Piano lessons in Amarillo
One to one piano, half an hour or a full hour, every week in downtown Amarillo. Two teachers, beginner to intermediate, and a first lesson that ends with you playing something.
The short answers
- How much are piano lessons in Amarillo?
- $50 for an hour and $30 for a half hour, once a week, with all materials included and no signup fee.
- Where can my 7 year old learn piano in Amarillo?
- Here, at 818 SW 7th Avenue in downtown Amarillo. We do not publish a minimum age, so put their age on the signup form and we will tell you honestly whether to start now or wait a year. For a child that age the half hour is usually the right lesson rather than the hour.
- Who teaches piano?
- Grant Fithen and CJ Carter. Grant has a bachelor’s degree in music industry and an associate’s degree in music. CJ teaches piano from beginner to intermediate.
- Do I need a piano at home?
- You need something to practice on between lessons, and a keyboard is a fine place to start. Say what you have on the signup form, or say that you have nothing yet, and we will tell you what to get before the first lesson.
- When are piano lessons?
- Monday to Thursday, 9:00am to 7:00pm, at the same time every week, by appointment.
How far piano goes here
Beginner to intermediate, and we will say so.
Grant Fithen teaches piano, and so does CJ Carter, from beginner to intermediate. That covers a child starting from nothing, an adult coming back to it after twenty years, and a player who wants to accompany themselves, play in a worship band or work out the songs they already love.
What it does not cover is a student already working through graded classical repertoire for an exam. If that is you, say so when you sign up and we will tell you straight whether this is the right room, rather than take a month of your money finding out.
Your first four lessons
The piano plan itself is written for the student rather than taken out of a book, so what is set in advance is not the repertoire. It is this.
Lesson one
You are greeted by name, and so is the parent who brought you. You see the bathroom, the waiting area and where a parent can sit. You play something real and recognizable before you leave, even if it is one line of one tune. Posture and hand position start here, not later. You leave with one practice task, small enough that it actually gets done.
Lesson two
Your teacher has read the note from last week before you walk in. The practice task gets checked, and acknowledged whether or not it got done. You build on the same piece, because a beginner has to be able to see the progress rather than take it on trust.
Lesson three
A lesson plan written for you is on file, built toward whatever you said you wanted to play rather than toward the next page of a book.
Lesson four
A parent gets three minutes in person, not a text: here is what they have learned in a month, here is what they are working toward, and have you heard them playing at home. That last one is a real question and the answer tells us whether this is sticking.
If you are booking for a child
A half hour once a week is usually the right lesson for a young beginner, and it is $30. There is something small on the way out for the student and for whichever brother or sister got dragged along, every week, which sounds like nothing and is the reason a seven year old asks to come back.
Parents and brothers and sisters are welcome to wait somewhere comfortable while the lesson runs.
Where to next
Piano is one of nine things taught here. See the full list, the price list or where the studio is. If you want to ask before you book, write to launchpadmusicacademy@gmail.com.
Book your first lesson.
Tell us who is learning, and their age if it is a child, and we will come back within one business day with a teacher and a time.