Dear Piano Enthusiast,
Have you ever had one of those life-changing moments when you suddenly
saw the world in a whole new light?
OK, so maybe you’re entire life didn’t change, but it might have been
something you were studying, or reading, or practicing, and all of a
sudden…
WHAM!
Everything just became crystal clear.
Maybe it didn’t happen instantly – maybe it took a few weeks or months.
Maybe it happened in school, or at a seminar, or in your own personal
studies.
Has that happened for you on the piano yet?
I believe – in fact, I KNOW – that it can!
How do I know this?
Because it happened to me.
That
First Piano "Spark"
When I was 5 years old, my Mom’s old Wurlitzer spinet piano fascinated
me. I would watch and listen as she played, and I just knew I wanted to
do that.
Nobody shoved lessons down my throat, and I wasn’t wowed by some
virtuoso I saw perform.
I just knew I had to play the piano.
So… I asked my Mom to show me a few things, and I quickly learned to
read piano music, with only a brief (and frustrating) stint taking
lessons when I was 8 or 9.
I don’t mean to brag, but do you know how degrading and frustrating it
can be having someone run 5-finger scale drills with you when you can
already just sit down and play through a stack of sheet music without
too much difficulty?
I just wanted to PLAY!
I really didn’t feel the need to go through a bunch of exercises just
to play the songs I wanted to play, you know?
Anyway… fast-forward a few years.
My friends and family enjoyed my playing, but it seemed I was forever
tied to sheet music. If you sat me down at a piano with no music, I
would just stare blankly at the keys, waiting for someone to throw some
sheet music at me.
(That reminds me of an old joke… How do you make a guitar player [or
fill in the instrument of your choice] play more softly? Put some music
in front of him :-)
In fact, as a late teenager, I remember one particularly embarrassing
evening when a friend of mind invited me to come play with his band.
Seems they were looking for a keyboard player, and he had heard that I
played.
“I don’t know,” I said. “I’ve never done anything like that before. I’m
not sure I could do it…”
Etc., etc.
“Just come on over,” he said. “We play country, rock and roll, and some
blues. It’ll be easy for you!”
Well, it
WASN'T!
Without music in front of me, I just froze up. I had NO IDEA what to
play.
I could hear the music, and they would tell me a key, but I was just
totally clueless.
Needless to say, it was a humbling experience!
But I just had to know…
Was there some magic that I was missing in my piano playing?
How did other keyboard players do it?
I
Find The Piano "Holy Grail"
Years later, after graduate school, I moved to St. Louis, got a “real
job” and suddenly had some money of my own coming in to buy a piano and
some electronic music equipment.
And something got me interested in learning how to play jazz piano.
So, I picked up a few books and started to teach myself a few things,
but I just wasn’t getting too far.
Then, one day, I saw an ad for jazz piano lessons at a local arts
school and quickly decided to go back to lessons – at least to try them
out for a month and see how it goes.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE time and teacher made!
Being more mature, and having a few more years of piano under my belt,
I made quick progress as my teacher showed me how to play beautiful
sounding chords and introduced me to just enough theory to take my
playing to next level.
But, by far, the coolest, most life-changing thing I learned during
those lessons…
The skill that took my piano playing to an entirely new level…
The skill that suddenly made me feel completely at ease sitting down at
ANY piano…
Was…
How
To Improvise On The Piano
All of a sudden, the pieces all fell into place, and I was able to make
music on the piano I had never been able to make before.
And it was absolutely wonderful!
Why was this such a life-changing experience?
Because once you know how to improvise, it puts all your other piano
playing skills on steroids!
If you play by ear – even a little bit – you can suddenly find chord
progressions and melodies faster and more easily.
If you play from sheet music, you can create your own intros, endings,
fills, and turnarounds – and you can create variations for each verse,
so you’re not stuck playing the same arrangement over and over every
time. (Heck, you probably won’t even need to buy that much sheet music
anymore, because you’ll want to just create your own arrangements!)
If you just like to tinker at the piano and don’t really read music,
you can quickly make up your own melodies and chord progressions.
But probably the best thing about learning to improvise on the piano is…
You
now feel in total control of the piano, rather than the piano (or the
sheet music) controlling you.
It’s kind of like driving or riding a bike… you know how you just do it
now, without even thinking about?
OK, so you’ll still have to think a little bit, but chords and melodies
will seem to just come to you without having to work out every little
thing in advance.
Words are just not enough to convey the satisfaction you get once you
know how to improvise.
How
Can You Get That Same Feeling?
So what does this long-winded story have to do with you?
Well, as Paul Harvey used to say, here’s “the rest of the story…”
A little while ago, in response to lots of questions and emails from my
online subscribers, I decided to create a 4-week interactive video
piano course...
Improvise
Piano.... FAST!
This is a previously recorded 4-week course that is now available on
DVD, complete with weekly lessons and Q&A webinars.
Each module consists of a series of short videos, along with
interaction between me and everyone in the original course. It’s very
likely that all your questions were answered – either by me or other
students or both – for the benefit of everyone.
