Tim has been a great teacher, in my opinion. I’ve been working with him for about 7 months, as of the time of this review. I came to him as a beginnerpiano player, 42yrs old - no experience. Although I am considerably below the experience level of many of Tim's other students, he has developed a course method for me to get up to speed on basics. Here’s a list of things I appreciate about Tim’s lessons:
- He’s pretty patient during lessons when I’m not getting something (probably the most critical factor in a teacher)
- He assigns appropriate amount and type of material for my skill level
- He provides good constructive criticism and holds me accountable for working out details in my assignments
- He shows me examples of how things in my assignments could, or should be played
- His ear is pretty incredible…hears notes and calls them out even when not looking at my hands.
- He provides some ear training in lessons
- He clearly knows a large amount of music theory, and is pretty good at explaining it as it relates to lessons
- His rates are reasonable
- His personality is pretty laid back
- When I started I couldn’t play any songs, but I think I have worked through 20 to 25 songs now.
Tim Lyddon piano
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