Lessons
Vocal and Instrumental Lessons
Professional vocal and instrumental lessons, taught on the same showroom floor at 1504 Lamy Lane where the pianos and Hammonds actually stand.
Lessons taught by people who play for a living
Paul Hewitt Music offers professional vocal and instrumental lessons right here in the Monroe showroom. Our experienced team are passionate musicians dedicated to assisting with the basics and advancing your talents, whether you are a first time musician looking for an introductory piano, or an advanced concert player looking to take the next step. We are the team you can count on, and the lesson happens a few feet from eighty years of instruments rather than in a bare studio room.
Learning on real instruments, not a practice pad
There is no substitute for learning on a real piano action or a real set of drawbars, and that is what surrounds every lesson here. A first-time player might start at one of the Yamaha uprights near the front windows, working out where middle C sits and how a sustain pedal actually behaves under a foot. Someone further along might sit at a Clavinova to work through touch and voicing, or move to a grand piano on the floor to feel what a full-size action does that a home upright cannot. Vocal students work in the same room. It's always a good time to enrich your life with music, so contact us for information on our classes and schedules. Teachers, class sizes and what is currently open change through the year, so the fastest way to find out what's available right now is to call 318-372-1449 and ask James directly.
Paul Hewitt Music, Family owned and operated in Monroe since 1946. Call (318) 372-1449.
On the floor
A row of uprights to compare, not one
Practice pianos, showroom floor
Part of what makes a lesson here different is that a student is never working out a technique on a single instrument. The showroom has rows of upright pianos standing side by side, and a beginner can sit down at two or three of them in the same visit to feel how the weight of a key and the response of a pedal actually differ from one piano to the next. That matters more than it sounds like it should. A child who has only ever pressed the keys on a toy keyboard needs to feel what a real hammer and a real string do before any of the theory means anything, and an adult coming back to the instrument after years away often needs to be reminded that not every piano feels the same under the hand. Lessons here happen in that room, not around it.
Recently on the floor: new Yamaha uprights alongside pre-owned instruments, and what's available to play changes as stock turns over.
Modern touch
A Clavinova for a different kind of practice
Digital keybed, headphone practice
Not every student wants or needs an acoustic action for every session, and the showroom keeps Yamaha Clavinova digital pianos on the floor for exactly that reason. The keybed is weighted to feel close to an acoustic action, which matters for a student building real technique, but it also lets a lesson move into headphone practice without disturbing the rest of the store, and it gives a young beginner a forgiving, quieter instrument to start on before moving to an upright. Advanced players use the same instruments to work on voicing and dynamics in a controlled way that an acoustic piano does not always allow. Whichever direction a student is headed, the point stays the same: the instrument in the lesson is a real one, sitting in the same room as everything else Paul Hewitt Music sells and services.
Get started
It is always a good time to bring more music into your life. Call 318-372-1449 and ask about current lessons, whichever instrument or voice you want to work on.