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Imagine being able to sit down at a piano and just PLAY – Ballads, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, even amazing Classical pieces? Now you can… and you can do it in months not years without wasting money, time and effort on traditional Piano Lessons. Pianoforall is one of the most popular online piano courses online and has helped over 300,000 students around the world achieve their dream of playing beautiful piano for over a decade.


Now it’s YOUR turn to be the life and soul of the party!

An amazing series of step by step lessons Piano for all is specially designed to take complete beginners to an intermediate level faster than any other method. You start with popular rhythm style piano (think of artists like Lennon & McCartney, Elton John, Billy Joel, Barry Manilow, Lionel Richie, Coldplay, Norah Jones and so on) which means you get to sound like a pro right from the start. You then expand step-by-step into Ballad style, Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, Improvisation and creating your own melodies. You will even learn how to read music AS you learn how to ‘play-by-ear’ and eventually you will be able to play some amazing Classical pieces. Everything in Pianoforall is right where you need it to be. As you go through each book you can click on either Audio or Video and INSTANTLY hear or see what you are reading about. You don’t have to search your computer for lots of files and have lots of windows open. You can view the books on your PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone or you can print the pages out to set on your piano stand. Whether you can’t play a note – or you play a bit but want to improve – or maybe you play another instrument and want to diversify – or if you can read sheet music but can’t play by ear or even if you want to teach others – Pianoforall is the method for you! Because Pianoforall teaches a wide range of styles you can take your playing in any direction you choose and you can apply all the techniques equally well to Acoustic or Digital Piano / Keyboard. Pianoforall teaches the groundwork that is absolutely essential whether you play Piano or Keyboard.

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Musical instruments are a wonderful release of everyday stress. Musical instruments provide a stress outlet for adults and children. When deciding to purchase your first piano, there are a few key points one should keep in mind.

Pianos are expensive, and quite cumbersome to move around, thus purchasing the wrong piano is not an easily corrected mistake. Most people purchase upright pianos because of their compact size and basic simplicity. A smaller upright piano can be moved and adjusted inside the house, plus most can be transported in the back of a pickup truck if necessary, although it is always best to hire piano movers.

It is assumed that if you are purchasing a piano that you have at least tinkled on the keys a bit, even if you are not quite the proficient piano player. Pianos tend to have various key strengths, and trying them out prior to purchase is a good idea. I like a piano with a stronger touch, as it contributes to the tone I like to play in. Those who like to play softer classical music and sweet ballads tend to prefer a piano with a sifter touch to the keys.

Spinnet upright pianos are among the top choices for the beginner piano player. They offer a high quality tone for little money. Their smaller size makes them a logical choice for people without tons of space for something like a baby grand, but the small size doesn’t compromise on sound.

Often new piano players consider purchasing an electronic keyboard instead of a piano. While it is perfectly possible to learn the basics of piano playing on a keyboard, don’t be fooled into thinking it is the same thing. There are distinct differences. Aside from the loss of the pedals on the piano, there is a loss of complete and full sound that the piano offers that a keyboard simply can’t match. In the world of musical instruments, there are piano players and there are keyboardists. While there are exceptions, most piano players do not enjoy the keyboard. Purchasing a piano is a commitment. If you have never played a piano before, you may want to try out as many as possible before committing to the purchase. You may very well find that you prefer the keyboard if this is what you have been practicing on. While the keyboard may be slightly less expensive, you should aim your purchase at the instrument that you prefer to play.

A piano is a musical instrument that is classified as a keyboard, percussion, or string instrument, depending on the system of categorization used. Playing the piano is wide-spread in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and is also trendy as an abet


for composing and rehearsal. Materials used for pianos are strings, pin blocks, strings, plates and soundboard. Pianos also have pedals.

Music education makes you smart. Smart people educate themselves with music. Both are true to an extent. What is it about music that increases you brains efficiency? From a teacher’s standpoint, the answers are quite obvious. Because music education is such a broad topic, let’s condense it to the studying of an instrument… more specifically the piano.

