What are good places to get singing lessons?

December 212010

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Ok im from Macomb Michiagn and i wanna do singing lessons. I sing good i think, and i want more lessons. If anyone knows about anything in Michigan, with good prices please comment.

Thanks!

Best bet for getting a good referral for a voice teacher is at the music department of high schools and local colleges and universities. Many of the staff may actually give private lessons, but they usually know of people they can refer someone to if they do not. That way you get the names of a person who will have actually been educated on how to teach voice safely and effectively. Not saying that all music stores and chain "academies" are bad, but you need to ask a lot of questions about the training that the teacher has had. You don’t want to get stuck with some person who can’t even read music and is interested in only your money. Generally beware of people who promise the same results for everyone. Nearly everyone can learn to sing on pitch at least, but not everyone can learn to sing in a beautiful, gorgeous voice. We all are born with individual talents, so like the disclaimer on the diet ads–"individual results may vary". Especially be wary of those who name famous celebrities as their students, except maybe that celebrity’s voice is somewhat limited in range and they rely on a lot of autotuning.

And speaking of money. You get what you pay for, but interestingly enough you often don’t get what you pay for. Sometimes people end up paying more by buying multi-dvd sets and or hiring seedy opportunists than they would for an actual qualified teacher. Prices really vary depending on where you live and who you hire. I live in an area where it’s not common to find a voice teachers that charge as little as $20 an hour (mine charge $40and well worth it because of his background and experience) . I’m sure there are others, especially those who work with professional singers, that charge $100 or more. You have to look and ask. Anyone who is vague about their fees is another person you should avoid.
Many voice teachers will charge less for a half-hour lessons vs. a whole hour. Ideally you should go weekly, but maybe you can just start with once or twice a month? Many teachers are very flexible when scheduling.
Please check through the schools–it’s your best and safest bet.

How many lessons (on average) would it take to pass my driving test?

December 192010

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How many lessons would I need - to pass as quickly as possible, I’ll get my mum to take me out once or twice a week on top of lessons.

Could I pass in 10 lessons?

The more driving you do the more competent you should become. If you haven’t got much money, ask your mum to take you out as much as possible. Yes it is possible in 10 lessons with loads of extra practice.

What life lessons does education teach us?

December 172010

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I have to write an essay on this. Examples of the lessons would be appreciated.

It depends on what kind of education, but for the most part. Just about everything really does help us out.

When in class, you are asked to work with your peers and work on group projects, right? This is a form of teamwork that can be used outside of school and into the work place or even at home.

Math in the class tries to strain your brain a little to solve addition and subtraction, which can go into how you spend or money, what will be left over, or how you save it.

In Literature, Reading, and English classes; it improves your grammar, writing, understanding, or sometimes how you think of things. So when you’re talking to people you can absorb what information they’re feeding you and putting it into simpler terms so they don’t trick you, such as in contracts. Also, in understanding, when going over a manual to fix something or understanding how it works, reading can play a great role here.

Some teachers in history or in writing will ask you to write an essay and give a speech, by doing so you can get more comfortable talking in crowds so that you’ll become more social or be a better help to others.

History takes more then just that, in history you’re learning about things in the past and will help you understand that what happens in the past can help shape our future so that we won’t make the same mistakes again.

Art class even plays a great role, you can understand what the shapes are that are used in your everyday surrounding, from the octagon of a stop sign to the architecture of a building. Art also helps with much more, it shows emotions in color.

When you see your home, the colors around you can really tell other people who you are and what you’re like.

I don’t know if you’ve experienced this in school, but we’re given little bell ringers to start out our day, usually they’ll give us a sentence to correct, a word to understand, or sometimes they give you a type of problem to solve, and it’s not always math, it may be a real-life riddle.
When you see someone being bullied, what would you do? Those kind of things will also help you understand your basic thoughts. Some of us don’t think about what we’d do, so when asked, we do actually think about it and our thought processes change often.

Just about everything in basic education gives us life lessons or things we can use in life to make it better or suitable to live in.

How many hours of piano lessons does one need to become a reasonable player?

