在香港，學習演奏樂器的支出費用並不便宜。因此好多家長偏向尋找一些收取學費比較便宜的導師，但家長們亦都忽略了這些導師的質素。他們亦都忽略了導師質素對初期學習樂器的重要性。
為何第一個導師質素是那麼重要？ 以吹奏管樂器為例，一個質素良好的導師能夠如何教導學生運用適當的呼吸，舌頭的運用，吹奏時的口型及姿勢。 由第一日學習管樂樂器開始， 這些基本功對學生是很重要的。 假若一開始學生錯誤地學習這些基本功，日後便會很難更正。甚至影響日後學習吹奏更高階的技巧。
過往我亦教導過不少已開學習雙簧管及巴松管的學生。發現他們吹奏的時候運用錯誤的方法及養成許多壞習慣。儘管我已作出最大能力協助他們，但依然很難完全改善。
到最後當初尋找學費便宜的導師，成本比一開始尋找學費高但質素良好的導師還高出很多，而且亦冤枉地花費了不少時間。正所謂“一分錢一分貨”， 尋找一個質素良好而學費你又負擔得起，你絕對唔會後悔。
Learning musical instruments in Hong Kong is expensive. Many parents resort to low-cost teachers, with the idea that the quality of teacher doesn’t matter at the early stages of learning. In reality, the first teacher is probably the most important teacher. It is of utmost importance that students learn to play the right way from day one. Proper breathing, tonguing, embouchure and posture must be observed. Bad habits, once formed, are very difficult, sometimes impossible, to get rid of.
I have taken students who previous learned from other teachers. Almost all of them play with wrong methods/bad habits that were very difficult to correct, despite my best effort. In the end, more money will be spent on correcting those problems than the initial savings with low-cost teachers. Find the best teacher you can afford. You won’t regret it.