Treble Strings - Treble Strings | Virtual Music Education

Virtual Music Lessons

Close up of a violin bridge also showing portions of the strings, tailpiece, sound holes, fingerboard, and top.

Close up of a viola showing portions of the bridge, strings, tailpiece, fine tuners, sound holes, chin rest, and top.

Close up of a cello showing portions of the bridge, strings, tailpiece, fine tuners, sound holes, and top.

Close up of a piano keyboard showing the A, A Sharp or B Flat, B, C, C Sharp or D Flat, D, D Sharp or E Flat, E, F, F Sharp or G Flat, and G.

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Treble Strings offers virtual music lessons for all ages as well as sheet music and other resources for musicians and parents of young musicians. We teach virtually because we believe it is better for our students.

Why Virtual Lessons Are Better Than Traditional Lessons

Virtual Lessons	Traditional Lessons
The student controls the learning environment, such as temperature and lighting, so discomfort does not become a distraction.	The teacher or a third party controls the learning environment.
There is no physical contact between the teacher and student. The teacher demonstrates and explains and tests the student's understanding.	The teacher physically manipulates the student's body in order to teach proper form, but this can lead to a lack of explanation of why form is important as well as possible injury and exposure to contagious illnesses.
Location is not a limitation.	Location limits the selection of teachers.
Availability is not a limitation.	Availability may be limited when local demand is high and in the case of students with non-traditional schedules.
Local culture is not a limitation.	Students may have difficulty finding a teacher specializing in a particular style that is not popular in their region.
Students can tune and warmup in advance.	Tuning and warming up occur during the lesson, reducing instruction time.
Instruments do not need time to acclimate to the lesson space.	Instruments may go out of tune if the temperature and humidity of the lesson space differs significantly from outside.
Travel is not a factor.	Either the teacher or student or both must travel to the lesson location.
The instrument does not need to be unpacked and repacked.	Storing the instrument in the case for travel means losing instruction time at both the beginning and the end of the lesson.
Lesson notes are much easier to read and access when typed and stored online.	Handwritten notes in a notebook, if notes are taken at all, often lead to confusion on what should be practiced between lessons.
There are no delays between lessons.	Lessons are often delayed due to the transition between students.
Students gain experience with recording and live sound as a necessary component of virtual lessons.	Recitals typically involve several students performing short pieces without amplification, so students have no need or opportunity to learn about such things.