Astoria M  
Instruments: Violin
Styles: Classical, Pop, Folk, Country, R&B, Marching Band

My experience was primarily when i was in highschool. I taught students below me for many years while organizing my schools mentoring program. This was before 2015. I have since moved on to college, where I have mentored on and off without any steady students. My major at Austin Peay State University is education. And because of that I have more experience and skills on the teaching side now instead of solely the musical part. I am ready to begin teaching again and hope to find some students who will stick with it.

At the beginning students need to understand their instrument. They need to know what it's parts are, what the names of the strings are, and how they are different from eachother. Because of this I usually begin by teaching the anatomy of the violin to my students and having them experiment with the strings, pegs, and fine tuners. I then tell them about maintenance specifically now maintance since you can easily hurt it. Next, I teach about the different strings. G, D, A, and E. I will start with a song like hot cross buns, which is easy and recognizable. Once the student has mastered that we will move on to harder material, shifting, and other techniques while learning to read music along the way.