SWARSHALA — MUSIC LESSON QUOTE COMPARISON
https://swarshala.com/blog/compare-music-lesson-quotes
Prepared: 1 October 2026
Original personal-use worksheet. No market rates or provider recommendations.
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MY COMPARISON BASIS
Instrument or style:
Current experience and goal:
Format (individual/group, online/home/academy):
Preferred language and available times:
Period I want to compare:

REPEAT FOR EACH WRITTEN QUOTE
Provider / proposed teacher:
Quote date and valid-until date:
Lesson format / maximum group size:
Included sessions (N):
Minutes per session (M):
Exact billing period and scheduled dates:
Lesson-only fee (F), including stated taxes:
What the fee includes:

ARITHMETIC
Scheduled hours H = N x M / 60:
Fee per scheduled hour = F / H:
For a group, label this “per scheduled group-class hour.”
This is not a measure of individual attention or teaching quality.
Leave calculations blank until the quantities are confirmed.

STARTING CASH AND TOTAL SPENDING
One-off required charges and due dates:
Recurring required extras:
Optional items I actually intend to buy:
My own travel / rental / materials costs:
Refundable deposit, return conditions and due date:
Cash needed to start (include deposit):
Expected spending over my chosen period (track deposit separately):
Payment recipient and receipt arrangements:

TEST THE WRITTEN TERMS
If I miss a session with notice:
Required notice and how to send it:
If the teacher cancels or is substituted:
Make-up availability and deadline:
Public holidays / academy closures:
Package expiry / unused-session treatment:
Stopping lessons / cancellation / stated refund arrangements:
Trial price and what it includes:
Future fee-change notice:

DECISION NOTES
Teaching observations (separate from cost arithmetic):
Unanswered questions:
Written answers received and dates:
Does the schedule work for me?
What I would be agreeing to pay now:
Next agreed step:

A lower per-hour calculation is not proof of better teaching.
No default refund right, fee level or provider promise is implied by this sheet.