December 112010

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I can read basic music. I can play tunes on a keyboard (not a piano) with one hand.

Starting from this point, how many hours of lessons would I need to get to a level where I can play children’s songs and perhaps hymns that children sing at schools? I mean playing with both hands, comfortable with chords etc…

As an added complication, also assume I have no access to a piano between lessons…

My daughter practised for an hour a day, and had a one hour lesson every week.

She was grade 8 by the age of 14 - it sounds advanced, but she needed to be that when she became a teacher and they asked her to do the assemblies etc. You need to be pretty good at reading music to play for other people.

Just practise as much as you can and see how far it takes you, but don’t have too high expectations.

Btw, if you don’t have access to a piano it isn’t the end of the world - a keyboard is ok. My daughter teaches a girl who only has a keyboard between lessons, and my son only has a keyboard which he keeps under the bed in his flat as he has no room for a piano!

How many driving lessons did you take before you took the road test?

April 142010

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I know each person learns at their own pace, but I’m just curious, how many lessons did you take before you took the road test? Did you pass on the first time?

i first went for a written two part test - passed that
then i went to driving school it was a week long and then i had 10 hours with a driving instructor so they taught me proper rules of the road.
april 26 i go for my g2 licence and i’m nervous but happy.

:)

How many lessons do I need to get a Drivers Ed certificate?

April 132010

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I’m in New York State, just got my license. However, I need to take drivers ed so I can drive after 9. This one driving school offers individual lessons, do you think they’d give me that certificate after just 1 lesson? That way I save boat loads of money. Otherwise a 7 lesson plan is like 350 bucks.

Only the driving school can answer your question, not random strangers on Yahoo answers.

Why did school history lessons start with the Normans and not the Saxon kings?

April 42010

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There was reference to the last Saxon King - king Harold, and perhaps King Alfred was mentioned in passing, but it seems English primary school history lessons treat the Saxon kings somewhat harshly. What do others think?

I researched for two days on this and came up blank for the "most part". I don’t normally spend so much time on "two" points. What did seem apparent is that this was an oppressed time for the English. I offer a few links below that may assist in determining in your own mind that this oppression was not accepted well and therefore a time that would like to be forgotten by as many Englishmen as possible. I agree that history should be honest and true, but often time history is written by those who are either victorious in war, or have a power over the masses. Hopefully I helped somewhat. Good luck!… ☺

How many hours of driving lessons am I going to need?

April 22010

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I’m clever (not showing off but to answer my question you probs need to consider that) and I will practise in between lessons. I usually pick things up pretty quickly. How many hours of lessons do you think I’ll need?

I would say for you probably about 25-35, but book them in blocks because its cheaper and also this bears in mind the fact that youll be practising outside of lessons, my brothers passed first time with about this much, its a lot easier when you practice yourself too :D x x x x x

What age can you start swimming lessons?

March 252010

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I am not expecting my daughter to be able to swim alone or super well at her age (almost 2). But I think she would love swim lessons. She loves the water. In the bath tub she lays on her stomach holding herself up with her arms, kicks her legs (like she is swimming) she also loves to put her face in the water and blows bubbles. Does anyone know what age I can put her in swim lessons (of course I know I will be in the water with her)
Thanks! I will probably look into getting her into lessons this summer!

My son is in swimming lessons. They start it at 6 months but the 6 months-2 yrs is done with the parent in the water as well. After that they are just with the teacher.That’s how they do it at my son’s anywho)

What would happen about my driving lessons if I got to university?

March 232010

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I’m planning to start my driving lessons maybe next month, but what happens If I don’t pass by the times uni comes around. I mean can I still take lessons at my university, or will I have to start all over again. Because I really don’t want to be having to rely on public transport at university, because I’ve had enough of that already here lol, i don’t think i could handle having to get buses and trains while at university too.

While you can continue our lessons from the university you would be going, I like to take your consideration to some useful tips about driving.

http://www.defensivedrivingmatter.com/take-a-defensive-driving-course-to-become-a-better-engine

They give away useful tips about defensive driving and its courses.