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Average Cost of Percussion Lessons
The average cost of 60-minute percussion lessons is $60. While the exact cost will vary depending on the teacher, type of lesson, and your location, you should expect to spend anywhere between $21 and $125 per hour.
| 30-min | $15 |
$36 average |
$92 |
| 45-min | $18 |
$48 average |
$95 |
| 60-min | $21 |
$60 average |
$125 |
For the best experience, we typically recommend 60-minute percussion lessons. However, students looking for a more affordable option may want to consider a shorter lesson length of 45 or 30 minutes. On average, 45-minute percussion lessons are 20% less expensive at $48, and 30-minute lessons cost 40% less at $36.
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Percussion Lesson Reviews from Students
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Always challenging and keeps me informed about stuff that I need to know. Always relates things to other areas of percussion. Is really funn
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Andrew B.
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John S.
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About Andrew B.
CloseWith a degree in drum/percussion performance, Andrew specializes in djembe, congas, Latin percussion, snare, and various auxiliary percussion.
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· Drum · In studio
· Drum · In studio
Andrew was very understandingvfor the type of lesson I am looking for.
We will see what happens during the rest of my 5 lesson series.
I liked Andrew right off the bat seems like a nice person also.
I am 71 years old I know when I meet someone after a few minutes what kind of person they are and he is one of those type.
· Drum · In studio
About Matthew G.
CloseI can offer introductory lessons to the basics of hand percussion: Congas, Cajon, Djembe.
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· Drum · In home
· Drum · In studio
· Drum · In home
Highly recommend!
About John S.
Close- 10 Years Teaching Experience
- Professional Musician
- Flexible teaching style (written notation, ear training, play-a-long songs)
- Patient & fun learning environment
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· Percussion · In home
· Drum · In home
· Percussion · In home
Joan Q.
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Douglas O.
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Colin M.
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About Joan Q.
ClosePercussion is such a fun subject because of all the instruments you get to play! Whether you just want to learn congas, bongos, cajon, cowbell, or all of them, I'll guide you through the basic patterns, help you develop technique and improvisation ideas, and jam together during our lessons.
I have been teaching percussion for over 10 years. My lessons focus on technique and playing along with popular songs. Lessons will adjust according to the student's level, pace, and goals. If you'd like to learn all basic percussion instruments, we can develop a rotating schedule per instrument.
My goal for my students is to have an understanding on how to use their instrument, develop versatility, discover who they are as a musician, become independent learners, while having fun along the way!
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· Drum · In home
· Drum · In home
· Drum · In home
About Douglas O.
CloseCongas, Hand Percussion and Frottoir (Zydeco Washboard).
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· Drum · In home
· Drum · In studio
· Drum · In home
About Colin M.
CloseStudents will learn how to play, compose and understand drumming in music. Students will learn every aspect of playing the drums, note values, types of drums, different stokes, rudiments and stick types. Students will learn songs and will be able to perform songs and will be well prepared to perform with a live act.
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· Drum · In home
· Drum · In studio
· Drum · In home
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Percussion Lessons
As you’re probably aware the drums are among the most popular percussion instruments and they are played across a wide variety of genres. However, the scope of percussion instruments goes way beyond the drums. In fact, there are so many members of this instrument family we couldn’t even begin to name them all in this short introduction. Contrary to the common notion, percussion instruments do not simply exist to provide highlights or accents within musical scores. In fact, one of the unique parts about percussion is that they make compositions livelier due to the pulse and rhythm they provide. These instruments create sound by being hit, shaken, rubbed, scraped, and other methods intended to make them vibrate. You can learn these techniques, as well as others, simply by enrolling in our percussion lessons available in a city near you! So search our site for teachers that specialize in various percussion instruments suck as Idiophones (wood block, crash cymbals, marimba, celesta), Membranophones (tom-toms, snare drum, timpani), Ethnic/World percussion (bodhran, djembe, gamelan, steelpan, tabla, dhol, berimbau, timbal), and Latin American percussive instruments (congas, bongos, timbales, maracas, gourds, shakers, cowbells).