For people who are looking for keyboard teaching, they tend to have an impression that keyboard can only be taught in person. This is a big misconception with the online courses available these days, and while there is nothing wrong with learning to play the keyboard from a private instructor, there are some serious disadvantages that you need to consider first.

1. Expensive

Offline keyboard teaching with group classes or private instructors are extremely costly. The current rate is $30 an hour for group lessons and $100 an hour for one-on-one classes. No matter how attentive or talented your keyboard teacher is, it is still impossible to learn the keyboard just by attending a few lessons.

Doing some simple mathematics, if you have 2 hours of private lessons a week for the whole year, you will need to invest a sizeable $10,400 into learning the keyboard annually. In light of the current economy, it is really not advisable for anyone to spend so much when there are alternatives.

2. Rigid

The biggest problem with keyboard teaching offline is that all the instructors have to fix their schedules beforehand. You will certainly not be able to postpone group lessons should you have any last minute engagements, and even private instructors will find it hard to compromise their own schedules to conduct a make-up class for you. Basically, keyboard teaching offline all operate around prior commitments, making it very inflexible that way.

3. Old Methods

While this does not apply to everyone, but some keyboard teachers in the offline world are still using the methods which they learnt from years ago.

This is the reason why students can sometimes associate keyboard learning to monotonous and boring. Keyboard teaching should be innovative and fun so that it encourages learning, but many teachers prefer sticking to templates passed down to them and are not willing to go out of the way to inject any excitement.

Keyboard teaching offline, of course, still has certain benefits to it, such as real time engagement between the teachers and the students. However, it is important for you to weigh both the pros and cons of learning offline in order to make the most appropriate decision for your music education.