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Haniell L.
Friendly music sessions tailored to you!
£60/per hour
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5 years experience
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If you understand music, you can enjoy it!
You love your favourite pieces of music - but there’s probably a lot of music that you don’t like.
Whether you know it or not, you understand the music you love, just like you understand what someone is saying in English. Well, you can learn to understand other music - jazz, baroque classical, Indian music, anything! - and once you understand it, you might find you love what it has to say.
Let’s discover some surprising new favourites!
There's lots of mystery surrounding music - why does that bit of your favourite song make your hair stand up on end? Why are some songs good for dancing and others make you feel sad? What on earth is 'free jazz'?? Well, none of these questions need to go unanswered - we can explore them together.
Hi, my name is Haniell. I'm 28 years old and I love music! It became my favourite subject at school when I was taking my GCSEs, and I carried on studying it - eventually I got an MA in Musicology from King's College London. I started playing music 20 years ago, and I play guitar, piano, bass, I sing and I write my own music.
I really enjoy talking to people who are interesting in learning more about music. Whatever you want to know - whatever questions you have about music, whatever you don't understand, whatever fascinates you - I want to know, and we can talk and learn about it.
I can help with GCSE, A-level and undergraduate courses in music theory, history and composition. The syllabuses you're working through can sometimes be intimidating, but they don't need to be. Whatever you're curious about, we can start there, and pick up all you need to learn along the way. I believe that feeling of curiosity is the best place to start when you're trying to learn something new. Together, we can put together an approach tailored to you - something that, understandably, your teachers and lecturers don't have time for.
GCSE and iGCSE:
AQA, OCR, Eduqas/WJEC, Edexcel/Pearson, Cambridge.
AS and A-level:
AQA, OCR, Eduqas/WJEC, Edexcel/Pearson.
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Yuval S.
Encouraging, Engaging, Motivating
£50/per hour
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600+Lessons completed
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12 years experience
Degree educated
With over 12 years of experience in teaching, I have worked with students of all levels, including those with special learning needs such as visual impairments, ADD, dyslexia and more.
My approach is patient, enthusiastic, and relatable, ensuring that lessons are both enjoyable and effective.
I have a strong track record of helping students achieve outstanding results, with some progressing from predicted Level 4/5 to Level 8/9 in GCSE Maths within just two months.
Many of my students have also gained admission into prestigious schools, including Latymer, City of London, HABS, and NLCG.
Despite my academic background being in music—earning a First-Class BMus (Hons) from City University London, followed by postgraduate at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MMus Perf) and a second MMus qualification from Goldsmiths University, London - my specialism in tutoring remains in Maths.
I aim to teach in an adaptable and accessible way, inspiring students to love learning in the way that is right for them. The most important thing for me as a teacher is that my students are enjoying themselves whilst learning and working hard to overcome challenges they may face.
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Emma S.
Engaging and enthusiastic tutor
£50/per hour
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500+Lessons completed
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10 years experience
Degree educated
I am determined to deliver an excellent education to my students. I see every student as an individual and believe it is my responsibility to provide a learning environment where every student can thrive and flourish. Having studied at Durham University and with 10 years teaching experience, I have excellent subject knowledge and a thorough understanding of the British Curriculum. I have taught GCSE, BTEC and A Level specifications and have always seen my students achieve excellent results, with classes regularly achieving 100% A*-C and with students being awarded grades beyond their predictions. I have worked in the UK and overseas and feel confident delivering lessons to students around the world. I am reflective, aspirational and aim to inspire students everyday.
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Penelope C.
Reflective, person-centred practice
£60/per hour
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500+Lessons completed
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10 years experience
Degree educated
I am a qualified academic and practical musician, and English tutor. I specialise in SEN.
I have proven results, with my students averaging an increase of two grade boundaries and 100% achieving A*-B results.
My academic background means that I enjoy teaching the theoretical side of music alongside practical music making - and ensure good grades are obtained at primary level, through to GCSE and A Level.
I have experience teaching and leading in a range of settings, from one-to-one instrument lessons to group coaching to sectional conducting. This has taken place privately, in a prestigious public school and with the BBC Proms (among others).
