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		<title>Rocket Piano &#8211; 60% Off</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rocket Piano will teach you how to play with step-by-step piano lessons supported by video and audio files. Rocket Piano is organized into 3 high quality books taking you on a journey from beginner to advanced in your piano playing.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rocket Piano will teach you how to play with step-by-step <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>piano lessons</a> supported by video and audio files. Rocket Piano is organized into 3 high quality books taking you on a journey from beginner to advanced in your piano playing.</p>
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<p>These video lessons are amazing, they have been professionally recorded and edited and are guaranteed to be more stylish and useful than anything you will find. There is no substitute for seeing and hearing how something is supposed to be played. You&#8217;ll discover the most effective ways to practice so that you master new material quickly, without developing bad habits. Learn to play the piano smoothly and flawlessly, while cutting your learning time in half!</p>
<p>Discover how you can train your ear to identify all the various piano notes, simply by playing the revolutionary new computer game called &#8220;Perfect Your Pitch Pro&#8221;. Training your ear by playing &#8220;Perfect Your Pitch Pro&#8221;, is not only fun, it will fast track you to playing your favorite songs by ear!</p>
<p>Discover how to master impressive skills, such as the various fingering techniques, how to play by ear, arpeggios, including how to play Gospel, Jazz and much much more!</p>
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<p>You WILL NOT waste hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on expensive piano lessons. You will learn all of the tips and tricks. You even get sounds files (AND video) so you can play along. And, unlike a piano teacher, you can repeat each song or riff over and over again until you get it correct and professional sounding.</p>
<p>Discover how to perform the trickiest of piano skills. That&#8217;s over ten years worth of expensive and hard won information in a simple and easy to follow format &#8211; Comprehensive knowledge at your finger tips! Learn the one thing you must do to ensure that your piano playing sounds as perfect and well practiced as professional pianists!</p>
<p>Learn with an advanced piano learning technique, developed by a university psychologist (originally for guitarists, and adapted successfully for pianists), for training your fingers to automatically remember all the chord shapes, in 1/3 the time! And, you&#8217;ll learn all about how your brain processes information, and how to maximise your piano practice time&#8230; (nine out of ten people are absolutely floored by this secret!)</p>
<p>Learn how to play with exceptional speed and timing by using our cutting edge Metronome. Find out how to decide whether you should learn to play piano on an actual piano, or whether you should use an electric keyboard.</p>
<p>Play &#8221; JaydeMusica&#8221;, a fun game included which is designed to help you learn how to read music, with Rocket Piano for your enjoyment.</p>
<p>Discover how to play jazz piano, step-by-step with a specialist how to play jazz piano book! This book is part of the Rocket Piano package, in it you&#8217;ll gain a comprehensive grounding in jazz, including history, distinctive rhythms, underlying qualities, rhythmic movements, common jazz chords (and how to play them in different jazz arrangements), how to break jazz songs down and play them and much much more! For those of you who are particularly interested in jazz piano, this book is the best place to start!</p>
<p>Rocket Piano is THE BEST piano course on the market. You need Rocket Piano.</p>
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		<title>Can You be a Pro With Rocket Piano</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The basic features of Rocket Piano make it a clear example of an instrument tutorial; it brings a professional approach to piano playing addressing the needs of first time learners and more advanced piano fans. Theoretical studies and practical guidelines, music readings and lots of piano tips, these are the elements to expect from a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The basic features of Rocket Piano make it a clear example of an instrument tutorial; it brings a professional approach to piano playing addressing the needs of first time learners and more advanced piano fans. Theoretical studies and practical guidelines, music readings and lots of piano tips, these are the elements to expect from a course like Rocket Piano, and even if it will not make you a professional it will help you grow!</p>
<p>Rocket Piano characteristics</p>
<p>The approach to piano learning you&#8217;ll find in Rocket Piano is a user friendly one, meaning that it addresses basic learning levels with the possibility to develop new skills. The course is pretty fun without giving one the feeling that the theoretical part about the history of music is boring. <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>rocket piano</a> focuses on tasks as the most challenging and interesting method to make the student progress.</p>