Each week, I conducted a live Q&A session, with me sitting at
my keyboard, where I demonstrated techniques that weren’t explained
well enough in the videos, or that participants had questions about.
These live Q&A sessions were recorded and posted back to the
website for those who couldn’t make the live sessions.
I also put all the core content – video lessons + recorded Q&A
sessions – on DVD and am now making those available for everyone – even
if you weren’t in the original class.
By the way, you do NOT need to know how to read music to take this
course! If you do, that’s fine, but we’re not going to get hung up on
the sheet music, OK?!
Here’s exactly what you’ll learn in this interactive course:
Week 1:
- The building blocks of piano improvisation –
the basic tools and little bit of theory you’ll need to start
improvising fast. (Don’t worry, we’ll be going one step at a time!)
- Different methods for improvising – how
different piano players do it
- What makes a good solo/improvisation? What
makes a “bad” solo/improvisation?
- Practice techniques (and a little homework) to
get you improvising on the piano immediately!
Week 2:
- Tools and tricks for your piano “toolbox” – a
basic set of techniques you can use over and over
- How to build a “nice” improvisation – yes,
improvisation is usually spontaneous, but when you’re first starting
out, it helps to analyze a few recordings and come up with some simple
plans before you start playing.
- How to keep your solos “anchored” and sounding
good to you and your listeners
- Rhythmic structures and variations that add
some great twists to your playing
- Tips and tricks the professionals use to make
some really cool sounds on the piano – you’ll be amazed at how simple
some of these licks are!
- A little more suggested homework and practice
ideas (don’t worry, I’m not going to balance pennies on your knuckles
or hover over you with a metronome on the piano!)
Week 3:
- Applying everything we’ve learned so far to
different styles of music
- How to quickly analyze a song or part of a song
to determine the best way to improvise/solo
- Tips for creating specific moods and emotions
in your playing
- The magic elements that make certain types of
music sound a certain way – what makes “rock and roll” sound like “rock
and roll” or “new age” sound like “new age”?
- Using “backing tracks” to practice improvising
Week 4:
- Advanced improvisation techniques – secrets
I’ve learned from the dueling piano bars
- Fancy, two-hand improvisation patterns – these
took me a long time to learn for myself, but only because no one ever
taught me! (They’re really simple!)
- Chord patterns – how playing multiple notes at
once can really make your playing sound rich and full!
- Longer runs, fills, and turnarounds – more than
just some quick “licks,” these runs and patterns will amaze you,
especially once you see how easy they are to pull off.
- Left hand improvisation – when and how to do it
properly
- Changing keys in the middle of a song – how to
lock in the key change for your listeners and what key to go to next.
But that’s
not all you get! You’ll also receive:
- Online access to all the comments, questions
and answers that were posted during the original course
- The complete 5-DVD set of the lessons and
Q&A sessions
- A couple of unannounced bonuses
Won't
This Be Expensive?
As you can see, this course represents hours and hours of basic
content, interaction, and live teaching.
Honestly, the more I look at it, the more I realize how much work this
was to put together! Actually, it was a lot of fun for me, because (in
case you hadn’t noticed) I LOVE this stuff!
When I studied this material myself, it took me several months of
weekly $35 piano lessons just to go through it, and that’s not even
considering the additional tricks and tips I’ve learned since then.
So, I can honestly say that the value of this course is truly somewhere
in the range of
$500.
However, thanks to today's technology that lets me deliver lessons a
lot more economically to a lot more people, you can experience the
feeling of freedom that comes from knowing how to improvise at the
piano for just…
$47
(plus shipping for DVDs)
(But ONLY until Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 at Midnight!)
But Don't Just Believe What
I
Say...
Check Out What Piano Players Just Like You
Have Said About My Other Courses...
Here's what just a few of my students have said about my "Professional
Piano Chords for Everyday Pianists" course:
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Read What One Frustrated, "Traditional"
Student
Has To Say After Using My Original, "Professional Piano Chords" Guide:
Sir:
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Your program has simplified, what I have exhausted myself searching
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over my head. (And I consider myself to be intelligent). I have figured
out in 3 hours of disecting your section on 13th Chords, what has
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I have learned a great deal from him, but your program has regenerated
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I finally genuinly feel that there is light at the end of my tunnel. It
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I thank you again, and would highly recommend your product to anyone
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Tony Willis
US Army Veteran
San Antonio, TX
And Another Student Who Can Finally Play
What He Only Just Heard Before:
Dear Bill:
Your guide to professional-sounding chords is nothing short of
brilliant! I have been in bands semi-professionally for years as a
singer-guitarist, and now in later years I have enjoyed playing piano
around home as a hobby. Your informative guide is a terrific teaching
tool, but perhaps your follow-up e-mails are even more "key", since
they serve as further incentive for someone to pitch in and get this
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Your information, together with your follow-up program is the best I
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those who are intimidated by notes, staffs, clefs, rests, etc. In my
case, I have always been able to "hear" the chords I wanted - now that
I have your book, I am able to play most of them as well.
Thanks, Bill, for sharing this absolutely terrific knowledge.
Richard Narrell
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