Do you have to play all musical instruments to be a music teacher?

by admin on December 2, 2009

I was just wondering if you could play only a couple of instruments and just KNOW about the others, but I don’t know if you have to learn to play every single one like professionally. How many years of school do you need to have to be a music teacher? What kinds of things do you learn in university?
Thanks in Advance!
-Linz

To become a music teacher you need music education degree from an accredited college or university. in most of the colleges, it is 4 years program.
In addition you need to learn only how to play on couple of instruments.
The musical keyboards might be a good start for the learning of the musical instruments.

great funny pranks to play on a teacher?

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jake December 2, 2009 at 7:23 pm

To really call yourself a teacher, you should fully understand Music Theory.

If you only know how to play one or two instruments, you could probably teach a beginner on those.

Julliard is about 4 years at a cost $150K. That’s probably not for everyone.

If you are interested in a great book.
How Music Really Works.com, by Wayne Chase.
Or, http://www.roedyblack.com Publisher.
Canada, about $50.00 plus shipping.
References :
I’m studying Music Theory, only as a hobby. I’ll never use it at my age.

Bach Q December 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm

To become a music teacher you need music education degree from an accredited college or university. in most of the colleges, it is 4 years program.
In addition you need to learn only how to play on couple of instruments.
The musical keyboards might be a good start for the learning of the musical instruments.
References :
http://www.musicalinstrumentskeyboards.com

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