<p>Even if it is designed as a rapid learning course, Rocket Piano won&#8217;t teach you how to play piano over night; it still takes a lot of patience and plenty of time for rehearsal in order to evolve to a good knowledge level. The exercises included in the course correspond to high quality standards, and once you get the technique right, ten minutes of practice will work magic for the interpretation of one piece or another. A major achievement of Rocket Piano is that it will guide you on the path to understanding music language.</p>
<p>Though at first glance the targeted goals of Rocket Piano may look too difficult to achieve for someone completely inexperienced, the impression will change after completing some classes. Melody, chords and chord symbols reading, improvisation, scales and arpeggios, these are only a few of the elements developed in the <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>rocket piano course</a>.</p>
<p>Any downside to the use of Rocket Piano?</p>
<p>The big disappointment in using Rocket Piano is to discover that you cannot play as expected. Such cases are pretty often since Rocket Piano doesn&#8217;t prepare only true musicians. Talent is something innate and it is this divine gift that allows one to develop the art further on and achieve astonishing things.</p>
<p>Take things easily and consider Rocket Piano a tool for learning, a form of entertainment or a mode of enriching your knowledge of things. Rocket Piano has been created by a professional, but it doesn&#8217;t have to create professionals!</p>
<p>Abi Shaan</p>
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		<title>The Easiest Way to Learn to Play Piano Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much like with the guitar-playing course, Jamorama, I approached Rocket Piano with ZERO previous musical instrument knowledge. So I was quite interested to see what it could do for my useless piano fingers. Nothing, and no one, else had been able to make them work before!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Much like with the guitar-playing course, Jamorama, I approached Rocket Piano with ZERO previous musical instrument knowledge. So I was quite interested to see what it could do for my useless piano fingers. Nothing, and no one, else had been able to make them work before!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s when <strong>&#8220;The Piano Guy&#8221;</strong> entered my life.</p>
<p>If you are learning the piano, either as a beginner (like me) or as a slightly more advanced player, you can appreciate how frustrating it is learning the skills and techniques without seeing any noticeable results. Seriously, the time and effort that many put into exercises don&#8217;t seem to be reflected in their standard of playing. There also seems to be a frustration in the lack of quality information on the market.</p>
<p>Fortunately, Rocket Piano is different.</p>
<p>In addition to the quality information in the glossy 3 book series, you also get hundreds of sound files that explain how to play, so you can hear what your playing is supposed to sound like. The songs are broken down into pieces, which enables the student to learn each piece before they are ready to tackle the whole song. Just by being able to play these songs, I really amazed my friends and family, who before were used to my useless fingers! That ALONE was worth the low price of the course. I never felt so confident, and I love it.</p>
<p>In addition to this, the pro version of Jayde Musica is now available as a free bonus as well as Perfect Your Pitch Pro, a program that is designed to give the student the ability to tune their ear to recognize notes and transcribe songs from the radio. Both of these programs are very well made and presented, and most of all are easy and fun to play.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s not even all I got! I also got two additional free bonus books. The first is <strong>“Advanced Learning Techniques for Piano”.</strong> This book introduces the idea of mental visualization, which is a powerful tool in speeding up your rate of learning. Mental visualization uses the same pathways inside your brain other than the fact you are not performing the activity physically.</p>
<p>The second bonus book, <strong>“How to tune your piano”</strong> solves the problem with tuning pianos, and introduced me to the most effective way of tuning a piano. Interesting stuff, believe it or not.</p>
<p>With all of the information in this package there really is no excuse to delay learning to play your piano. If I can do it, you can, too!</p>
<p>But as if all that weren&#8217;t enough, The Piano Guy ALSO threw in <strong>free email consultations</strong> to customers who may have specific issues or problems that need addressing. This is of enormous benefit to students, like me, who need specific answers to their training queries.</p>
<p>And yes, they answer more than one question, even though they don&#8217;t have to! Niiice.</p>
<p>This package is by far the most complete and fresh approach to piano playing that I have seen in a long time. I highly recommend this product because,</p>
<p>1. If I can learn to play piano well with this course, ANYONE can!</p>
