Second best is to do it without the support and discipline of a teacher. It's just like any other thing that takes skill. You can either stand on the shoulders of giants and learn from their wisdom, or you can go it alone and make the mistakes and form the bad habits they could have warned you about. And when it comes to a musical instrument, it's all about the FEEL and POSTURE as you play, which only in-person teachers can show you.
Anyone can take a hammer and saw and build something that resembles a table, but the one who learned from a craftsman (even for just a little while) will be able to produce far better work with far less effort and mistakes. Knowing how to draft and read plans will also go a LONG way towards getting good results.
Yea, right now i'm looking for resources that at least attempt to describe and teach posture, hand patterns, etc. I may at some point hire a virtual teacher, but that seems difficult to setup. I imagine they'd need cameras, my hands, body, etc - and it sounds like work. So i'm going to pursue some non-live methods i can find, if any.
There's an app for VR on Oculus Quest [1] that the dev is working on live instructor collaboration as well as set learning pieces. He has upgraded the hand tracking for physical keyboards a few times I am not sure it's current state but this maybe of interest to you guys.
It's just not the same. At one point I moved away from the city where my teacher lived. We tried it over skype, with me changing the camera angle a bunch so he could observe properly, but it was slow, frustrating, and he missed so many things that came to light when I went to visit for an in-person lesson.
Music teachers are cheap to hire. Even 1 hour a week for 6 months would do WONDERS, and not cost much. Plus, your teacher will likely be a student as well, or attempting to supplement their music career. Taking lessons is supporting the arts directly.
Anyone can take a hammer and saw and build something that resembles a table, but the one who learned from a craftsman (even for just a little while) will be able to produce far better work with far less effort and mistakes. Knowing how to draft and read plans will also go a LONG way towards getting good results.