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I have had a look at that- I think it looks very good- I am tempted to buy that for over the summer when my piano teacher is away- it will give me plenty to work on and also what I'd like to go more into- chords, improvising etc.

In fact this online course looks far more exciting and value for money than others I've seen.

I just need to check if quicktime is compatible with my OS ( Not on Microsoft).

The CD version is on Amazon for around $37 plus shipping...

Yeah..on a netbook so not got a driver- got the software but need to get a portable driver to plug into it. I watch DVDs on a portable DVD player ( with screen). I am guessing the DVD means one doesn't have to worry bout Quicktime then!

EdwardianPiano,
I think the CD is just a data CD that contains the pdf's and quicktime files. It's for people with slow or nonexistent internet connections who don't want to be bothered downloading the files.

Warm Regards

I would get the cd in order to put it on my desktop and laptop. Can you download the files more than one time to different machines?

I presume it has the audios though?

I think it said so Mark- check the section on his website.

I think Robin now has the videos on mp4, for iPad. They play on most computers, at least I've been able to play them on any of my computers, as well as in my TV. If you have the VLC media player, you can play them. VLC plays almost any format.

Actually I once encoded the quicktime videos to both divx-avi and mp4, among other things to be able to play them in my DVD player and plug them into the USB port on the TV. However the quality is rather poor, so they don't display well on large screens.

Edit: Yes you can download the files many times, just remember to bookmark the download link you get. I've downloaded some of my files at least twice.

I should be able to play MP4S- I'm on Linux. VLC is available for Linux as well last time I looked. Linux has myriads of available programmes to play mp3s/4s to download.

Thanks for that Pianotehead. I emailed Robin to ask him if he had any other formats. I plan to get this programme in the summer, so plenty of time to get it organised!

I just purchased this course last night, and let me say that I feel very excited about this. The course is exactly what I was looking for. Let me explain.

I am doing the Alfred series and am needing supplemental material. Ultimately, I want to do The Pop Piano Method by Mark Harrison, a 500 page digest of popular styles, and the theory behind them. Its an advanced method that I'm just not technically capable of yet. I needed a bridge, or primer to it.

And thus, Piano for All. It also looks at progressions and many of the stylistic techniques for popular genres. But, at a much less advanced level. It appears to be a great primer to use leading up to the point when I can take on Mark Harrison's method. Furthermore, it complements Alfred wonderfully. I really am very excited to do this.

Frankly I was a bit sceptical given the web sites heavy marketing lean, and use of Clickbank (known for crummy ebooks). But looking over the material, it appears there is a reason why the reviews are so positive on Amazon. It looks like a good course!

Thank you sinophilia for hipping me to it!

Good thing it works for you. Last night I opened book number two and started playing the twelve bar blues Jerry Lewis style, exercise number two I think. I found out it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. A few years ago I had done those exercises a little bit, but I was rusty yesterday and had trouble keeping time. I mixed up, in the left hand progression I sometimes played the root instead of the third.

We should consider making a Piano For All support thread, if there are enough people who are going through the course.

I completely agree! sinophilia is hip in my book. She is a voice of reason on these forums.


I think this thread would make a good place for a support forum.

Count me in!
I recently purchased this although I have not gotten very far in it yet.

Yep, that's where I'm at! I'm half way through book one. I just did The Amazing Broken Chord Ballad. lol. So far excellent exercises to get lots of movement between octaves and positions. Good stuff.

Oh Lord, thank you!

I'm trying to play the exercises in book 1 using the chord inversions taught in the Alfred's books - it makes things a bit more difficult but more interesting.

The support thread is up.

https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubb...%20-%20Support%20thread.html#Post2055671

Hello can anyone who has this please tell me what format the audios are in please? I'm not on Microsoft and Quicktime is not in my OS. Are they mp3 or wav? Or something else?

The audio files are mp3 and the video files are mp4

Hello,

Has anybody have a good experience with the Piano for All course? Have you been able to learn how to play piano by ear?

I just purchased the book, and I must say that it is exactly what I needed! I'm not extremely interested in developing the skill to read sheet music, and play pieces written in front of me. There are certainly many beautiful classical pieces that I would eventually like to tackle one day, but right now I want to learn how to jam on the piano...improvise, compose on the fly, and be able to play songs simply by knowing the chords. For instance, I have a Beatles song book that I bought for guitar a while ago, and it just has the chords and lyrics in it. Being that I'm a guitarist of 20 years, it's just basically second nature that I can instantly play any song in the book just by reading the chords. However when it comes to playing the piano, I'm lost as to how to use the given chords to "accompany" the lyrics. I mean there are so many different things you can do with the left and right hands...I'm pretty lost!

I have not yet begun the course, but after scanning through the material, I am certain that this is a compilation of everything that I've been looking for!

Anyway, I purchased the program, and I read through all 11 books. It appears to have exactly what I've been searching for (via many YouTube videos, websites, forum posts, etc...).

It starts off extremely simple, and it just builds from there. Every single book has audio and video examples, and the practice material is written in musical notation and "chord symbol" notation. It doesn't neglect the fact that reading music is important in the progression.

Ballad style book is my favorite so far since I tend to really want to always play heavily arrpegiated sad sounding, yet beautiful songs.

I also really like the looks of the jazz book which really helps to add that really "bluesy/jazzy" feel to a basic chord progression through the use of left hand techniques, rhythm techniques, and extensions of chords.

One of the books is dedicated to classical music as well. This one is book 8 or 9, and if you've been following the books in order as you are supposed to, then it should be manageable as far as the sight reading aspect of it goes. It appears to only be an introduction to classical piano, but there are still many beautiful sections of pieces to work through. As I said, after I go through this whole course (which will take a long time), I will then continue my learning with a nice classical book. Just running through this material however will get me to where I want to be as a rock pianist, with a background in reading and dipping into some classical.

The last book is all about practicing scales and arpeggios, with proper fingerlings. Although the course is designed to get you to start playing songs ASAP, the course material gets increasingly more difficult (which is good), and does not ever neglect the fact that scale and arpeggio practice in all keys is critical.

Basically my initial concern with the course was that it would leave me still a beginner with just the ability to play a bunch of cheesy tunes in C major (not exactly, but you get the point of my concerns). However after screening through the entire course material before witting down and working through it, my prediction is that after I make my way through the course, I will be LIGHT YEARS ahead of where I currently am! I will be able to go through something such as a fake book, or a book of chords and lyrics, and simply play the song instantly. I will also be able to apply my musical background of 20 years of guitar playing to the piano since I will now know what each hand is supposed to be doing. I will also have a solid reading foundation.

I can't wait to get cracking on this course. The beginning looks boring, as it has all chords played in just root position, but I will work through from the beginning because learning the basic rhythmic and musical notation reading concepts are critical foundations for the increasingly more difficult material that lies ahead in the later books.

I'm excited!