Play Piano By Ear: Piano Magic Online Piano Lessons

Greetings Piano Magicians!
If you can hum, whistle or sing, you CAN easily learn to Play Piano By Ear. You may not pull a rabbit out of a hat, but you will be pulling familiar tunes out of your instrument, as quickly as you understand and begin to use the Piano Magic techniques presented in these pages.

Piano Magic Introduction: Are you as smart as my dog? In this video, Piano Magic author/instructor Michael Anderson discusses his 'common sense' approach to playing piano by ear, and how we teach our bodies to 'do it' in a natural and FUN manner. People AND their pets learn best with a simple approach, and Anderson provides a beautiful demonstration of how it's done, with his poodle, 'Coco'. Watch them now!

Just as there's nothing super-natural about a magician making an elephant disappear before an audience, there's nothing super-natural about a pianist playing a beautiful arrangement of a tune - by ear - the first time they try it. Although both activities appear to be magical to an audience, stage magicians AND 'Play by Ear' musicians are performing a sequence of events that occur in a specific ORDER. Knowing that order is a matter of LOGIC to the performers, but it certainly IS magical to an audience.

Piano Magic explores and exposes that specific sequence of events that results in creatively spontaneous musical sounds...played by ear, without reading music. Not only can it be learned quickly, but it's a LOT of FUN to DO! In my 45 years as a professional musician, no other technique has been as enjoyable for ME, or for my listeners!

In my Online Piano Lessons, you'll learn the secrets to playing piano by ear - by thinking piano chords - playing songs by ear that you already know...without reading or memorizing music. What's more, you'll learn at your own pace, with personal assistance and guidance from ME, Michael Anderson...the onsite piano instructor!

Since 1967, I have relied upon Piano Magic techniques to play piano by ear, playing the music I love, and earning my living as a professional performer. Since 1988 I have personally taught my method to thousands of students through 128 colleges and universities throughout the Southeastern United States! According to my sponsors AND my students, the success of my Piano Magic workshop is unequaled.

Since 2002, that same successful Piano Magic Workshop has been expanded and provided online, through the Piano Magic Members Only (PMMO) area of this web site. With detailed text, audio and video presentations, I'll show you step-by-step how to play SOLO piano by ear. You'll learn how to train your ears and brain to comprehend most recognizable music as a logical, repetitive and predictable pattern of tones, connected by rhythm. The information is quite simple to understand, and extremely FUN to use...but can also be easy to overlook if you move too quickly through the lessons.

I learned to play piano by ear in less than a day, got my first gig two weeks later, and discovered the most profound happiness of my life. I'm still pushing keys for personal enjoyment, and I'm here to lead you into that same wonderful enjoyment! It was a 'life changing' experience for me when I learned to play by ear using these techniques, and Piano Magic continues to provide 'life changing' experiences for my students. What's more, I'm here within the member area of this web site, to make sure everyone has the very best opportunity to learn how to play by ear using these wonderful techniques!

For some examples of how YOU might sound when you learn to play by ear, CLICK HERE to meet, watch and listen to some of my students!

Why should YOU learn to play piano by ear?

Learning to play before you read is the most logical first step, yet is completely overlooked in 'traditional' lessons. Learning to speak before you read, is the very foundation for understanding any language.

Think about it for a moment. If children were required to read English before speaking it, they probably would not speak intelligibly for many years; if ever! Yet, the majority of music students are taught that very method; read...then speak. That's NOT how I learned, and it's NOT how I teach!

It often takes years of lessons before a dedicated student can easily read and play a piece of written music in its entirety......but the person who created that same music first played it by ear!

According to a survey by the National Piano Institute, about 90% of 'traditional' piano students drop out of lessons before the end of the first year. That number sounds a bit high to me, but students often comment that 'traditional' lessons were too hard, didn't show how to play the music they wanted to play and were NO FUN! It doesn't have to be THAT way!

Playing music by ear for personal enjoyment can be one of the easiest and most fulfilling activities you'll ever experience. It can be learned in a few hours, and practiced for a lifetime! IT'S CALLED PLAYING FOR A REASON...IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUN!!!

If your hobby is taking lessons, I can't help you. But if you want to learn how to play SOLO piano creatively and artistically, playing music for personal enjoyment AND the entertainment of your audiences, come on in! PIANO MAGIC is here, and it was created specifically for YOU to learn how to play the tunes you already know; the tunes you already can hum, whistle or sing, played on the piano by ear!

In general, Free Piano Lessons are like Free Cheese in a mousetrap! The idea sounds good, but usually comes with a surprise ending! Still, the Free Sample Lessons provided in the following pages are excellent for beginners (catch the Tour Bus below) ...and are required for ALL STUDENTS, with or without previous playing experience.

You may have seen this info before, but if you really learned it, you would already be able to Play By Ear and would NOT be seeking such instruction! Regardless of your previous experience, if you don't play by ear, you are a beginner (at 'playing by ear')!

Don't skip or skim these lessons...your future performing success depends on YOU knowing this BASIC info forwards, backwards and inside out!

The info will seem extremely simple...and that's just exactly how we want it to seem! If it's simple, YOU can THINK IT and DO IT well enough to ENJOY IT!

Once you understand the Basics of Piano Magic, you'll be able to take your new found playing ability and musical freedom as far as your FUN can take you!

Keep your thinking SIMPLE and you'll go farther than you ever dreamed possible, but complicate it and progress will be slow. Simplify...always Simplify.

The tour bus below will take you to the Free Sample Lessons mentioned above. To view video and hear audio instructions, you'll need Windows Media Player 6.0 (or higher). If you don't have WMP 6.0 (or higher), click here to get the latest version direct from the Microsoft web site... for FREE!

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