So, you’ve been dying to play the piano. But you don’t want to spend years learning how to read music. Of course you don’t! And you won’t have to IF you learn a chord-based approach to playing the piano.
Here’s a method I use to get my students playing piano in a flash. First, you need [...]
I play Christian music much of the time at my church. Many people think I’m playing something very difficult and intricate. I do know how to make things sound good. Yes, I’m giving myself a compliment. The truth is I’m not doing anything that anyone else couldn’t learn to do with a little practice. If [...]
So, you’ve taken piano lessons for years but you still can’t play on your own.
You probably know the scales and can read off music sheets, but you can’t just sit down at the piano and make music.
Don’t worry. It’s not your fault. You see, literally thousands of people are just like you. They’ve taken piano [...]
Love him or hate him, George Winston single handedly invented a whole new genre of music - New Age piano. His light ambient sound has reached millions of listeners around the world.
Now, a lot, and I mean a lot of pianists would like to be able to play like George but don’t think they can. [...]
If I have to choose between buying an acoustic piano or a digital piano what is the best choice? let’s take a look at the different choices if you want to learn to play piano.
Personally I haven’t been forced to make the decision between buying a normal upright piano and a digital piano as I [...]
You may have heard that you need to hire a professional piano teacher in order to really learn to play piano but that’s simply not true. There are a lot of reasons not to hire a piano teacher. The biggest reason is that a piano teacher can be very expensive. It takes a lot of [...]
If you are going to be learning how to play the piano, you may be intimidated by learning how to play piano chords at first. They do seem very difficult in the beginning, so you may want to learn about them first. Before you learn anything else about how to play the piano, if you [...]
Of course, if you were playing by note, the transition between verse and chorus or chorus and verse would be written into the sheet music. But, when you play the piano by ear, you must know the technique used in the transition.
Chord over Octave
This technique was covered somewhat in the newsletter that discussed chord [...]
If you’ve never played the piano before and want to learn, then there are 3 things you need to think about. The first is why you want to play the piano — do you want to perform at Carnegie Hall? Or in your own living room? The second thing is how much you can dedicate [...]
II-V-I progressions are common in most types of popular music and mainstream jazz and more. If you can play II-V-I progressions you are in a lucky position. What then is a II-V-I progression? Well, come and see!
A C-major scale consists of seven notes: C D E F G A B
A C-major chord consists of [...]
