[ViolaMum]

Originally Posted by bananacake

I teach music lessons and taught keyboard harmony, Solfege, and advanced aural training in college. I don't think that counts

NO! It absolutely does!

I've taught violin lessons since my sophomore year of college. I've also conducted youth orchestra, taught Suzuki Group classes, and coached sectionals and chamber music. This semester I'm teaching music appreciation. The skills you need - pacing lessons, tailoring the material to your students' needs and skills, covering the major skills and refining details - all transfer. The way a Suzuki violin lesson is structured parallels the Charlotte Mason approach. Sure, music is a different animal in terms of being something that you physically DO, but the skills required to teach it and pass along that knowledge are identical. Not all virtuosos can teach (some are AWFUL!) in the same way that not all great writers or theoretical mathematicians can explain what they do to people that don't have the same instinctual abilities.