Three very different things get called a "music certificate" in India, and telling them apart is the whole game. First: externally regulated graded exams, Trinity College London and RSL Awards, where an independent board sets the standard and assesses the student. Second: school-internal certificates, designed and awarded by the academy itself. Third: event and participation certificates from annual days and competitions. Only the first kind travels beyond the school's walls,

Most parents arrive at our door on Langford Road with a picture in their head of how music learning works. In that picture, progress is a straight line. Talent is the fuel. The gifted child rises; the ordinary child plateaus and drifts away, and the plateau is the proof there was no gift. Almost every part of that picture is wrong, and we can say so with some confidence, because since 2008 we have watched more than ten thousand students walk the actual road. This guide is the

If you have spent any time researching music classes in Bangalore, you have probably noticed something odd: almost nobody will tell you what they cost. Websites say "contact us." Phone calls end in "come for a visit and we'll explain." After twenty-plus years of running The Music School Bangalore, we decided to break that habit and put our fees, and everyone else's market position, in writing on one page. This is that page. The short version Bangalore music classes run from b