Music educators have advocated the many advantages of private piano lessons. 

• Individual attention: Private lessons focus on the individual’s strengths  and weaknesses. Piano is a multi-sensory, complex activity requiring learning by  ear, eye, touch, and intellectual understanding. Each student combines these  elements differently.


• Appropriate pace: A group class that involves mismatched students will  deprive both slower and faster learners for the attention they need. Private  lessons go at the student's learning pace, stopping whenever necessary to review  concepts, repeat material, or explore a topic the student shows an interest  in.


• Skills development: For more advanced students, private attention is needed  to work on micro issues such as fingering, as well as finer points of expression  and interpretation. Issues such as technique and hand position are also better  dealt with privately.


• Progress: Progress is almost always faster in a private lesson than in a  group lesson.


• Stability: While the advantages of a group class often fall apart under the  weight of an unruly or mismatched group, private lessons can follow a tailor  made plan developed for each student, without being derailed by the needs of the  group.

Susan Sayah has successfully worked with Fairburn Families.