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Teachers have noticed through the years that students seem to get sharper mentally with every lesson. Even the ones that don’t practice a lot seem sharper at the end of a lesson as compared to the beginning… although many teachers can think of a couple of past students who seemed to get more sluggish with every lesson. Thankfully, those types of pupils were the exception rather than the rule. So what aspects of mental capacity are improved by piano playing? Hand eye coordination vastly improves with instrumental training on the piano. You can better judge distances between notes while playing of notes simultaneously, and there are a whole list of coordination demands that come from the gradual improving of fine motor skills. Reading skills expand. If you think of music as a language, you are constantly improving your musical vocabulary with more compositions and technical exercises. Memory, both visual and touch, is given a workout. In this regard, the phrase “use it or lose it” comes to mind. Musicians who constantly memorize new pieces just seem to be sharp in the memory capacity, provided they have a fairly healthy lifestyle. EQ is forced to develop when performing the works of other composers. You really must feel and understand what a composer felt when composing a work; you will have trouble performing the work effectively for others if you don’t. Apart from studying the piano, the study of theory and history go hand in hand with the study of any instrument. Knowing about the history of a composer helps you to interpret a piece and


improves your music knowledge base. Interpretive improvement is also achieved through the comprehension of a piano piece’s structure. This understanding is obtained through theory knowledge. Music theory is often compared with math and it can be improved gradually, provided the student has a sound foundation.

Have you ever felt as if your piano playing has become stagnant and is not improving no matter how much you practice? The answer may not be the amount of time you put in, but rather the strategy you use to practice properly. I still remember when I was learning piano in my early years and the practice session seemed to be so boring and unproductive. I never went beyond what my piano teacher assigned. Each session would always be in the same order: scales, arpeggios, classical pieces, and etc. It soon became tedious and uninteresting.

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When one practices piano, one needs to get a balanced practice (I liken this to a balanced food diet). You have probably heard of the food pyramid if you live in the US or any other westernized country. Basically, we are told by FDA that there are a few groups of foods that we need to take in on a daily basis to be healthy, such as grains, fruits and veggies, protein, dairy, etc. Similarly, in the piano playing world, there are three main “ingredients” that we all need to consume in our practice sessions to become “healthier” pianists. Here are the Three Vital Ingredients: Ingredient 1. Technical skills (scales, arpeggios,etc) – This is what I call the carbohydrate or “grains” of piano practice. Often these techniques can be used as fillers or runs on melodies that have long hold measures as well as modulation, transposition and etc. It can be uninteresting or even boring if you do not know how to practice and how to apply them. The truth is that few piano players know how to make use of the techniques and how to practice them without getting bored. A suggested session of 5 to 10 minutes daily technical exercises is often helpful.


Ingredient 2. Repertoire–This is the collection of musical pieces one knows how to play well. I like to call this the fruits and veggies of piano practice. A good piano player can easily play anywhere from 25 to 75 pieces comfortably. Repertoire can range from classical pieces to hymns, or popular songs and other pieces. By the way, repertoire is often performed without the player reading from sheet music. A good sight reading skill is essential to develop broad repertoire. Piano player is suggested to learn a new piece every 2-4 weeks in order to broaden the repertoire collection. Ingredient 3. Improvisational abilities–This is what I commonly refer to as the protein of piano practice. A player that possesses excellent sight reading and technical skill but has limited ability to improvise is lopsided. For many years I was able to play piano well, but knew deep in my heart that if I didn’t memorize the pieces there would be no way that I could play any song without constantly referring to the sheet music. This is similar to a public speaker who must constantly refer to their notes during a speech.

Join over a quarter of a MILLION Happy Students Worldwide Click Here Now!! NOTE!! To Click The Link above you have to download the ebook then open the ebook and click the link... One should spend at least 15-30 on improvisational practice exercises on a daily basis. In addition to the Three Vital Ingredients mentioned above, I also suggest a minimum of 60 minutes of active listening and 60 minutes of passive listening to recorded music on a weekly basis. This can easily be done when one is driving in their car or exercising. The main difference between active listening and passive listening is that with active listening you are trying to hear what is going on in the recording where as in passive listening you are relaxing and not paying much attention. I often check out recordings of famous performers and composers from my local library. There are hundreds of great recordings you can borrow from your library for free. Should you ever need help with any of the Vital Ingredients, there are great tools to help you: The Definitive Piano Improvisation Course (http://www.playpianotips.com/DVD), is one of them. This course helps you to master the interesting skills of improvisation and helps you become a competent piano player.


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