Piano (or other instrumental) Teachers

[Divine]

I've just had my lesson, right... and my exam is next Monday. I would have hoped that my piano teacher at least gave me some advice on like what to improve and how to phrase better and all, but all she said was "Everything's fine, and nothing's wrong." But the problem is that there are things that are wrong! I know I screwed up really badly when I played the second piece for her and I know some part needs more practice... =(

Also, I feel like I hardly learn anything in Piano Lessons anymore... it seems like I'm just looking at the notes and playing it by myself- sometimes my piano teacher doesn't even catch me making a mistake?

My question is: Should I get a new piano teacher? Because I really feel that she isn't helping me much... but then I'm afraid of hurting her feelings *sweatdrop*. Or is it just me, and every teacher is like that? 'Cause I've only had one teacher...

advice anyone?

[kanashimi]

Probably. I had a piano teacher once called Ms. Coon... she was EVIL!!

But anyway... you should get a new one. If this one isn't teaching you well, try someone else. Thats my advise

[Sapphire Faerie]

Moved to Abbey Road =)

[dood]

I can't really give you advice but this is sort of the teaching I get:
My teacher tells me to play through the right hand.
I look at the notes and do so.
Wherever I go wrong she puts her finger on the key I should have played.
I repeat that bar and carry on.
(I usually only do 50 bars or so of a piece per lesson)
Then when I'm done. I go through again and play the whole thing.
She circles the notes on the manuscript where I went wrong.
Same thing with the left hand.
With trickier bits, she plays the bar/phrase one octave down slowly to show me the fingering.
Once I've got both hands sorted, she plays the left hand whilst I play the right hand and then vice versa. Then I put the two together.
That's about it...

[Divine]

I can't really give you advice but this is sort of the teaching I get:
My teacher tells me to play through the right hand.
I look at the notes and do so.
Wherever I go wrong she puts her finger on the key I should have played.
I repeat that bar and carry on.
(I usually only do 50 bars or so of a piece per lesson)
Then when I'm done. I go through again and play the whole thing.
She circles the notes on the manuscript where I went wrong.
Same thing with the left hand.
With trickier bits, she plays the bar/phrase one octave down slowly to show me the fingering.
Once I've got both hands sorted, she plays the left hand whilst I play the right hand and then vice versa. Then I put the two together.
That's about it...

Ack. My teacher sometimes misses the mistakes that I make (before my exam, I found and E flat that I had be playing E natural for like 4 months. I had to correct it in three days to be right for the exam)

And sometimes she tells me that I've made a mistake when I haven't!!

I'm planning to switch teachers... *shrugs*, but it'll be hard to say though.

[Metatwaddle]

*de-lurks*

Definitely switch teachers. Not all piano teachers are like that at all - in fact, I had one that was very, very strenuous and always told me what I was doing wrong.