Melody Cook is a private piano teacher in Rogersville, TN. She teaches beginner and intermediate students of all ages. Melody started teaching piano lessons in 2014, while studying piano performance at Valencia College in Orlando, FL. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a bachelors degree in music composition in 2019. Melody moved back to her home state of Tennessee in 2021, after moving her students online in 2020. She is now accepting students in her home studio for face-to-face lessons.
Melody teaches lessons online and in her home studio. She primarily uses Alfred's Basic Piano Library lesson and theory books. Melody emphasizes learning to read, analyze and memorize music, playing expressively with a healthy posture, understanding music theory, and learning how to practice well between lessons.
Melody looks for positive and fun ways to motivate her students to practice. She has a Facebook group and YouTube playlist for student recordings. She offers local students opportunities to perform their music in recitals and rewards practice and lesson participation with stickers and other prizes.
Melody is kind and patient, and keeps young students engaged and interested in their lessons. She has some experience teaching students with atypical learning styles or challenges, such as ADD, autism and MS. She is flexible and open to discovering new ways to accommodate students with special needs, and enjoys working with all her students.
Melody teaches lessons online and in her home studio. She primarily uses Alfred's Basic Piano Library lesson and theory books. Melody emphasizes learning to read, analyze and memorize music, playing expressively with a healthy posture, understanding music theory, and learning how to practice well between lessons.
Melody looks for positive and fun ways to motivate her students to practice. She has a Facebook group and YouTube playlist for student recordings. She offers local students opportunities to perform their music in recitals and rewards practice and lesson participation with stickers and other prizes.
Melody is kind and patient, and keeps young students engaged and interested in their lessons. She has some experience teaching students with atypical learning styles or challenges, such as ADD, autism and MS. She is flexible and open to discovering new ways to accommodate students with special needs, and enjoys working with all her students.
