Determining if you're learning music with the right teacher involves several key factors including their teaching style, how engaging and motivating your lessons are and how clearly the teacher is able to communicate and break down key musical concepts.

Music education plays a vital role in personal development, enriching lives regardless of age. Whether for children embarking on their early educational journey or adults seeking a creative outlet, the advantages of engaging with music extend far beyond mere entertainment.

Children seem to absorb things like a sponge.

Whether it be learning a language, a new skill, joining a new sport, or picking up a musical instrument for the first time. Children learn. They often learn fast. It’s what they do.

You teach them something new? They absorb it. They believe it. Mostly because they lack the context, prior knowledge and experience to argue against it. Children are often dependent learners.

But why does learning seem so much harder when we are adults?