Chords Are Key for Piano

Some music teachers may not want you to know this, but you don’t need years of weekly lessons to learn piano. In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. How do we do it? While regular piano teachers teach note reading, piano professionals use chords. And you can learn all the chords you’ll need to play any song in this one session. Any song. Any style. Any key. If you can find middle C and know the meaning of Every Good Boy Does Fine, you already know enough to enroll in this workshop. Total beginners can print out a free pamphlet on the treble clef by going online to this link- http://justonceclasses.com/info/images/fastpresence/class_notes_for_piano.pdf

Topics include:

• How chords work in a song
• How to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it
• How to form the three main types of chords
• How to handle different keys and time signatures
• How to avoid “counting”
• How to simplify over 12,000 complex chords

This piano course has been taught by your instructor at hundreds of locations all over the country since 1993. Students who never dreamed they could learn to play the piano are having fun doing something they always wanted to do because of this class. Here is a list of some of the locations where the Chords are Key for Piano Class has been offered. (The class has been offered with different titles over the years- Chord Style Piano, Instant Piano, Pop Piano Workshop)

Cochise College Sierra Vista AZ

Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY

Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM

Midland College, Midland TX

Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL

Paradise Valley Community College, Paradise Valley, AZ

Chandler Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ

San Juan College, Farmington, NM

University of New Mexico Ruidoso, Ruidoso, NM

Cayuga Community College, Auburn and Fulton, NY

Herkimer Community College, Herkimer, NY

Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ

Scott Community College, Bettendorf, IA

Dixie State College, St. George, UT

Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

Illinois Valley Community College, LaSalle, IL

Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL

Kishwuakee College, DeKalb, IL

Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH

Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ

Mohawk Valley Community College, Rome, NY

New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM

New Mexico State University, Alamogordo, NM

Northland Pioneer College, Show Low, AZ

Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL

Trinity Valley Community College, Athens, TX

Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Lake Tahoe Community College, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND

Central Arizona College, Apache Junction, AZ

Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

Parkland College, Champaign, IL

Oakton Community College, Oakton, IL

Odessa College, Odessa, TX

Estrella Mountain Community College, Litchfield, AZ

Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ

College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA

Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO

Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL

Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI

Montcalm Community College, Sidney, MI

Community College of Beaver County, Monaca, PA

New Mexico State University Carlsbad, NM

College of the Mainland, League City, TX

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

Northside Community Education, San Antonio, TX

Kerrville Community Education, Kerrville, TX

Rochester Community Education, Rochester, MN

Eden Prairie Community Education, Eden Prairie, MN

Burnsville Community Education, Burnsville, MN

Roseville Community Education, Roseville, MN

Mankato Community Education, Mankato MN

Farmington Adult and Continuing Education, CT

East Conn Adult and Continuing Education CT

Webster Continuing Education, NY

Howard Community College, Howard, TX

Thorndike Adult and Continuing Education, ME

Plus literally hundreds of other colleges, recreation programs, senior centers, community education programs and churches