I offer rehearsal and recital accompaniment and coaching, as well as performance exams preparation sessions covering aural and sight-reading tests.
I am also available for proof reading or editing of essays, UCAS applications and job applications.
I am an enthusiastic, young tutor and have experience working with people of all ages and abilities. I enter at the student's level and create engaging content to encourage rapid progression.
I am personable and patient with an understanding, and personal experience of, additional needs - with proven effective strategies.
I believe it is my duty as an artistic citizen to contribute to the provision of arts and humanities education, and I love working with students to provide them with the tools to enable them to achieve their goals.
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Joseph S.
Experienced and dynamic music teacher
£60/per hour
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600+Lessons completed
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12 years experience
Degree educated
I am a professional music teacher, performer and writer based in St Albans. I teach music history, theory, musicianship, analysis and university preparation at the Purcell School, the oldest specialist music school in the UK. In addition, I hold a doctoral fellowship in Musicology at the Juilliard School, New York City. I focus on fostering enthusiasm for the craft of music in all students, irrespective of age or ability. My experience ranges from teaching near-beginners to advanced/undergraduate level. For my younger/lower-level students I create a rounded, multi-faceted approach that focuses on accessibility, discovery and freedom, treating every musical skill as feeding into one another, rather than being treated as discrete elements.
With my advanced students I encourage them to penetrate deeper into the music that they are studying; to consider and discover aspects of music history and context; to broaden their listening and musical experiences to include a variety of different genres and styles. Whether the student be at a beginner or advanced level, I try to tailor the programme and pace of study holistically to each student's needs, rather than being governed by examination schedules and syllabi. If my students show an interest in a particular style, genre, composer or artist, or perhaps if I believe that a specific piece, melody or song will most effectively open the door to a new topic or area of study, I will try to incorporate those into my tuition.
Being a tutor requires a high level of organisation and time management, and I rigorously apply these principles to every aspect of my professional life. Keeping detailed records of a pupil's progress and trajectory is very important, as is maintaining active lines of communication via the relevant procedures.
After graduating from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University with a Double First Class degree in Music, I undertook postgraduate study in Clarinet Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with highest honours and the prestigious DipRAM.
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Leon C.
Putting learning before teaching
£80/per hour
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1250+Lessons completed
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25 years experience
Degree educated
People tell me I come over as a friendly, intelligent, supportive tutor who helps students fulfil their potential. I have nearly 30 years' experience tutoring and teaching learners of all ages, from kindergarten to adult education; in sixth form colleges and on graduate courses, in state, private and home schooling environments.
Unlike many recent graduates who take up tutoring, I don't do it as a stopgap to pay off a student loan. For me, it is a passion. I love what I do - and bring a wealth of experience and creative strategies to the learning environment. My approach is based on an integrated approach to the liberal arts, particularly the Trivium of Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric.
I firmly believe in a sound foundation of logic, grammar and rhetoric as the basis for a disciplined approach to developing understanding, wisdom and enlightenment. And I encourage learning through the nurturing of natural inquisitiveness, confidence building, developing an eagerness for discovery. I take a holistic approach to dealing with students who appear unmotivated to learn, or have been put off learning by uninspiring teachers.
I have several teaching qualifications, but the main core of my teaching is my integrated liberal arts approach.
I am a parent as well as an educationalist and understand the frustrations parents sometimes have with an increasingly regimented schooling system, as well as the challenges that teachers face within that system. I aim to provide practical solutions that empower children to cope with learning both within and without the school environment.
My approach is rooted in sound educational practice, has grown through a wealth of experience and is nurtured with a good dose of common sense. It is organic and constantly evolving.
My key specialist subjects are English which I cover to degree level and Reasoning, based on Classical Logic. I also cover Maths up to GCSE level, and have also tutored students at KS2 and KS3 levels in Essay-based subjects such as History, Geography, and Social Studies and provided revision support for students across subjects for Common Entrance.
I have built a reputation for helping students achieve offers from top schools such as Eton, Westminster, Winchester, and others.
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Jacqueline L.
