Getting Started with Online Lessons

Choose somewhere where you can let your guard down and make a few necessary mistakes. Also, you will need enough room to wave your arms around and stand at least 4 feet away from your camera.

Required Materials:

  1. Internet-Enabled Device

  2. Microphone (e.g. built-in device mic.)

  3. Camera (e.g. built-in device phone)

  4. Moderately High Speed Internet Connection

Recommended Materials: 

  1. Headphones or earbuds to avoid echo cancellation

  2. Separate device (e.g. smartphone and a speaker) to play an accompaniment/karaoke track

As always, please bring your music and some water! Also, students under 18 are welcome to have an adult sit in on our lessons. All online communication will go through parents and guardians. Thank you!

Optimizing a Video Call

Zoom:

Please watch the first 4:30 minutes of this video to learn how to enable Original Sound for Musicians on Zoom. Students using headphones or earbuds can also disable echo cancellation from the same settings window. High-fidelity music mode is rarely required.

Zoom High Fidelity Music Mode for Online Music Lessons

If you prefer FaceTime:

We will provide you with a link to join a FaceTime call. 

The instructions linked below explain how to enable the ideal microphone settings on your Apple devices. The optimized setting is titled Wide Spectrum.

Settings for iPhones and iPads:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/101993

Settings for Macs:

https://support.apple.com/en-ge/guide/facetime/fctme7c07113/mac