I would bring it up at the next lesson. "I often have questions that come up between lessons that I would like to have answered. What is the best way to contact you with questions I have between lessons?"

I will. I've just been keeping this in for so long! hahaha..sorry about the rant. I don't bombard my teacher with questions. It's at most 1-2 emails per week, very short. And my teacher IS familiar with emails -- s/he is young! I'm not looking for someone to be at my beck and call, but yeah, it would be nice to find out why I never hear back. Personally, I don't think the video lessons are too much...how can it be too much to ask for corrections early on instead of later during lessons? If I know I'm doing something wrong right away, then I'd have time to correct it for the upcoming lesson right? And if I'm willing to pay for this service, how can it be overkill?

I will. I've just been keeping this in for so long! hahaha..sorry about the rant. I don't bombard my teacher with questions. It's at most 1-2 emails per week, very short. And my teacher IS familiar with emails -- s/he is young! I'm not looking for someone to be at my beck and call, but yeah, it would be nice to find out why I never hear back. Personally, I don't think the video lessons are too much...how can it be too much to ask for corrections early on instead of later during lessons? If I know I'm doing something wrong right away, then I'd have time to correct it for the upcoming lesson right? And if I'm willing to pay for this service, how can it be overkill?

The fact of the matter is: its your money- if your not satisfied with your teacher, get another. But this time, interview and have trial lessons first. Verify that they are computer savy and any other desires you have in a piano teacher.

Everybody has their own personality. There is nothing wrong with looking for a teacher that best fits yours.

At the beginning of each semester I spend about 10 minutes in class discussing how students can get hold of me (email, home phone, cell phone) as well as going over guidelines about doing so (no calls after 10 pm, emails will be replied to within 24 hours unless I am going out of town for the weekend, etc.). I think a similar discussion would be quite useful for piano teachers to undertake at the first lesson, and perhaps even something to include in any written studio policies you might have.

Questions about how to play better are what you pay the teacher for. Asking those questions outside of your lesson time is something you would need very special permission about, with any teacher. Asking questions about how to play and so on, over email, is like getting a doctor to diagnose your condition at a party - or in other words, just about the same as demanding free lessons. If one of my eager students (teenage or younger) did this, I would accept it - I guess I'd go for one email every month, or less. If they did it much more than that, I would stop answering, and I would tell them "I'm sorry but I can't keep answering all the messages, because it's like giving away lesson time for free. Please just ask when you come to your lesson. I hope you understand."

Mary, please take a deep breath and look at how you sound. You want attention and answers immediately. You are assuming your teacher should be checking his/her email and voice mail constantly just in case you have decided to send her a question. You assume s/he has nothing else happening in his or her life so there is time to answer your questions during your non-lesson time. You are assuming your teacher has the time for video lessons (get real). You assume s/he is techno savvy.

I have some disappointing news for you: you are not the center of the universe. Your teacher's time is a commodity you must pay for. You have to remember that s/he has many other obligations besides satisfying your needs and queries immediately. Your complaint reminds me of students (and parents) who email me and want answers within the hour. They lose sight of the fact that I get in excess of 50 emails a day which all have to be carefully answered. I also teach 2 subjects, have 150 students, a life, a piano that needs practicing on, a house, 2 dogs and a family. You are impatient about learning the piano and you are impatient with your teacher. Life is not about instant gratification and learning the piano takes time. Teachers do not teach 24/7.

Your comment about your teacher knowing how to email "because she is young" is insensitive, ignorant and insulting.

Frankly, you sound like a kid who is used to having everyone at your beck and call, who thinks the world revolves around you and that satisfying your needs is the purpose for all existence. You assume older folks are technically incompetent. Bluntly, you sound like an immature, presumptuous pest.

I don't often get testy in this forum, but you really set me off. Try putting yourself in your teacher's shoes and grow some patience!