Law student fluent in Chinese
£40/per hour
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100+Lessons completed
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2 years experience
Degree educated
I have recently completed my penultimate year of Law at the London School of Economics. I have been tutoring for university admissions for Law, including the LNAT and personal statements for over a year. I am also open to any interview coaching required. Lessons will be based around the student's needs and goals, and we will sit down and tailor a programme during our first few meetings. Sessions will be conversational and you will be pushed to think and defend your own views!
I am fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, and am passionate about teaching these subjects. First few sessions will be an assessment of your current level, and we will go from there.
I also have diploma-level experience in Music and A-level experience in Music theory.
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Kirsty R.
Passionate Music and Maths Tutor
£40/per hour
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300+Lessons completed
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6 years experience
Degree educated
Over my A-levels and gap year I worked face-to-face with many GCSE maths students (and a few younger) and lots of beginner, up to grade 5, piano students. I aim to be as enthusiastic and relatable as possible, as these subjects are the things I enjoy most and would love to see young people enjoy them as well, not just attempt to stay afloat. My absolute favorite parts of my subjects are algebra, which understandably is a struggling point for many young people, and in regards to music, that of musical theory and history, which I do try to incorporate a little of in my instrumental lessons as well.
I also aim to help students with learning disabilities to overcome challenges as a result, and also to help them understand and incorporate the benefits of their neurodiversity. I myself have dyslexia, and am currently studying aspects of how dyslexics learn and memorize music. I have taught several students with dyslexia (and other learning disabilities), and hope to share strategies for coping with it, but also how it can actually help students in other aspects of education and life.
My teaching style
Maths - Firstly, every student is different, so in the first session I ask what the student struggles with the most, what they enjoy and how they prefer to learn (visually, practically, through theory or an example first etc). If they’re not too sure, I work through a range of questions with them, from a broad range of topics to establish their strengths, weaknesses and how they engage with problems. In subsequent lessons I prepare a topic to cover (or part of one), working through the theory by building up from important basics up to more complex questions and problem solving, working through questions together and then by themselves. I always ask at the beginning of sessions, however, if there is anything they struggled with during the week, at school or in homework, and cover that first if possible. If it is a bigger issue, meaning the basics of the topic are not yet understood, I plan a full lesson for a subsequent session.
I have worked with many maths students, particularly at KS3 and GCSE level, and found this layout to be very successful (for both results and confidence in mathematical problem solving) and also encourages openness between myself and the student in terms of asking questions, discussing topics they find complex, and speaking up when they don’t understand something. In my experience, many students struggle with the principles of algebra and fractions, which have been rushed through when they were younger but form the basis of a lot of higher level maths. Once these topics are covered thoroughly, many students, I have found, are able to comprehend the rest of the course with considerably more ease.
It was not too long ago that I sat these examinations myself, so I’m very familiar with what the exams include and how they expect the questions to be answered - of course every school and exam board is slightly different so I keep up to date with changes in exam board specifications. For younger students I ask to see if there is a year curriculum that has been handed out to the students, which there usually is, and if not we work through all the standard topics which are pretty much universal.
Music - All lessons are different depending on the standard of the student and how they respond to different teaching methods. For beginners, I incorporate learning music notation as well as some learning by ear. As they grow with confidence with the notes and basic sight-reading and aural skills, I split the lessons into a fun warm up, where we might play through a short piece or they show me something they’ve enjoyed practicing that week, then some technical skills, such as scales, arpeggios, breath control etc, then work on pieces they’re learning, then finally a play through to finish and recap what we’ve learned that session. This lesson layout I generally keep with for more advanced students as well, although this depends on what they are working toward, be it exams, a recital, solo or group performance etc.
I do not necessarily expect all my students to take ABRSM or other music exams if they do not want to, as it is not always helpful to the students in terms of what they want to be learning, and is in no way necessary. Often students want to do them, and I will have a conversation with parents and the student to establish what is best for them. I more encourage performances and finding what they love. The exams can be useful for UCAS and general experience, so I do not discourage taking them and am very familiar with the layout, having taken many and accompanied a few myself.
I have taught from beginners, both children and adults, through to more advanced students performing regularly and guided them through exams, performance techniques, and some people starting to explore composition for their instrument. Some of the biggest difficulties that arise are students not being able to read music, which is imperative for exams and playing in (particularly classical and jazz) ensembles, so experience has taught me to really cover some theoretical and technical aspects every lesson, as well as the practical side.
