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A quick update from Bruce
Why is this man smiling? Well, it might be because my lessons and videos have now been viewed more than 100,000 times and users are saying some wonderful things about them.
Then, too, I'm excited about my latest tutorials: Piano Accompaniment Styles for 50 Great Songs. These videos bring together everything DoctorKeys students have been learning up to now, and apply it to a wide assortment of songs and genres.
I invite you to check out that tutorial, or perhaps another favorite like How to Play a 12-Bar Blues Shuffle, for free. If you like what you see, just $15 gets you instant access to the whole site for six months.
Enjoy your visit!
--- Bruce Siegel
Who is this course for and what does it teach?
Whether you're into Bach or rock, Coldplay or Cole Porter, if you want to play the piano, you need to get a handle on chords. This course helps you to understand chords, and what's more, it teaches you how to use them to play music you love.
The tutorials are the fruits of my more than 20 years experience as a musician and private teacher, working with a wide range of students from beginners to professionals. The lessons are intended for those who are fairly new to the piano, but also for more advanced players looking for help with beginning theory and/or playing by ear.
You don't need to know a thing about music to benefit from this site, though a little experience with the physical aspects of playing would be helpful. You don't even have to be able to read notation. As more and more educators are discovering, the reading-first approach is not the only way, nor is it the best way, to learn.
I'll even teach you the names of the notes and where they're located.
But maybe you're here simply because you want to learn to play and sing some of the great music on the site. Everything's indexed (the videos are indexed by minutes and seconds), so it's easy to go right to a favorite song, piece, or style.
Since the focus is mostly on playing accompaniments rather than solos (here's why), the course is a natural for singers, songwriters, and band members.
The lessons teach you not only what notes to play, but how to play them. In other words, they teach technique--how to use your hands, fingers, arms and body for maximum ease and efficiency. (There's no lesson yet devoted entirely to beginning technique, but I'm going to remedy that soon).
I teach a "whole-body" approach to the piano, as explained here. It's the secret to relaxed, expressive, playing.