| Learning the chord progressions used in piano music | | | | able to understand the piano and the way it works |
| can make the difference between having to play note | | | | differently than when being trained in the traditional |
| for note like the sheet music is written and having the | | | | method. You start to understand flow and why the |
| ability to understand the chord base and knowing | | | | fingers end up on certain keys and not others, you |
| where the next notes can be played to make the | | | | start seeing the patterns. |
| music you play your own. When learning to play the | | | | Human minds learn best by being shown patterns so |
| piano in the traditional sense, you learn one note at a | | | | learning chord music is more natural than learning note |
| time. You first learn where middle C is located and | | | | for note. Just learning the piano chords is not the |
| then you add more notes from there. | | | | answer to playing piano in a day, or in twenty four |
| The learning you receive allows you to see the note | | | | hours like some books would like you to believe. It |
| on a piece of sheet music and then be able to | | | | takes practice in order to become proficient at |
| transform in your mind where that note relates to the | | | | anything and piano is no different, but it does not have |
| piano keyboard and where you need to press a key | | | | to be complicated. Once you start down the path of |
| to hear that note. What you are not learning is the idea | | | | learning to play the piano, the music you get your |
| that piano chords have a certain pattern and in order | | | | fingers to play will hopefully be an inspiration to |
| to hear an "A" chord you can only press certain keys | | | | continue to practice and get better. Practicing is one of |
| and if you press any other, then it is not an "A" chord | | | | the joys of learning anything and being able to be good |
| or does not belong in the "A" chord family and that | | | | at it. I can remember crying at the piano begging my |
| these chords are repeated over and over again in | | | | mother to let me get away from the piano. My mother |
| each octave. | | | | made me take lessons at five years old. I can still |
| Learning piano in the traditional fashion, one note at at | | | | remember banging my head on the keys wanting to |
| time, has made it difficult for some to learn how to | | | | get away. I really did not appreciate the ability I had |
| play piano. When learning piano, if you can understand | | | | been forced to learn until much later in life, but the |
| the chord structure and how they work in relation to | | | | piano really made an impact on me when I learned the |
| the piece of music you are playing, you will enhance | | | | piano chords. |
| your knowledge in a very short time frame and be | | | | |