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How to Prepare for Your First Online Piano Lesson

Beginner piano player taking a free trial online piano lesson at home

We asked our piano teachers at Lessonface to help advise students on how to prepare for lessons and share their best tips for playing the piano.

Getting Started with Online Guitar Lessons

Learning how to play the guitar using zoom for live online lessons with lessonface teacher

Learn how to get started for live online guitar classes with Lessonface guitar teachers. Get the facts on best online lessons tips for beginners to advanced players who want to enjoy learning how to play with teachers from around the world that is not only convenient but also affordable. Learn classic, jazz, flamingo, bass, blues, electric, acoustic guitar is easy to find the right teacher for you when you can begin with a free trial lesson to find the perfect fit.

Flash Cards for Learning to Read Music - Free to Download and Print

Learn how to read music with free printable flash cards

Online music lessons for piano and guitar can be enhanced with learning to recognize the musical notes. Musical flashcards are ideal for beginner piano, guitar and all students who are new learners wishing to increase their reading fluency. Learn the notes to play your instrument better with simple and easy to use music flashcards, free from Lessonface. Learning the notes will help improve your sight reading and enhance your online lessons.

Be An Astronaut

campers showing how to be an astronaut lessonface version

With the help of two teachers, twenty-five talented musicians learned Declan McKenna's "Be An Astronaut," the single from his upcoming album Zeros, via Lessonface this summer. This is the result!
 

Meet Your Music Teacher

Meet Your Online Music Teacher at Lessonface

The incredible roster of teaching talent that can be booked for online lessons at Lessonface may be a bit overwhelming at times. While you can easily filter, read bios, watch profile videos of past performances, and check out student reviews, it may still feel a little difficult to have a sense of what your teacher will be like in a lesson.

Teacher Innovations: Orchestras, Master Classes, Camps, and More

Lessonface Group Classes

Orchestras, camps, master classes, lessons, classes: There are more and more options for live, truly interactive online music and language learning going on here at Lessonface, and we have to salute the teachers who are coming up with their own concepts, as well as those who are rolling with ours and making them their own!

A Big Thanks to the LA Times

In this recent unprecedented time, we on team Lessonface have been more proud than ever of the phenomenal teacher community here, who have been taking on wave after wave of new students with their usual grace, style, and professionalism, not to mention teaching acumen.

Lessonface Recital and Our Commitment to the Community

Lessonface's 3rd annual spring recital a success

A huge bravo to all of the excellent performers in last night's third annual Spring Recital, our biggest and I daresay our best one yet! We heard from guitarists, violinists, vocalists, ukulele players, flutists, songwriters, and pianists. It's really inspiring to see and hear the results of the students' and teachers' hard work, especially in those students we have been seeing for multiple recitals over the years! 

Why Quarantine is a Great Time for Writing

Why Quarantine is a Great Time for Writing

Dorothy Parker once said “I hate writing, I love having written.” Writing can be difficult for many reasons, but one of the most common inhibitors is trouble focusing. There is a reason the old cliche of the novelist living in the woods exists. But the truth is, the optimal setting and conditions for writing are different for everyone. Some writers prefer absolute silence (try earplugs if this is you and you live in a noisy apartment building or neighborhood), while others listen to music or relaxing soundscapes as they write.

Tips and Resources for New Lessonface Teachers

Lessonface has reached a huge milestone - we now have 1000 teachers on the platform in all sorts of music and language subjects!  Online lessons are a critical tool in continuing education during widespread shelter-in-place measures.  It’s exciting to watch our community grow and be able to provide such an important service to students all over the world.

For newcomers to the online teaching format, here are some tips to ease the transition, get comfortable with the Lessonface and Zoom platforms, and attract new students to your profile. 

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