{"product_id":"the-secrets-to-playing-piano-by-ear-home-study-course","title":"The Secrets to Playing Piano by Ear: Home Study Course","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"For the First Time Ever  Piano Extraordinaire  Jermaine Griggs Reveals the Proven Secrets of How You Can Instantly Play Any Song By Ear --- Guaranteed!\"  Dear Friend  If youre like most beginning musicians  youre struggling to learn music theory -- how melodies  songs  and chords are formed AND how to use music theory to your advantage when it comes to playing piano by ear. Whether youve wrestled with self-help books  \"how-to\" videos  and music training manuals  or have taken personal music lessons  some of you have been disappointed. To be quite frank  learning the piano is not an easy task. It requires a great level of understanding  application  and commitment. In fact  it can never be totally mastered. That is  a musician can always seek to learn new things --- whether it be an unused chord progression  unfamiliar music theory  or exploring different genres of music ... theres always room for improvement and exploration! You dont know me yet  I realize  but Id hate to think of you wasting your time and money on learning to play piano by ear only to find that your approach was flawed from the beginning. Simply put  either you were learning techniques that have little or nothing to do with the type of music you want to play  courses that hardly teach you the basics of what you want to learn  or videos that require you to simply imitate what the instructor is doing  neglecting the theory behind it. That is why Ive created HearandPlay.com and have taught thousands of people how to play the piano by ear.  Over 11 734 people from over 30 Countries have already relied on me to teach them how to play the piano. Many of them have since gone on to play in bands  churches  special events and more (as shown in their Testimonials)!  Over 1 211 of them now teach beginning piano to students! Imagine going from learning piano in a few months to passing on your knowledge to children in your community  church ... or even family members! Survey Updated: 3\/25\/04  Hundreds of them now play the piano for their churches  special events (weddings  celebrations  ceremonies  parties ... and the list goes on) and even assist in directing the choir. These secrets will open up unimaginable doors! .... believe me  I use them myself!. Survey Updated: 3\/25\/04  Students have paid me anywhere from $45 to $125 an hour for musical instruction. Since launching HearandPlay.com in August 2000  I no longer teach privately as this website has grown to be one of the leading resources on the net serving more than 65 700 subscribers with our piano lessons  newsletters  and more! These organizations along with many others have been impacted and have honored me for my accomplishments in various fields...  Why do you need to know how to play piano by ear?  Let me first start by saying that this article does not intend to discourage you from sight reading. In fact  we teach the basics of sight reading even before exploring the techniques of playing by ear. For those of you who dont know what sight reading is  it is the ability to read songs from sheet music. Although this is a wonderful skill to have  if one does not know the theory behind what they are playing  it will create several disadvantages:  Sight readers will rely heavily on sheet music. Imagine being at church or at an event where you are playing and you must keep your eyes glued to a piece of paper ... how would this feel? I am not speaking from inexperience! I have been there ... Dont forget ---- I teach sight reading as well!  Sight readers will be less likely to improvise (add style  chords ... respond to what they hear) because their goal is to play whatever is written on the sheet music accurately.  Sight readers will attempt to memorize entire songs instead of simply r\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945761534005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0974484504","price":82.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780974484501.jpg?v=1769909443","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-secrets-to-playing-piano-by-ear-home-study-course","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}