The teacher isn’t there to teach - you could do that on your own with enough time and energy. The teacher is there to preserve your passion by making sure you d

The teacher isn’t there to teach - you could do that on your own with enough time and energy. The teacher is there to preserve your passion by making sure you don’t get bogged down in easily-fixable troughs. They will hopefully have knowledge of music such that you’re always excited to play something new rather than feeling like you have to dig through a composer’s works to find something worthwhile. They provide accountability for your practice and validation for when you do well. Ideally, you should use yourself as a guinea pig to test out the teachers in your city to find one that’s best for your kids. In reality, dumping your two-year-old on your wife to do that sucks for both of you. Your local music shop can help steer you away from teachers with bad reputations in your city. https://youtube.com/@cedarvillemusic?si=BiZ9tF9fYcEkxcMw https://youtube.com/@cedarvillemusic?si=BiZ9tF9fYcEkxcMw This guy has thorough answers to questions no one wants to ask (e.g. Are my hands too small? What if I’m playing for others and I forget how the piece goes? Why does improvisation feel impossible to understand? How long should I practice? Should my hands hurt?). https://web.archive.org/web/20200118023642/https://howmusicworks.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200118023642/https://howmusicw... This is the best explanation of music theory I’ve found and I’ve looked everywhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/wiki/core/modes/ https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/wiki/core/modes/ The FAQ on the music theory Reddit has answers to questions that are largely impossible to find elsewhere. “What are modes?” is one of those questions.