"You play piano? Could you teach my daughter?" The parent looks too desperate to turn down, yet your thoughts run wild. "Me? Teach piano? I can barely play myself! Do they know what they're trying to get themselves into?!" "Me? Teach Piano?" is a simple guide to clear up some of your questions as you learn a down-to-earth approach to creating piano policies, interacting with students, and choosing the correct curriculum. Table of Contents:

1. Welcome to the World of Teaching
   • Can you do this?
   • Not all musicians are teachers
   • When a pianist should begin teaching
   • Some personal advice
   • The one thing I wish I knew
2. Running a Piano Studio
   • How do you get students?
   • Where should you teach?
   • How much should you charge?
   • How to organize billing/payments
   • Creating a studio policy
   • Scheduling lessons
   • Recitals
   • How to organize lessons or lesson plans
3. Parents and Students
   • You and the parents
   • You and the students
   • Practice
   • Student problems
4. About Books
   • Lesson books and beyond
   • Supplemental material
   • Duets
   • Theory
   • Hymn Playing
5. About Teaching
   • The fundamentals (piano keys, finger numbers, note reading, timing, chords, cadences)
   • This thing called “ear”