BXP-01 Teaching Guitar Online
About this guide
Teaching guitar online is a great way to expand your guitar teaching business. If you find you have trouble finding students to fit in your schedule, opening yourself up to online lessons could be the solution. Not only can you find students across the globe to fit your schedule, but it's also a great way to build your reputation as a teacher.
In the past, a platform called Skype was the go-to method of teaching guitar online. Skype has since lost popularity and shut down completely in 2025. Zoom became the most popular platform thanks to the 2019 global pandemic.
The pandemic also caused a massive surge in popularity in online lessons. While learning guitar online via webcam used to be uncommon, it's now the most common way people choose to learn guitar with a teacher. In-person guitar lessons are still popular, but people today are comfortable with taking lessons online.
This guide will explain the important points you need to succeed with this type of lesson. The biggest mistake people make when teaching guitar online is to assume it's the same as a lesson in person. This guide will show you how you can succeed with online lessons.
Why teach guitar online?
If you're not sure if online lessons are for you, here are a few reasons from other members on why they teach guitar online:
- Flexibility with schedules
- Reach more students
- Able to teach full-time
- Low cost
- Convenience (no travel)
There are many more reasons, but the above reasons are why a lot of guitar teachers teach online.
The main reason you may decide to teach guitar online is flexibility. Want to teach guitar at 3am? You may have trouble finding students in your local area wanting to learn guitar at that hour but you're sure to find somebody in a different time zone. Have trouble finding students to teach during the mornings? There will be people in other countries keen to take those times.
Zoom - the go-to platform
Zoom (now called Zoom Workplace) is currently the most popular way of hosting guitar lessons. It started off as a virtual meeting platform and exploded in popularity after the global pandemic.
While Zoom Workplace is primarily meant for businesses and teams to run meetings, it works perfectly fine for guitar lessons.
Features are constantly changing, so check out zoom.com to see what they currently offer and their pricing. While there is a free option, depending on your teaching needs you may need to pay for a plan.