Ask the average piano teacher how to become a wealthy piano teacher and you’ll probably hear “you can’t” for an answer. The general consensus is that teaching piano is a labor of love that happens to also pay the bills, but not much more. But that’s not true. I know how to become a wealthy piano teacher. And you can discover how to become a wealthy piano teacher too. The answers are right here in this article.

It’s all a matter of perception.

You see, most piano teachers don’t think of themselves as entrepreneurs. They don’t understand that they are actually in two businesses. Sure, they are in the business of teaching every budding Ludwig van Beethoven how to tickle the ivory and how to tell a treble clef from a bass clef, but they are also in the business of being in business.

That means that besides cracking open the music books, they also have to crack open the accounting books. They have to make time to separate the black and white keys from the black and white numbers. They have to learn how to run a profitable business LIKE it was a business and not a hobby.

If you want to learn how to become a wealthy piano teacher, you have to learn how to run a successful business. This means that you need to run a profit and loss statement, identify your overhead, analyze your rates, and determine what you need to do to raise your standard of living without working yourself into an early grave.

Does that sound impossible? It isn’t. In fact, the only thing I’m asking you to do is what every other successful business person in the world does every day — run your business at a profit. Want to know how to become a wealthy piano teacher? Make believe you’re a lawyer, or a doctor, or a plumber instead. No, I’m serious. Here’s what I mean.

No matter what business you are in, even teaching piano, you’re selling something. Shopkeepers sell merchandise, lawyers, doctors, plumbers and, yes, piano teachers sell their skills. And they sell it by the hour. If you aren’t getting top dollar for the time you spend teaching your students how to boogie woogie, you’re leaving money on the table. That’s money that should be in your pocket instead.

One of the keys to earning top dollar for your classical, concert and jazz piano skills is to raise your visibility in the market and make yourself appear to be more exclusive than your competitors. People with money in their pockets are willing to pay for exclusivity and the benefits that come with learning from the best of the best.

That’s only one trick you need to learn in order to discover how to become a wealthy piano teacher. There are so many more.

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My suggestion is to get a book songs that aren’t too difficult for your ability, and just start learning them. You don’t have to learn them perfectly. In fact, once you sort of know a piece, practicing it further won’t improve your sightreading much, so just move on to the next song.

Of course, it’s good to also be working on a harder piece that you plan to learn thoroughly, because this will advance your playing ability and technique.

I know some theory, I definitely should learn know more.
I’m self taught at piano and I play my flute religiously, and i know how to play clarinet .
I can pick up any instrument if i put my mind to it.

But What i really want to know is what classes should i take in high school to help me get into that field.

im in grade 11 second semester.
First semester i took
Band
Math
English
Socials

this semester i am taking
Bio
Chem
band/ work experience (the switch everyday)
C.A.L.M

what is a good collage / university for becoming a music teacher? (in Canada)
what are the requirements to get in?

if ANYONE knows pleeaaaseee I need some help!
thanks!!

Go to college. Earn you Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. This will have all the requirements you need to teach in your area.

There are numerous "superduper, quick and easy, skip the hard parts and no more boring practicing" piano methods out there. Some boast by saying they will have you playing
‘Autumn Leaves" in your first 30 minutes. I hope you realize that this is not really playing the piano.

Playing the piano is like "Martial Arts". If you want to learn a martial art, you do not take one semester of Karate and then say"Now I know Karate". No, Karate is something you keep practicing for the rest of your life. It becomes a way of life. The piano is very similar. I have been playing for over 50 years now and I am still learning. My teacher is considered a Master Teacher, she only takes advanced students and even she still has a teacher because we all need someone to stay on top of us, to keep us sharp, otherwise the tendency is to become lazy.

Learn the right way, get a "Qualified" teacher and get started. Time is precious, don’t waste it. Shoot for success.

I get the biggest kick from playing along with CDs , religious music, praise music. Of course,
that is as close as I will ever get to public
playing due to my great age, overweight,
and being unattractive. It is worth it. It is
something to live for, love, a wonderful hobby and a way of praising the Lord.

I want to learn some classical and some
pop music. Not rock, just the easy listening.
I love classical and praise, worship , hymns.
I simply love music, music, music.

You are young for goodness sake. Could I afford
piano teachers I would have one myself and I am far older. I am learning piano and I have made tremendous progress. I can actually play. I am working on new arrangements for my timing. I had a few lessons young in elementary, and a little in hs. Then a very
few as a young adult. Most I have learned on my own and I wouldn’t quit unless they cut off my arms.

GO FOR IT double time. You won’t look stupid.
No time like the present.

I am sixty one years old, be 62. I have actually learned to play the piano fairly well in the past

two years. I have purchased a metronome and am working on my timing. I am also trying to add fullness to my chords. I can improvise.
Can go to the piano, pick out the tune, and write the music to some of it. I can play almost
any hymn in the hymnal. Some without practice.
Must work on the ‘stuff’ which is written in an unusual style.
I can learn any piece if I work at it hard enough. I would love to have a teacher to
drive me, motivate me because I know I could do a lot better with some guidance, friendly critiques. I would like to be almost putty in a good teacher’s hands, one who also plays. I have an aptitude for music,
sense of rhythm, timing, and I love it. Music has always been a big part of my life.I never tire of it. I would play twenty-four seven.
It has saved my mind more than once, or what is left of it.

Get music. Get with it. Go for it.