Originally Posted by: basicsMost would say obviously yes, how could it be otherwise, but it's my thought that lessons inhibit creativity, as well as your own personal style, and it cuts corners in the learning process where it otherwise wouldn't've if learning on your own. It's alright in classical, where there's only one proper way of doing things, but in anything else I'm against it.

In my opinion that can only happen, if you get the wrong teacher. If you find one who is 1.) really good and known as a player and teacher 2.) has a lot of experience in teaching(10-20 years), it won´t have any disadvantages.

My advice: Search a private teacher without regular lessons. He will give you enough material and advices and explanation, which will be enough for quite a long time. Now I have lessons maybe twice a year, and my teacher said that soon I won´t need him anymore, and that I would also get independent, but he mentioned that that is the right way.