Thinking of Eason's online tuition.

[edcat7]

My erhu teacher has retired to China and am thinking of having online tuition by Eason.

It's been three years since I've played the erhu and my strings are in a bad way. Should I practise as much as I should before I start tuition or dive head first and start tuition straight away?

Ed

[edcat7]

SW replied after a lengthy delay and then another lengthy delay. £Gbp 2000 is a tidy sum to spend on tuition a year.

I'm using a metronome for all my self taught exercises, something I wished I had done when I started with my previous teacher.

[paulv]

Ed,

I've always used a metronome to practice with and still use it now with my jinghu practicing regardless of how familiar the song is.

Regarding your previous post, I would suggest you start practicing all the scales for all the keys for all the positions (quarter notes are good enough, no need to get fancy)

Start with D in 1st position, then G....

Regards

paul...

[edcat7]

I just had my first lesson and I enjoyed it very much, there were no language problems I had with my previous teacher. I felt that my new teacher is pushing (gently encouraging) me to levels I'm not ready for. To me it makes sense to concentrate on one key at a time, whereas she's saying "Ok now G, what about F?"

We started on Liang Xiao which made my eyes pop out.

Ed

[edcat7]

I heartily recommend Eason's on-line tutors for those who are unable to find a face-to-face tutor. Since I've had previous erhu tuition my teacher places great emphasis on shaping the music rather than just playing the notes.

Ed