Welcoming
new and renewing members from 96 Countries, and
all 50 US States:
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!
In
my Online Piano Lessons, you'll learn the secrets
to playing piano by ear - by thinking chords - playing
songs 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, as needed!
For
more than forty years I have relied upon Piano Magic techniques
to earn my living as a professional performer, and 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 the written evaluations
of 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 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 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!
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 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 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 piano creatively, playing music
for personal enjoyment, come on in! PIANO MAGIC is here...for
YOU!
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
(catch the Tour Bus below) are excellent for beginners...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.
Catch
the TOUR BUS
FREE PIANO MAGIC ONLINE LESSONS - Two Stops Away
The
Most
Important Lesson
(Depending
on your internet connection speed, please allow One to
Five Minutes for Video to load)
Michael
Anderson(and his wonder dog, Coco) explains
the basic Piano Magic concept for training your body to
play beautiful music.
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 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 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!