| Ah the piano. So beautiful So elegant and wistful. But | | | | just the music written centuries ago. You can actually |
| you can't play it for the life of you. At least not yet. | | | | create your very own unique music! |
| Piano for beginners has always been a somewhat | | | | What a difference that is. No longer "tied to the page" |
| difficult path. Here's what I mean. The hopeful student | | | | so to speak, the student who learns how to play |
| looks for a local teacher and asks about styles, rates, | | | | chords on the piano is light-years ahead of his |
| etc. Then the first meeting approaches. | | | | note-reading counterpart. How? Because by learning |
| You see your teacher and wonder just exactly what | | | | how to play chords, you learn theory. Once you learn |
| you're going to learn. Most likely, you will be | | | | a little theory, there really is no end to what you can |
| encouraged to play in a classical style. | | | | play on piano. |
| This means learning how to read music. It also means | | | | I'm a big fan of the New Age style. Here, you can |
| spending years and years learning how to play the | | | | actually play piano right away. And with both hands |
| classics. A noble goal and one pursued by thousands | | | | using chords! It's exciting because a complete beginner |
| every year. | | | | can place fingers to keys and begin the act of |
| But what if there were an easy way to begin your | | | | creative playing. |
| piano studies? There is. And it has everything to do | | | | Improvisation - the art of spontaneous invention is also |
| with learning a chord-based approach first! | | | | a possibility for the complete beginner. That's right! |
| What's that you ask? Simple. Chords are used to | | | | Piano for beginners does not have to be hard and |
| make music on the piano. Once you learn how to | | | | monotonous. On the contrary, it can be quite liberating! |
| finger a few chords, you can make music. And not | | | | |