a call to India, but frequently to China (from the US) for business and sometimes it was crystal clear, sometimes it was unusable. I sometimes would use GMail or Discord's video streaming service, but in general they all seemed to suffer the same condition.

The teaching seemed nearly as effective as when I was in person, although I would much prefer to have lessons in person.

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