Learn to Play Piano

Millions have taken piano lessons and quit! The culprit is rigid teaching methods that make students wait months, even years, before they truly make music. With the no-technical teachings of Piano for Quitters you'll make music in minutes! Offering clear demonstrations, Mark Almond's holistic approach is based on chords and harmony---not reading notes. These lessons are designed for beginning students as well as those who would like to be less dependent on note reading. The program provides step by step musical material that allows the vast majority of learners to succeed (especially the students who really pay attention - - and keep going). Because the very heart of music theory is broken down to non-technical terms - - any parent can teach their own children! Approximately 90 minutes.

Get top-quality piano lessons---without leaving home! Mark Almond eliminates the "boredom factor" that causes millions of would-be musicians to give up too soon. With parental guidance, students learn to play beautiful music through basic principles of chords and harmony, then master traditional sight-reading---and they're on their way! Three DVDs, 4.5 hours total.

Designed for parents who studied piano themselves, and who now wish to include piano in their curriculum before starting formal lessons, this easy-to-use guide features the parent information on the left-hand page, and the student page on the right. The parent guide suggests steps for introducing the concept, follow-up practice suggestions, and review ideas. The student pages feature fun illustrations, simple instructions that are easy to understanding, and hands/keyboard diagrams that are numbered so students know what finger to use to play each key. This course covers notes, rests, finding each note on the keyboard, rests, bass & treble clef, Middle C position, and C position on the grand staff. The included CD contains a recording of every piece in the book. Based on Alfred's Kid's Piano Course. 96 pages, softcover.

Representing an 88-key instrument, one side of this fold-out diagram displays the name of each piano key with its corresponding note on the grand staff for four octaves. Place that side above the actual keyboard during your music lessons. Use the keyboard-only side away from the piano for additional review. Measures 48.75" x 5.5". From Alfred.