Piano Lesson Reviews

Released in late 2007, Learn and Master Piano has quickly emerged as one of the most comprehensive learn-at-home piano courses currently available anywhere. Learn and Master Piano is professional-grade music education program that primarily comprises of DVDs, a workbook, audio CDs, and online content. If you’ve found that learning piano from more traditional learning methods such as books, and online manuals aren’t particularly well-suited to your learning style, you’ll probably love the Learn and Master Piano course which takes visual learning to a new level.

Learn and Master Piano is a good choice both for those who may never have played piano before as well as for those with some prior experience, but want to take their skills to the next level. Keep in mind that though Learn and Master Piano was not designed specifically for children with small hands, kids 13 years and older should be able to use this course as intended. It does have a rather steep learning curve which has the benefit of allowing you to start playing real music as soon as possible. The course teaches you both to play by ear and to read music effectively, both of which are important skills to have.

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The Piano System is a DVD-based, full-featured piano learning package. It’s especially targeted to those who desire to play by ear. It’s exceptionally produced and taught, and makes a fine addition to any musician’s library. The Piano System was published by Railroad Media, a fast-growing production company that specializes in producing high-quality music educational courses. They are based out of British Columbia in Canada.

Doing the teaching is Nate Bosch, an extremely accomplished Canadian pianist.  He does work as a studio musician working with a wide variety of musical artists, runs piano workshops and seminars, and leads a band called Blue Rain. If interested, you can hear some of their music at CDBaby.

Nate is a gifted piano instructor and possesses a very friendly teaching style, is articulate, concise and is easy to understand. As I went through the DVDs I especially enjoyed listening to him play his own compositions and renditions of well-known songs. When this chap puts out a solo piano recording I would love to own a copy. Believe me, this guy is good.

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For several years now, Rocket Piano has been a very popular choice for learn-at-home piano students. Rocket Piano is multimedia piano curriculum specifically designed for beginners with little or no prior knowledge.

Rocket Piano does its best to make learning an enjoyable and fun experience since it’s hard for anyone to learn piano through dry and boring exercises. The Rocket Piano curriculum builds up your piano skills quickly and gets you playing real music as soon as possible.

Your instructor will be Ruth Searle, a classically trained pianist from New Zealand (And beore you ask...yes, she’s got that cute Kiwi accent…). Ms. Searle has a bachelor of arts in music, has won an Australasian award for composition, and has experience performing in many different styles of piano.

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As the title implies, Piano for All seeks to take the piano and make it an easier instrument for people to learn. It essentially is a computer-based multimedia course that integrates text lessons with visual and audible elements to create a better learning experience than what’s commonly available through traditional mediums such as books and manuals.

One of the biggest pluses of Piano for All is that it gets you playing popular music extremely quickly. True, the tunes may not be terribly complex, but they’re definitely not “Twinkle, Twinkle” either. As a student, being able to play songs you actually enjoy makes the learning process more engaging, more fun and gives a greater sense of satisfaction.

Robin Hall, the mind behind Piano for All is an Irish piano teacher and artist. Interestingly enough, we couldn’t find all that much about his musical background and qualifications but do know a bit about his career as an artist. Robin Hall is actually a proficient cartoonist who has managed to publish multiple well-received books on drawing cartoons. Piano for All customers will even get to see some of his original artwork as some of it makes it into the course (more on that later).

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