Play Piano By Ear - PIANO MAGIC Online Piano Lessons By Ear

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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.

If you're ready to begin, click the pic below to open a video where I'll get you started down the path of thinking PianoMagically, and I'll show you some really FUN sounds you can begin using right now!

WATCH MY VIDEO

"HOW TO PLAY PIANO BY EAR!"

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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!

IF IT ISN'T FUN, IT WON'T BE DONE!

"I am delighted finding I can't wait to get home to my keyboard!"
- Barbara Albrecht -

"Your personality and enthusiasm come right out of your materials. Extremely beneficial and fabulously interesting!"
- Sharon R. Franchini -

"Excellent, Exciting, Useful."
- Buzz Sommers -

"I love it! Your instructions are clear and it all makes sense!
It is FUN!"
- Susan Johnston -

"Just right to spark my interest and desire to PLAY!
This should be a TV course"
- Lee Holcomb Jr. -

"This will cause me to neglect husband, house, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, Tigger the cat and Queenie the dog. Thanks!"
- Trudy Trawick -

I learned more toward understanding the keyboard in one night, than in 8 years of music lessons. This is really great. You make it fun, entertaining and very worthwhile. Good Teacher!"
- Judy Turnell -

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!!!

PianoMagic students learning to play by ear in my live piano workshop.

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!

FREE SAMPLE PIANO MAGIC LESSONS

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!

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!

Catch the TOUR BUS for
FREE PIANO BY EAR ONLINE LESSONS

Why do most students fail at playing piano?

According to written evaluations by more than 7000 of my live students, most did not learn to play before Piano Magic, because the instruction method was:

Too Hard
Boring
Uninteresting
Too many scales
Dull
Did not teach the music they wanted to learn
Too many rudiments
Too much information
No fun

For the reasons listed above, approximately 90% of all new piano students 'drop out' of torturous piano lessons before the end of the first year.

Although the musical mainstream credits this extreme failure rate on bad students, I believe most of the blame belongs to bad instructors who miserably fail to inspire, motivate and guide eager students into the JOY and FUN of playing piano!

Yet, students ARE equally responsible for their musical success (or failure) by choosing instructors and methods that do NOT teach the music or techniques they truly want to learn!

Common Sense for Musical Success:
If you want learning piano to seem EASY, it will have to be FUN! So, find an instructor who believes playing IS EASY, but also makes it FUN TO LEARN!

How do you know who the best instructors would be for YOU? ASK THEIR STUDENTS!

If you have enough interest to buy an instrument, and a willingness to shell out some bucks for lessons, be SMART: Take the time to investigate and match your musical interest to the instructor, as well as to the instruction method.

In other words, from the beginning, find an instructor or course that teaches the music you most enjoy and want to play.

If you want to play Boogie Woogie, choose an instructor who plays Boogie Woogie in a style you enjoy and want to learn! (Common Sense: Do NOT choose a teacher who cannot play Boogie Woogie!)

If you want to play classical piano, choose an instructor who plays the classics in a way you enjoy and want to learn.
(Common Sense: Do NOT choose a teacher who cannot play 'the classics'!)

If you want to play piano 'by ear' and use chords creatively, choose an instructor who can demonstrate this ability, play in a style you want to learn, and can teach you to do it!
(Common Sense: Playing by ear is a completely different activity from reading or memorizing music. Playing and using chords is a completely different activity from knowing how to only play a variety of chords. Choose a teacher who not only knows HOW TO PLAY CHORDS, but also knows HOW TO USE CHORDS!)

If you intend to be a great piano student, save yourself money, time and torturous frustration by making better choices from the beginning.

If you'll use your BRAIN and COMMON SENSE to find the FUN IN MUSIC, your performing success is almost guaranteed; regardless of your musical preferences; in spite of your previous experiences!

If you have a BRAIN, a bit of COMMON SENSE and a desire to play with artistic freedom, it would be my pleasure and honor to share my greatest happiness of life; showing YOU how to play piano by ear!

Mike