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Hello Ron: I really enjoy your method of teaching and yes, I have researched the other "online piano lessons", but don't find their content to be even close to yours.
As a former pro drummer, I appreciated your attention to detail, and not "pulling punches" regarding the assimilation of the rudiments to learn to play piano.
Thanks.
Jim Kaylor - Peoria, AZ
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Do you know how to add color tones to 3-note chords?
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Do have problems coordinating your left hand with your right?
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Can you play a Blues "lick" at the drop of a hat?
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Do you know what chord progressions to practice to improve your sight reading or interpret "lead sheet" chord symbols?
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Do you know the techniques to cultivate to be able to play, ANY STYLE of MUSIC, by "sight" or ear?
If you answered NO to any of the questions above, then I can teach YOU to play piano effectively and offer intermediate to advanced concepts -- if the purpose of your playing is to sound GOOD!
How to Learn Piano to Get Results...
When the practicing "blahs" strike, you just need an attitude adjustment.
You DON'T have to sweat blood to practice well. You DON'T even have to think of it as work, or duty, or even something that you ought to do.
STOP a minute and think about it.
You like music, and you want to play some special song that really means something to you.
You want it to SOUND through YOU - right through your finger tips.
Okay?
Well, you practice it to fulfill that desire, not to FRUSTRATE it.
Pause here and ASK YOURSELF some questions:
What if you could look at a piece of music for the first time, and play it correctly straight off, just as fine as you please?
How would you feel about practicing then?
OR...
What if you were practicing for the Olympic swim meet next year, and felt deep down that you had a chance?
How would you feel then about the training?
Would you PLUNGE into it each morning?
What if you were interrupted at a good point in yesterday's practicing?
What if you had just about broken through a tough spot when you had to stop?
Would you want to get back to it today as soon as possible?
YOU answer those questions, HONESTLY, for yourself. There are ways to say "YES!"
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Finally... You Will Learn How to Play Piano
FIRST, you've got to STOP blaming yourself.
You don't have to be PERFECT every time. You DON'T have to be the BEST player, today.
AND, you don't have to LISTEN to what other PEOPLE say about your playing - PEOPLE who are only half listening, and don't care the way YOU do.
Put all that out of your mind.
What matters is YOUR desire to play piano as well as possible.
Nadia Boulanger, one of the greatest teachers, put it best: "Don't speak to me of talent; speak to me of desire."
Here's How to Start Learning to Play Piano Tonight...
Just START with playing - one note after another, and keep going.
As the Japanese say, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first, step." AND, if the very first step leads to the first slip, be glad for it.
YOU CAN'T, repeat, CANNOT LEARN without MISTAKES!
Now... start to THINK more personally about your instrument.
The piano/keyboard, like the guitar, is a "TOUCHY" instrument.
Tough it, and you both produce and color its tones, like a potter molding clay. Think of the keys, all glemaing white, as the "SKIN" of the piano; you can either please them or HURT them.
STROKE them, and the sound will come out mellow and purring.
POKE them, and the sound will either "bark" sharply or woodenly "thud."
STOP thinking of yourself as playing "ON" or "AT" the piano. Rather, think of the instrument as an extension of your own body.
When an artificial leg is fitted to an amputee, he/she is then taught to walk with it. Gradually, it feels more natural - more like his/her own leg walking.
The French call the keys "les touches," or "touch-points" - as if the keys, not you, were doing the feeling.
EVERY musician wants to personalize this instrument.
Take a look at the vocalist who hugs his/her guitar, or without a guitar, "woos" his/her microphone, or, without a microphone, simply "woos" the audience?
EVERY musician seeks to make his/her instrument an extension of their own body, the tool he or she needs to put across the strong feelings he/she has for the music.
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Each piano lesson comes packed with all the following:
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A specific song style and/or concept with music notation (lead sheet)
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A "real-time" graphical representation on an animated keyboard.
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A video clip illustration. Actually see how the music should be played in "real time."
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My personal interpretation of the song/concept performed "live!"
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It's like having your own PRIVATE BAND..."backing you up!"
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"Easy" Play Piano Songs for Beginners and challenging literature for advanced skill levels.
Learn to Play Piano - Step By StepYou see, I'm going to take you by the hand and show you - step by step - exactly how to play the piano! You're going to learn in the privacy of your own home, and at your own pace. You're even going to practice on and learn songs that you want to hear and play.
This is Just a Sample of What You'll Learn
The distance between the hands when playing root open position chordsThe reaction to a chord symbol
The difference between open and close positions chords
The notes you should double in the open root position
The lowest note on the piano that you can play as a root note
The location of the lowered 7th tone for any chord
Why memorization is important for most of the music you play
The four basic families - or functions - of chords
The four-step chord building formula
The most important factor in efficient practice
Why it is important to program the intellectual process at the keyboard
The difference between practicing and actually playing the piano
Hello Mr. Worthy, I am really excited about these lessons...
I can see things already that I've always wanted to understand and your explanations are so clear. I can tell that this is going to be fun for me and spiritually awakening.
I want to express how I feel about the earth, mankind and my heavenly father through music.
I'm so glad that you developed this site, and that you understand how those of us who wish to play, like you play, feel about the beauty inherent in music, especially playing the piano.
Thanks and God Bless You.
Elwin Ponds - Phoenix, AZ
Lemme break it down
for you really simple here
Step 1: If you are a beginner, I'm going to teach you how to play correctly, "right out the gate!" I don't want you to "mix and match" as other students have.
Step 2: If you are an intermediate to advanced player, I'm going to fix your playing.
Step 3: Get clear on technique-specific practice models. Stop mixing and matching.
Step 4: Stop mixing practice models and confusing everything. I'm going to teach you how to play ANY STYLE of music you wish to play!
This is what I'm talking about...
Go to the piano or keyboard not to reproduce a piece, but to experiment with your best way to bring out what is there.
There is no one RIGHT WAY to play a piece - no matter how loudly some people protest that there is.
Artists in fact, vary greatly, and audiences return again and again to hear the same piece, as played by pianist X or pianist Y. You simply cannot play a piece twice the same way. TRY IT!
Here's how to practice an exercise or a song:
Sit quietly, upright and relaxed... hear the music in your head - hear it better than life.
SENSE its movement and PULSE rolling through you, turning and adjusting your own pulse, you are the prime "instrument" of this music - sitting there alert, tuned by silence, VIBRATING to it's rhythm, lending it your own life entirely.
As you feel the music filling you, hear and soul, you will know that it is getting ready to be born.
When it has STIRRED you, LIFT your hands to the keyboard. This is the reason you wanted to play in the first place: to bring alive what has already moved you.
And, suddenly, by CENTERING your focus, you've turned practicing from a duty into an ATTRACTION!
Here's how this would work.
Take a short part of the piece; you might choose a 4 or 8 measure phrase. Practice it slowly. When you feel comfortable with the music, INCREASE THE TEMPO.
Don't wait until you've practiced the entire work slowly. This way, at each sitting you'll get to learn a little section, bring it up to tempo, and "feel" into what is needed to bring it to life.
I have SO much to teach you.
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Now, let's start playing piano.
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To your success,
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