How much do you pay for music lessons?

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My children play a few different instruments between them and the prices vary by instrument. The most expensive is £10 per hour more than the others.

So, if you don't mind sharing, what do you pay and where in the country are you? (I'm in South West Wales)

Glasgow. £10 for 30 minutes piano.

£263 per term

My grandchildren are in the Sth Cheshire area. They pay £17 for 30mins for singing lessons from a teacher with 25yrs experience and have done really well, getting distinctions in their exams. I believe this is great value. You have to weigh up cost/quality of teaching/progress made when looking for a teacher. One also has piano lessons at £16 for 30mins. Fees will vary from area to area and teacher availability I would say.

We pay £24 for 30 minutes individual guitar tuition via school, and £70/hr for singing tuition outside school (no, that wasn't a typo ). Both in central London.

The range of prices for singing teachers went from £35/hr upwards, but I had a very specific list of what I was looking for and few people could tick all the boxes. The teacher we have is superb - and I hope will be there for the long haul as DD is looking at vocational schools and a future career in that area. The difference in her voice in 5 months is phenomenal, and he's really teaching her to protect and strengthen, so I consider it a good investment. To be fair, we generally have a nice cup of coffee and a chat before or after and his knowledge of the whole industry is vast so I get as much fun out of it as DD (and try not to think how good a holiday the annual bill could pay for!)

Your guitar lesson is a serious bargain

Piano £20 an hour
We're in the East of England.

I charge £16 per half hour individual lesson (school rate) in Devon. DDs did most lessons in school so I paid the same for their lessons (DD1 x 2, DD2 just 1). DD2 learns violin outside school with someone who teaches p/t at a London conservatoire, but she charges the same for lessons at her house so I pay £24 for 45 minutes - bargain!

I'm in the USA, we pay $30 for 30 minutes (which is about £24).

I think very fondly of our UK music teachers who were considerably less...

£12 per half hour guitar out of school
£19 per half hour singing in school
£70 per hour singing masterclass.