Article: Research other guitar teachers in your area and see how much they charge. Once you find out what the going rate is, make your rates competitive. You could charge the same or slightly less at first. The average price of a guitar lesson is between $20-40 USD for thirty minutes. You'll likely start off teaching thirty-minute lessons until your students advance enough to handle forty-five minutes. Once you increase the length of your lessons, you should raise the price accordingly. As demand for your lessons grows, you can raise your rate. Decide how much money you'd like to make per year from teaching guitar. Divide your annual goal by the rate you're starting off with to find the approximate number of lessons you'll need to give to meet your goal. For example, to make $20,000 a year charging $40 an hour, you need to give 500 lessons in a year, or about 42 lessons a month. If you choose to teach group lessons, take that into account. Group lessons mean more payments for the same amount of time. When a student doesn't show up, you lose both money and time. Charging in advance or requiring a fee for skippingunless they've arranged an absence with you in advancemeans students will be less likely to skip and you'll still get paid for your time either way. The longer you teach a student, the more trust and commitment you build, and the more likely the student is to stay with you. You should focus more energy on retaining your students throughout your career rather than constantly recruiting a revolving door of new students. Develop a healthy, personal relationship with your studentsget to know them and personalize their lessons based on their favorite songs and musicians. At lessons, don't just start in with teaching right away. Take a moment to ask a student how they're doing and how their week was. This conversation shouldn't last more than a minute or two, but showing interest in your student's wellbeing will help them trust you and connect to you.
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Set your lesson prices. Set a goal for your yearly income. Charge for private lessons in advance or require a no-show fee. Retain your students for a long time.

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