Preparing for Lessons

“He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.” 
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is the most natural thing in the world to think of lessons as starting at the scheduled time All the more with the convenience of online lessons. However, I’d like to encourage us all to think of these following preparations as part of the lesson, because they certainly deeply affect them, therefore necessitating an earlier start time than when our Zoom session begins:

1). Please tune your guitar ahead of time. I don’t mind helping with this during your lesson, especially if you need help. Otherwise, we will have a more productive session if this is done ahead of time.

2). Please have all your lessons materials. Running to grab a pencil, music or sticker envelope can be distracting to the flow of what we are doing.

3). Please set up your camera angle. It is important to set up your device (laptop, iPad etc) well ahead of time. Please do the following:

• Place yourself centered in the camera view so that both hands are clearly visible (I love to see your smiling faces too!)

• If you are using a tablet or phone, consider getting a tripod stand or something similar for it. Books, shelves ad even music stands don’t allow much adjusting or support.

• Try to avoid having your back to the window (unless shades are drawn).

• Try not to be too far away from the camera, or the computer might not pick up the best audio.

• Here are some example pics (left good, the other not so much : )