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Memorise piano chords and play songs today! Using my simple system, it's EASY for anyone

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Overview

Course updated 26/11/23

There's a way to play any song you want on piano, without struggling for years to learn scales or read music..If you want to be playing songs almost straight away. This is the method for you

Years ago I stumbled upon an elegant solution to an age-old problem. How to get anyone to play songs on piano quickly, without them having to practice for years or read music. I've since developed and taught this simple easy system to over 18,000 beginners online. With rave reviews.

It's transformative, making a huge difference to people's lives

“I have been playing for about 30 mins a day for about 7 days after following about 70% of the course. I have just finished playing chorus and verse of Sam Smith's "Stay with me", both hands! I'm a complete beginner and I have wanted to play an instrument all of my life. There was a moment, brief but a moment, where I wasn't thinking about where my hands were but just enjoying playing the piano. It ranks alongside holding a proper conversation in a foreign language. I can' t recommend this course enough it's short, easy to follow and it's inspired me on to a more complex course. Thank you for sharing your method and not wrapping it unnecessarily in a 20-hour course. Fantastic.”

Or this one

“It's so silly they don't teach piano like this from the start. I can't believe that it took me 2 music teachers and 1 year of frustration before I found someone who could just EXPLAIN IT.”

Why Listen to me?

As a professional musician I’ve had 4 record contracts, played all over the world, recorded albums, videos, and played main stages at many of the big festivals. I’m also an educator. I set up a successful non-profit teaching underserved youth how to create music quickly and easily. As part of that journey, I did a MEd Degree in Education at Cambridge University, learning the latest teaching theory. All of that means I’ve fused years of experience with the latest theory and built online courses, specialising in getting people playing as quickly as possible without being put off, bored or confused by theory. These have now been taken by over 18,000 students, with rave reviews. I know how to structure complicated ideas easily and explain them in a way that means people grasp them fast, and in a fun way without the B.S. that so often surrounds music education.

Confused or frustrated by traditional ways of being taught piano? Want to jump to the fun bit, playing songs?

  • In minutes you'll be able to name all the notes on the piano (even if you think your memory is rubbish)

  • In another 5 minutes you'll have learned your first chords and more importantly, internalised the simple shapes that mean you'll be able to memorise how to play all the different types of chords

  • Most songs only use four or five chords, Ten minutes in you'll know how to play fourteen. In an hour you'll know instantly how to play 100s using this system

  • I'll also show you where to look to find the information you need to play the songs you want to (what chords and when and how to play them).

  • I'll break down how to learn those songs, so you are having as much fun as you can as you learn piano as quickly as possible. learning through fun is massively more effective than learning by rote.

  • There will also be a whole bunch of tricks that make you sound great, easily and simply without having to read a dot of music - No confusing notation needed

  • And much much more

Syllabus

  • What's in the course
  • 1. Intro to how we'll learn
  • 2. Anchoring
  • 3. Two min white note practice
  • 4. What's a chord - How do I make one?
  • 5. Bus analogy
  • 6. Fences and Triangles
  • 7. What's to come?
  • 8. Minor chords
  • 9. Finding chords
  • 10. First song
  • 11. The black notes
  • 12. Sharp and flat chords
  • 13. Minor sharp and flat chords
  • 14. Seventh chords
  • 15. Step through some chords
  • 16. Where are we now?
  • 17. Left hand - spicing it up
  • 18. Arpeggios
  • 19. Passing notes
  • 20. Run up and run downs
  • 21 Augmented Chords
  • 22 Diminished chords
  • 25 Sus 2 and Sus 4
  • 23. Slash chords
  • 24. Inversions
  • 26 Rolling chords
  • 27 Playing with space
  • Using beats and bars to work out when to play chords
  • Putting it all together
  • 28 IMPORTANT LAST MESSAGE
  • Sam Smith's stay with me
  • Johnny Cash's Hurt
  • Imagine John Lennon
  • Skinny love bon iver/birdy

Taught by

Simon Glenister

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