| Many piano players struggle to perform anything other | | | | can systematically use to get the results you want. So |
| than what they see on a sheet of paper and even | | | | many people overlook playing playing by ear, and even |
| then they don't really have the expressiveness the | | | | look down on people that do. That's because they |
| original writer intended. Why, do you ask? Maybe | | | | don't understand there is a skill involved. True some |
| because they're just not good. Or maybe they need | | | | people are just amazingly gifted and can just pull |
| the skill of playing be ear. Many people will tell you that | | | | chords out of the air, seemingly flowing from them like |
| you absolutely must learn music theory to become a | | | | water. But then there the other type of piano player. |
| great piano player. While it is true that the more | | | | The one who doesn't have so much talent and doesn't |
| knowledge you have about anything the have a better | | | | even know his/her potential. They haven't really been |
| understanding. Ultimately having a lot of head | | | | given any down to earth information they can use and |
| knowledge will not necessarily mean you are going to | | | | apply to the piano. |
| be good. What you need to learn is how to apply the | | | | Its just a lot of disconnected pieces of data. Believe |
| knowledge you learn. The better you learn to apply | | | | me I've been there. Playing piano by ear is just |
| that knowledge, the more increased your skills will | | | | knowing, based on sounds, what chords are the logical |
| become. | | | | ones to play in what situation. That in a nutshell is it. |
| Many People just haven't developed the skill to play | | | | Now naturally, you can always build on what you |
| piano by ear. When I say play by ear, I don't mean just | | | | know but they key is knowing in the first place. It is |
| sitting on the piano hopelessly pushing keys on a piano | | | | really easier than you think and once you have learned |
| until you don't want to see another piano ever again in | | | | how to do this, there will be no end to what you can |
| your life. I'm talking about a system or format that you | | | | play. This skill just keeps on growing and growing. |