What grade should I teach piano?

You don't technically need any qualifications to teach piano as it's not a regulated profession. However I would say the generally accepted minimum is to have at least a Grade 8 standard of performance, not necessarily a Grade 8 exam certificate but to be able to play at that level.

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Posted 06 April 2013 - 17:11

The short answer: none, private teaching is entirely unregulated and you can teach with any level of qualification (including none at all) so long as you can find students prepared to learn with you. In which case all you need to do is check your home insurance covers you to teach from home and register for tax and national insurance (don't listen to people who say you don't register unless you earn enough to pay tax, you need to register and submit a tax return demonstrating that you don't need pay anything) The long answer: most people round here see Grade 8 as a minimal stepping stone and that one should probably not investigate teaching until Grade 8 is at least on the horizon, as you often don't see what technical errors you have until you are playing really advanced repertoire, and you don't want to pass those errors on. But to a certain extent, your performance grade is nowhere near as important as your ability to teach: Can you break things down easily? Do you have 5 ways of explaining something in case a student doesn't understand the way you put it first time? Do you have a good grasp of beginners' repertoire? Do you know what music you would choose for a beginner 5 year old? A 13 year old? A 55 year old? What you would choose for someone who has never played any instrument before and what you would choose for someone who has played a few instruments before but is learning piano for the first time? Someone who is perhaps fluent in one clef but doesn't know the other one. Will you teach theory alongside practical? If not, where will your students learn their theory? Your communication and organisation skills are probably more important than your playing skills. The Introduction to Teaching course from ABRSM runs at multiple venues around the country and you may find it useful, but I would brace yourself for a lot of negative reactions to the idea of teaching already, it's fairly equivalent to asking if you can become a school teacher as soon as you finish primary school.

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The composer adds these types of instructions to help the musician to portray the mood of the music. A double p, pp, stands for pianissimo, which means "extra quiet." A double f, ff , stands for fortissimo, which means "very loud."

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Dynamic Markings

In music, p stands for the Italian word piano, which means "quiet."

The letter f stands for the Italian word forte, which means "loud."

The composer adds these types of instructions to help the musician to portray the mood of the music.

A double p, pp, stands for pianissimo, which means "extra quiet."

A double f, ff , stands for fortissimo, which means "very loud."

The Italian word crescendo means "becoming gradually louder." The word diminuendo means "becoming gradually quieter." These two markings can also be shown with symbols. A small dot directly above or below the notehead is called a staccato. This tells the musician to play the note very detached, making a quick pop of sound that does not flow into the next note. Warning: a dot added on the side of a notehead makes it longer. A curved line that looks like a smile is a called a slur which instructs to smoothly connect the notes, making the sound flow from one tone into another. An accent mark placed above or below the staff designates an extra weight or emphasis on a particular note.

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