gunsella Posted October 23, 2005 at 10:46 PM Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 at 10:46 PM hello friends i am returning to china in january/february 2006 to teach english. at home i am a guitar teacher and i am interested in pursuing this in china as well as teaching english. perhaps i could teach at night after classes. details are sketchy. does anyone have any experience with either teaching or learning guitar in china? i have found nothing on the web and i am just interested to hear anyone's experiences thus far. i am currently unsure what questions i should even be asking but any help would be greatly appreciated. nice forums btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phbriggs Posted October 24, 2005 at 02:29 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 02:29 AM Don't have any experience, but.... Chinese will give anything a go. The school we worked at found at that I could play tennis. As a result I became a pseudo tennis coach (must admit that I have intermediate skills, but these were far better than the locals who had never seen a real racket before). Imagine the same would apply to a guitar. If you let the locals know that you can teach guitar, you should have a lot of interest. Just promote youself on arrival....and of course take a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalaowai Posted October 24, 2005 at 02:40 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 02:40 AM If you're planning on going to a big city like Shanghai, there's a demand within the expat community for private home guitar teachers. I've seen postings on a few other websites requesting a foreign guitar teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimberlyandkeith Posted October 24, 2005 at 03:17 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 03:17 AM Out of all curiousity, how much does a guitar cost? I play and desperately need a new one. I'd prefer to leave my rickety old one in the US and pick up a new one in China. What would that run me? I don't need anything fancy, just a basic accoustic guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsella Posted October 24, 2005 at 03:21 AM Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 03:21 AM sounds promising. dalaowai, i wonder if you could post links to actual requests, or at least some other boards where such a thing might exist. it'd be interesting to check them out. thanks for your responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalaowai Posted October 24, 2005 at 11:41 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 11:41 AM Check it out: http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/MDForum-viewtopic-t-33456.phtml I've seen postings on www.asiaxpat.com as well. Your best bet is to place a job wanted post on the above websites, or find a big instrument store in the city you're planning on going to. Give them your business cards and give them a one-time fee if someone wants to hire you, etc. I think that some local Chinese would be interested in hiring a foreign guitar instructor as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prolyfik Posted October 24, 2005 at 12:37 PM Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 12:37 PM Depending on what you're looking for, there is a large selection of guitars and instruments in China. For a couple hundred dollars you can find a pretty decent instrument - however, it does help if you know how to pick out a good guitar to begin with since a lot of the brands and models may not be familiar. That said, you can find guitars across the spectrum from $20 "starters" (that I wouldn't even venture to have someone start on) to $1,000 nicely made instruments. There are usually districts in most major cities that will have a couple dozen shops selling all types of instruments. My recommendation is to purchase from the larger shops that look like they have a decent inventory and take care of their stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted October 24, 2005 at 12:51 PM Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 12:51 PM What kind of guitar do you teach? Acoustic Folk? I'm going to be in need of a classical guitar teacher in Dalian... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsella Posted October 24, 2005 at 09:05 PM Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 at 09:05 PM Depending on what you're looking for, there is a large selection of guitars and instruments in China. For a couple hundred dollars you can find a pretty decent instrument - however, it does help if you know how to pick out a good guitar to begin with since a lot of the brands and models may not be familiar. That said, you can find guitars across the spectrum from $20 "starters" (that I wouldn't even venture to have someone start on) to $1,000 nicely made instruments. There are usually districts in most major cities that will have a couple dozen shops selling all types of instruments. My recommendation is to purchase from the larger shops that look like they have a decent inventory and take care of their stock. a few weeks ago in beijing, i saw many guitar shops on nanxinghua jie, just south of hepingmen metro station. the instruments seemed very cheap to me, between 300 - 1000 yuan for an electric guitar. What kind of guitar do you teach? Acoustic Folk?I'm going to be in need of a classical guitar teacher in Dalian... i do acoustic folk, rock, blues, funk, jazz. but not classical besides, i'm most likely going to be in the south of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted December 2, 2005 at 09:26 PM Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 at 09:26 PM I started learning the guitar in Dalian last year. I paid about 50RMB for a 40 minute lesson (though the lessons tended to be about 50 mins in practice). I got the tutor through a music school. Chinese people thought that was quite expensive, but it was a lot cheaper than I could have got at home in the UK. Anyway, the tuition was reasonable, though I think it did more for my chinese than my guitar playing skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsella Posted December 2, 2005 at 11:17 PM Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 at 11:17 PM what style(s) were you learning? what styles do chinese teachers teach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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