People (Americans?) are funny about money- so maybe no one wants to discuss this but- how much can one expect to pay per unit for weekly music lessons?

A friend of mine is a mando player, pretty good but still learning. (Being who he is, he will probably always be learning.) Recently he's been studying with an accomplished player; he's paying $25.00 for a half hour lesson once a week, and he's happy with it.

As he said, since it's just for a halfhour, he has to stay focused, but he says he takes a lot of ideas and information home to work on. Of course most of the lesson takes place as homework, which is fine because he's going to be playing at home anyway.

If I were to study with him, I think what I'd be looking for at the start is ways to smooth out flat picking and how to pick within chord forms. I'm self taught- and it shows!