HOW TO IDENTIFY A GOOD SINGING TEACHER

Are you aware of what to expect taking the lesson? Would your aim be to learn, understand, improve, develop and be better? Looking for the "right teacher" would be your first step. Unless your aim is just to occupy time then knowing a good teacher from not would be informative.

The purpose of this Blog is to provide you the critical knowledge of who can teach you best and who will waste your time.

What you need to understand first are the elements that a teacher would work on. These elements are the things you bring to the teacher and would be the deciding factor on how long, how fast, how effective your lessons would be. Yes, it's not just depending on the teacher.

1) Talent level - musical ear
2) Voice condition - how you sound
3) Bad habits - what you learn wrongly
4) Confidence - willingness to project your voice

So ask yourself the following questions if you are taking lessons now;

Did your teacher even discuss these elements at the beginning of the lessons?
Did your teacher started the first lesson without assessing your good and bad?
Do they explain and make you understand the lessons or just merely practicing songs?
Are they making you do some theoretical exercises but neglect to connect to your practical singing?

These are the teachers who can't teach!

Not all who claimed they are Singing teachers can actually teach. Some of them can't even do what they preach. Even those who can sing, it is not automatic that they would know how. You will just end up doing more harm than good to your voice.

Here are the following criterias of a good Singing teacher:

1) The teacher must be qualified.
2) A qualified Singing teacher must know how to play piano.
3) A qualified Singing teacher should know how to sing classical songs.
4) The scope of his lesson should be more about using your voice. Not just volume, loudness and range.
5) Teaching is about listening and providing solutions; ask your teacher to expound that.

Improvement should be realize by YOU and not the opinion of your teacher. After all isn't that what he is teaching you? Lessons are more about learning how to hear so you would be able to do it with the song you are practicing, and all the songs you can apply what you have learned. To be a good singer, one must develop and good sense of hearing.

Learn the right way and not just settle for misguided lessons. You deserve better to realize your true potential.