I can't imagine learning online, as I didn't learn that way. I don't teach that way, but others do, and it deserves some thought.

Many of us on this site will have been taught by going to a teacher's studio, having them come to our home, or learning at school. Some of us will have crossed the world or moved abroad for a while to learn from a person who was so special that our entire existence was uprooted, and the direction of our life changed, by going to study with them. And perhaps for certain branches of professional music tuition at a certain level, that will always be the way.

But increasingly there is a growing number of musicians offering online tuition, including here on MusBook, often 'advertising' on YouTube as a taster to a paid series of lessons, or even freely sharing their particular knowledge.

This is, in part, a digital, real time extension of past methods such as sending a cassette tape/mini-disc/CD to a far-off and rarely seen teacher for comment. My mind is open on this. Here is a random selection of a few links for interest; your comments on online tuition would be welcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dar4C8-74Ow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tebAH0UjC-U&feature=fvw

http://allpiano.wordpress.com/classes/