Yes. If you would prefer a lesson delivered over the Internet, I can provide such lessons using Zoom, Skype, Google Hangouts or whichever online video meeting service you prefer.
Preparatory Setup Before the Lesson
- Please note that we will need to keep to a regular lesson time.
- At least one day before your first lesson, I will need you to send me:
- If using Zoom: Your email address so that I can send you the meeting link
- If using Skype: The email address associated with your Skype account and your Skype account ID. (Apparently the email route is more reliable).
- If using Google Hangouts: Your GMail address so that I can send you the meeting link
- If possible, but it isn’t essential, please take a clear photograph of each page of the music sheets you are using and email them to me, ideally as multiple attachments in a single email.
- Ideally ensure that you have headphones or earbuds available to avoid feedback.
For The Lesson Itself
- Please ensure that there isn’t a significant amount of background noise in your location.
- Please have everything setup and ready in good time, by 5 minutes before the start of the lesson. I will try to start as promptly as possible but the previous lesson may run on for a minute or so, as it can do normally when having face-to-face lessons.
- It is best if you wait for me to call you at the start of a lesson. Trying to contact each other at the same time will cause confusion. Please note that when I set you up as a contact for either Skype or Google Hangouts, your Skype/GMail Hangouts will prompt you to ask if you are willing to connect with me. Just click your approval to start the conversation. On subsequent occasions this approval prompt won’t be necessary.
- Headphones/earbuds apparently help avoid feedback but are not essential.
- Please set up your webcam/laptop to give as clear a view of your keyboard as possible, ideally a view along the keyboard from slightly above the level of the keyboard.