Online Zoom Lessons

Zoom lessons are a great substitute for face to face lessons in many circumstances

Advantages of Online Zoom Lessons

• You don't have to live within travelling distance of my physical location
• You can record the lesson and refer to it while practicing
• You don't have to leave home
• If you're sick you can still have your lesson
• COVID-19 restrictions won't stop our lessons
• You get electronic copies of learning material to keep forever

Disadvantages of Online Zoom Lessons

• There is a slight delay, therefore we cannot play at the same time 
• Unflattering camera angles - We're probably both better looking in real life!
• Requires more prep for tutor
• The sound quality is not as good as real life (but we can improve the audio quality with a few minor tweaks in Zoom's settings).

Zoom Download and Setup

Zoom is FREE! It can be installed on phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers. To download on Apple or Android devices, open the App/Play store on your device and search for Zoom. Apple or Windows computers, please visit https://zoom.us/download and download "Zoom Client for Meetings".

Setting up is easy! You'll need to use a pair of headphones during lessons (they don't need to be fancy). If your headphone cable isn't long enough to sit back far enough, Google "Headphone extension cable" and you can pick up a short cable for about $12 (called a 3.5mm stereo plug to 3.5mm stereo socket cable).

During your first Zoom lesson, I will spend 2 minutes instructing you on how to temporarily disable Zoom's noise suppression features (which are good for meetings, but bad for musical instruments!).