Piano Lessons

Play Piano Tonight is a comprehensive guide to effectively learn how to play piano using the techniques and strategies of seasoned pro, Ron Worthy. Ron Worthy designed Play Piano Tonight using his unique teaching strategies and techniques to help students learn how to play piano immediately. Ron has over 40 years of experience playing the [...]

Learning piano chords by ear is a bit like listening to a song on a radio station and learning the harmonies in the chorus. Chords follow different structures, for example you have the major and minor chords then the 7th chords and different classical and jazz chords. Once you know the basic chords you can [...]

You don’t have to read music to play music! Think about this … someone, somewhere made music without a written note. The writing came afterward, as a way to share, and/or remember the music. I started playing guitar 40 years ago, I just plucked away at it until I started making music. I have never [...]

1. Playing and memorizing songs with the Gentle Piano software program 2. Keeping the record of song learning 3. The order of songs to start the piano learning 4. Solfeggio 5. The advanced ear training 6. Teaching how to play music chords on the piano 7. Improving the music reading skills 8. Writing a music [...]

Play Guitar by Ear Why play by ear when there’s free tab for just about any tune you want? Because even though playing tunes by tab feels good, playing a tune you learn by ear feels a hundred times better. Enjoy these articles on playing by ear. – Play by Ear, Episode 1 — Why [...]

You have always loved the sound of the piano and you remember tinkering on it as a child. You never had the money to afford formal lessons and you can’t read sheet music. But you want to play. You want to be able to finger those black and white keys and play a song. There’s [...]

Hear and Play Songs by Ear… The “Hear and Play” web site specializes in teaching people how to play the piano by ear. On their web site, you’ll notice one particular article that discusses the differences between musicians who play piano from sheet music and others who play by ear. Specifically, the article highlights the [...]

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Which is better? By ear or notation? Learning to play piano by ear has always been a controversy probably since the piano was invented. Proponents of this approach claim that it’s easier and it reinforces key listening skills while [...]

Is It Really Possible To Play The Piano By Ear? Playing by ear is the ability to play a piece of music (or, eventually, learn an instrument) by simply listening to it repeatedly. The majority of self-taught musicians began their education this way; they picked up their instrument and began playing an easy melody from [...]

Learn to Play Piano by Ear If you are interested in taking your piano playing to the next level, I think I may have struck the right chord for you. Not too long ago, I was contacted by my friends over at HearandPlay.com who specialize in teaching people how to play piano by ear. Jermaine [...]