Kalman Music Lessons · Learn where you live

Bring piano or guitar into your week.

Choose a neighborhood, then explore a practical starting point: preparing a child's instrument, returning to piano, learning a song or making practice easier at home. Each guide has a different exercise or checklist you can use before your first lesson.

Kalman Music Lessons offers private at-home piano and guitar lessons in these Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods. Your first 30-minute lesson at home is $50. We confirm the teacher, instrument setup and availability for your address before booking.

Manhattan

Upper West Side

• Piano at home →A restart checklist for former piano students
• Guitar at home →A practical two-chord transition exercise

Upper East Side

• Piano at home →A parent checklist for readiness and the lesson space
• Guitar at home →A hands-on fit check before buying a child’s guitar

Chelsea

• Piano at home →A first lead-sheet exercise for adult beginners
• Guitar at home →Understand the headphone signal path before the first lesson

Tribeca

• Piano at home →A shared-instrument plan that gives siblings separate goals
• Guitar at home →A parent-and-child rhythm activity with separate learning goals

Battery Park City

• Piano at home →A room-layout checklist for a digital piano
• Guitar at home →A ten-minute routine with a fallback for crowded days

Brooklyn

Park Slope

• Piano at home →Observe progress with a simple four-entry lesson journal
• Guitar at home →A song-selection checklist for acoustic beginners

Gowanus

• Piano at home →A three-note composition exercise for beginners
• Guitar at home →A listening and rhythm exercise before the first jam

Bed-Stuy

• Piano at home →A listening-and-matching exercise for new piano players
• Guitar at home →Separate thumb and fingers with an open-string pattern

Crown Heights

• Piano at home →A layered exercise for piano hand coordination
• Guitar at home →Coordinate one chord with a spoken rhythm before adding melody

Williamsburg

• Piano at home →Use inversions to reduce movement between piano chords
• Guitar at home →Diagnose one difficult passage with a short recording

Greenpoint

• Piano at home →Use digital-piano headphones without losing musical feedback
• Guitar at home →Compare two guitar setups through the same small task

Sunset Park

• Piano at home →An equipment inventory before upgrading a beginner keyboard
• Guitar at home →A short reading exercise on the first string

Looking outside this series? See our full at-home service area, piano lessons or guitar lessons.

Find a teacher for your home

Tell us your instrument, neighborhood and a few possible times. We confirm the teacher and appointment details before booking.

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