Why QuickStart Piano?
Why QuickStart Piano?
Beginner Piano Course
Lesson 1 - White Key Names - What's the fastest, easiest way to memorize them?
Lesson 1 - White Key Names - What's the fastest, easiest way to memorize them?
Make Your First Music on the Piano - It's Easier Than You Think!
Make Your First Music on the Piano - It's Easier Than You Think!
Piano Technique - Why We Don't Play Piano With Our Fingers (What???)
Piano Technique - Why We Don't Play Piano With Our Fingers (What???)
Get Comfortable Moving Around the Keyboard with Home Base Positions
Get Comfortable Moving Around the Keyboard with Home Base Positions
Finger Numbers, a Familiar Tune, and Playing Both Hands at Once
Finger Numbers, a Familiar Tune, and Playing Both Hands at Once
More Practice with Home Base Positions
More Practice with Home Base Positions
Week 1 Practice Plan
Week 1 Practice Plan
Lesson 2 - Introduction and Alphabet Practice
Lesson 2 - Introduction and Alphabet Practice
Week 2 Practice Plan
Week 2 Practice Plan
Lesson 3 - Welcome to the World of Note Reading
Lesson 3 - Welcome to the World of Note Reading
Make Some Music - Staff Reading Pieces
Make Some Music - Staff Reading Pieces
Week 3 Practice Plan
Week 3 Practice Plan
Lesson 4 - Going Deeper with Chords and Staff Note Reading
Lesson 4 - Going Deeper with Chords and Staff Note Reading
Playing With Both Hands - Jingle Bells
Playing With Both Hands - Jingle Bells
Week 4 Practice Plan
Week 4 Practice Plan
Lesson 5 - Hands Together, Now!
Lesson 5 - Hands Together, Now!
House of the Rising Sun - Now With Chords
House of the Rising Sun - Now With Chords
Week 5 Practice Plan
Week 5 Practice Plan
Lesson 6 - Get Your Fingers Moving & Go Deeper With Chords
Lesson 6 - Get Your Fingers Moving & Go Deeper With Chords
Intervals, Sharps & Flats
Intervals, Sharps & Flats
Level Up - Harder Version of Sunrise
Level Up - Harder Version of Sunrise
The Next Steps - Continuing Lessons with QuickStart Piano
The Next Steps - Continuing Lessons with QuickStart Piano
One thing I've learned in my years of teaching piano - not all students learn in the same way.
This is particularly true for beginning piano students. I've lost count of how many adult students have come to me with statements like this:
"My childhood piano teacher was very strict."
"I didn't enjoy my lessons. I hated to practice."
"I wasn't allowed to play the music I enjoyed most."
But perhaps the most concerning things I've heard from students:
"I failed because I'm not a good student."
"I don't have much ability."
"I'm just not musical."
It soon became my mission to prove to these students otherwise.
You can enjoy lessons
Practice can be both fun and productive
You can succeed at the piano while playing music you love from the very first lesson
Traditional approaches and methods do not always support this idea, so I developed my own curriculum, one that both empowers and satisfies adult learners. QuickStart Piano students play familiar-sounding music from their very first lesson.
With QuickStart Piano, now I'm hearing my students say:
"This feels easy!"
"Practice is so much fun!"
"I can't believe it - I'm making music!"
So, whether you are just at the beginning of your musical journey or you are ready to start again in a new way, welcome!
I look forward to sharing the adventure with you.