The Learning process
Traditional piano instruction generally begins with Sight Reading
(being taught to memorize other peoples musical compositions using
musical notation) Unfortunately, this is an extremely laborious process
and many accomplished ‘sight readers’ have no idea about how to play by
ear or how the music they can sight read is constructed in the first
place. To do this they have to learn about chords and harmony.
these lessons works the other way round. You build a solid foundation using chords,
‘real’ sounding rhythms, patterns, riffs and chord embellishments and
then you BUILD on top of that and learn to play by ear and sight read
along the way.
BOOKS 1 TO 4 - LAY THE FOUNDATION
The secret to learning piano in the shortest time possible is to start
with 'Rhythm Style' Piano (like the Beatles, Elton John, Billy Joel,
Coldplay etc). There are some TERRIFIC party rhythms which take you
step by step through every chord and rhythm you'll ever need. As you
progress you add new riffs, patterns, extended chords, inversions,
harmony and so on with lots of memory tricks, formulas and 'bluffs' to
speed up the learning process. Most importantly - you learn ESSENTIAL
techniques and theory WHILE you are having FUN!
BOOKS 5 to 10 - BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION
With the foundation laid the sky is the limit. Ballads, Jazz, Blues,
Ragtime, Improvisation, composing melodies, Classical sight reading ALL
become SO much easier when you have a solid foundation in chords,
rhythm and basic harmony

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