Most importantly I want to ensure my students engage with their studies in a positive way, and develop their own interests within the subject.
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Helen
Qualified classroom teacher
£40/per hour
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8 years experience
Degree educated
BMus (hons) from Edinburgh University and PGCE in Secondary Music (QTS). TEFL qualified.
Passionate about education with over 8 years of experience in classrooms teaching Music up to A Level and a further 4 years of one-to-one teaching, including piano lessons, music theory and English as a foreign language and 11+. Have taught in state and selective independent schools. Comfortable teaching in a range of online settings. Track record of success in exam results.
Personalised style to suit my students' needs and exam targets. We will focus on key knowledge, skills and exam technique.
Please get in contact with any questions about working together.
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Daniele F.
Your Goal is My Goal
£40/per hour
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1000+Lessons completed
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20 years experience
Degree educated
I Began studying music at the age of 8, I’ve started first with classical music achieving a Piano Bachelor with the highest marks of the session.
During my studies besides Classical Music I've been focusing my interest and enthusiasm on jazz music.
Until today I've worked as Classical and jazz Pianist, composer and session musician in Europe, USA and UK.
I’ve always been teaching privately classical and jazz music, Theory, Harmony, composition and improvisation.
I’ve started teaching to my students my own idea of music and my personal approach with the instrument, trying always to encourage and stimulate their own musical unicity as I have done and I still do with myself.
I believe that any teacher must have a specific approach with students in order to analyse, investigate, focus and then just guide their personal attitude for the music.
I believe that everyone has this attitude.
It’s in our decision, desire, willingness and passion to find it in order to express without any type of constriction.
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George M.
enjoying playing piano
£40/per hour
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1500+Lessons completed
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30 years experience
Degree educated
Conservatoire Diploma, BA in teaching piano, musical theory, composition and performance
As a piano teacher I have profound and extensive knowledge in both subjects, general music (all styles) and all traditional and modern techniques to perform it. Can recognize abilities of every student to play the piano and find the best ways for them to progress as well as give advice to facilitate their progress.
In my lessons I explain to the student the emotional background and style of the music they are performing . To create positive conditions for teaching and learning and encourage students to learn I give them some key information about when the music was made, its aesthetic background , and about the composer. I successfully use this approach to teach all age groups, children and adults, absolute beginners to advanced learners, preparing them for ABRS exams (all Grades) or just for fun.
Apart from teaching, I continue performing classical piano music in different venues (pasting below links with samples of my playing).
My passions are real art and nature.
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How to learn music theory?
You can learn the basics of music theory, like notes, time signatures, chords, scales and more just from reading books and watching videos. However, to get the best knowledge, it's worth hiring a music tutor to help you.
How long does it take to learn music theory?
If you're starting from scratch, it will take around 3 months plus to learn music theory. This is equal for each grade (1-5).
What is music composition?
Music composition is a fancy term to say an "original piece of music". It's the overall process of writing or creating new music sequences.
Improve your music theory with a music tutor!
The choice to get a music tutor will not only improve yours or your child's confidence, but also their grades on the whole. A massive part of music is enjoying the process; that means finding a music teacher that is supportive and acts like a cheerleader.
Even if you have very limited music knowledge or are at an intermediate level, having music theory lessons can give you the edge you need to succeed. In just three sessions, you'll see a huge improvement and close any knowledge gaps. This will pick up your grade average by two-fold!
Music theory can be hard to master at first. Sheet music is not universal for each instrument, and there are several types of compositions to master. Whether you're looking improve your music theory in piano, guitar, violin or flute, we've got the perfect music tutor for you.
With online music lessons, you'll have the first pick of our best music tutors across the country. You can select your favourite tutor based on personality, budget, experience and level. So you can start music lessons in Edinburgh, without compromising your needs just to stay local. This also means you save time and money on travelling, because we deliver music tutors right to your door!
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Music TutorYuval has a calm and pleasant manner with my son!
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Music TutorAnother very good, well prepared lesson to prep for the composition GCSE paper, which was much enjoyed – even after a full day at school and after school activities!
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