How do home music classes work?

In a home music class, a teacher goes to your place on the agreed day and hour, works with your own instrument and leaves homework for the week. To work you need little: a quiet corner with light, a chair for teacher next to the student, an instrument ready and, if the student's under age, an adult at home.

If you are still deciding between classes at home or online, check [home or virtual classes]](/blog/clases-de-musica-a-domicilio-o-virtuales)Here we tell you how day after day how you have chosen to receive the teacher at home.

To sum up

The teacher works with your instrument and space, so you can correct the chair, atril and posture at the place where you really practice.
No music hall: a quiet corner with light and with no light and an extra chair for the teacher are enough.
Keep the instrument out of the box and the student ready at once and every minute of his or her waiting leave class.
A minor should always have an adult at home, and the ideal thing is that class be in a common space.
The first months are of diagnosis, posture and habits and visible advances come with weekly practice.

How it works, step by step

What are you looking for?: instrument, student age, town area and possible schedules. Can write by WhatsApp or first check the profiles in [teachers directory]](/profes).
They remember faith, day and hour. The home classes are in and around Bogotá and depend on the area and the availability of each teacher.
First class's to get to know each other. The teacher checks the instrument, hears what the student already knows - even if nothing - converts about tastes and aims and starts to work from there.
Weekly classes with monitoring. Each class takes up its previous task, fixes what did not come out and leaves a concrete target for the week.

To get to know the profile of the teacher before his first visit gives peace of mind, especially to families with children: you know who's going to get there, what tools and how old she works.

What space you need at home

That's what makes a difference.

A quiet place, far from the television and people's passage.
That's good light about the instrument and score.
A special chair for teacher, with the student and with his or her face and with his or her face and his or her face: his or her face and his face have to be spotted and shown from his or her face.
A atril, though simple. To read about a table tightens his back.
A place to leave his homework book, always his own.

What to have ready by instrument
Instrumento	What to have ready
Piano or keyboard	A bench at an adjustable height and a keyboard on a firm basis, but not on a bed. If an acoustic piano has been far from tuning, the teacher will tell you: an untuned piano mistrains his ear.
Violin or Violin	Instrument with suitable size, arch with colophenia and free space to the right to move.
Guitar	A chair with no arms and, in classical guitar, a backrest or backrest.
Singing	A climate water, space to stand with comfort and, if there is, a keyboard close by.
Early music education	A clear space on the floor to move, a cover and nothing fragile about.

One advantage of the class at home is that teacher sees the real place where you practice. If the [piano] bench](/clases/piano) It's low, the atril's shaded or the keyboard's in an uncomfortable corner, she'll tell you from the first visit.

punctuality and agenda: how to avoid wasting class minutes

In Bogotá, his teacher calculates traffic but a steelman or a tracksuit can change anything. What's in your hands is that, once I get there, class will start at once.

Keep the instrument out of the box and score at atril before hour.
That the student went to the bathroom and had something to eat and his hands were clear.
If you live in an ensemble or building, notice that the teacher arrives so that you do not lose time at the entrance.
If something changes, call WhatsApp as soon as possible and agree from the start how cancellations are handled.
It holds back the closure: The last minutes are for the task of the week, and they do not cut them to run out to another activity.

The role of family during class

With children, families are part of the process, but they aren't at all ages with them.

3 to 6 years: at [musical initiation]](/clases/iniciacion-musical)sometimes his teacher invites an adult to participate in games and songs. If he doesn't ask, his best will be to be around without interfering.
7 to 12 years: The adult may be in his or her next room with his or her door open. To correct or complete what his or her teacher says during his or her class usually detachment his or her child.
Adolescents: more autonomy but it remains useful to speak with the teacher from time to time about progress and challenges.
Adults: The challenge is for families to respect that time. A class interacted with questions or orders lose its thread.

At the end of the class, ask the teacher for a minute to know what remained of his homework. During the week, your role is to help his practice occur, and to avoid becoming a second teacher. Brothers and pets, better out of his room, unless his class is shared.

Security and confidence

That someone goes into your place and more if there are children, requires confidence. A medio tono Each teacher is evaluated in music, pedagogy and human quality before giving his first class. To that they have good practices that every family should have, whoever his teacher:

With minor age, a responsible adult is always at home during class.
The class is made in a common space, as the living room or studio, or in a room with an open door.
Hours and changes are coordinated with his or her father, his or his mother or his aqueous, and with his or her child.
You know with advance who's coming and you can see his profile.
If something gives you discomfort, you say it right away. A good relationship with teacher is built with clear communication.

What to expect from the first month

The first classes are dedicated to what holds everything else: posture, how to hold up the instrument, pulse and first simple pieces or songs. It's normal that at first it looks as if it's advanced slowly and that's the stage at which habits are formed.

First class: get to know each other, review the instrument and set targets.
First weeks: posture, basic sound and a short practice routine.
Towards the end of the month: The usual thing is to have a very simple piece or song and a clear idea of how to practice at home.

To find out if the teacher is the right one, give him two or three classes before deciding. how to choose music teacher and if there are weeks that the visit isn't possible, look how [combine virtual and at home classes]](/blog/clases-de-musica-hibridas-virtual-y-presencial).

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to have the instrument before first class at home?

The ideal thing is that you do, because it's the instrument with which you will practice throughout the week. If you haven't been with them yet, talk with the teacher before buying: you can get an orientation about how much, how much and what to review.

How much does a home music class cost?

It depends on the format, duration and frequency of the classes. As each case is different, the best thing to write by WhatsApp with the instrument, area and schedule you are looking for.

Do I have to be present during my son's class?

Not necessarily in the same room but at home. With young children, be close to help and with older children, it usually works best to let class flow and talk with teacher at the end.

What if we have to cancel a class at home?

Reg as soon as possible by WhatsApp, thinking that the teacher organizes his moves with time. The conditions to cancel or reprogram should be clear from the start, so that no one will get surprises.