<p>2. I do believe it will deliver results and have you playing popular songs like a professional using the most effective techniques. There is something here for every piano player, regardless of ability. As you get better, you&#8217;ll be met by more challenging and useful lessons. That&#8217;s the way it hsould be.</p>
<p>And at the current cost, it really is worth every dollar spent&#8211;I know for a fact you won&#8217;t even find a <em>used piano stool</em> for this low!</p>
<p><strong>WORTH A BUY?</strong> Yes. Really, whether you&#8217;re a first-time player (like me) or more advanced, you owe it to yourself to buy Rocket Piano?</p>
<p>Lots of products offer a free e-newsletter that gives you everything you need to know in it. But if you really want to learn to play piano, then you definitely to get both the free newsletter AND the full <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>rocket piano</a> course. For $39.95, you really can&#8217;t go wrong (but if you feel you did, there&#8217;s a 2-month satisfaction guarantee!)</p>
<p>Ethan Parker</p>
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		<title>Learn Piano Notes: Without an Instructor?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To learn piano notes from a paid piano instructor will teach you to play well, but sometimes this is not too convenient. Nowadays people have busy schedules and/or would prefer to do things at their own pace.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To learn piano notes from a paid piano instructor will teach you to play well, but sometimes this is not too convenient. Nowadays people have busy schedules and/or would prefer to do things at their own pace.</p>
<p>Nowadays, one can save the money they would spend paying a piano instructor to learn piano notes, when they can simply buy software and learn just as well. No longer do you have to cancel appointments or important dates because you forgot yous scheduled a piano lesson.</p>
<p>To learn piano notes with software, there are tons of lessons and practice songs available. In as little as a few days you can be playing all the songs you&#8217;ve heard and wanted to replay with those piano keys yourself. You will learn the basics of melody, harmony and rhythm, which are the three fundamental parts of music.</p>
<p>You can learn about key signatures and time signatures so you can read a piece of music. You can learn dynamics and performance. You can also learn more complex rhythms and get to know more complex chords so that you can convincingly play music in any.</p>
<p>Whether you have no previous experience learning the piano, or are picking it up again but want to brush up on your skills and knowledge, piano learning software is the perfect place to start.</p>
<p>The biggest benefits of piano learning software are:</p>
<p>1)Ability to learn from the comfort of your Home<br />
2)Ability to learn at your own pace<br />
3)Much cheaper than hiring an instructor<br />
4)Easy to use</p>
<p>To learn more about how to learn piano notes without an instructor, visit <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>rocket piano</a> Lessons</p>
<p>Lawrence David</p>
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		<title>Learn Music Fast Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advent of the internet there is no longer any excuse for not learning music if a person wants to learn. Learning music online has revolutionized learning, since it is the first time in history that anyone with a computer can virtually find out anything they want to know about music &#8212; and find [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the advent of the internet there is no longer any excuse for not learning music if a person wants to learn. Learning music online has revolutionized learning, since it is the first time in history that anyone with a computer can virtually find out anything they want to know about music &#8212; and find out quick!</p>
<p>There are sites galore teaching everything about music from chords to trombone lessons to drum lessons to music theory lessons to guitar lessons to piano lessons, and a whole lot more. Many are free while others charge a very reasonable tuition. But think what a bargain that is; no travel, no traffic jams; no rescheduling lessons; no missed lessons; and because the lessons are online (or in some cases on CD&#8217;s and DVD&#8217;s) they can be replayed over and over until the lesson is thoroughly learned, which is not the case in a personal lesson or a college classroom. You have one chance to understand, and if you don&#8217;t, you&#8217;re immediately behind the curve and have to do extra studies to catch up. Not so with online music lessons.</p>
<p>Back just 15 years ago if an individual wanted to learn music, about the only places he or she could do so would be from a private teacher, a music school of some sort &#8212; private or public or correspondence, or self-taught from a music book. All of which is fine, but slow if an individual is really chomping at the bit to learn, and learn fast.</p>
<p>But today there are literally hundreds of sites on the internet from which any ambitious person can access and learn virtually anything they want about music. There are sites dealing with music instruction for beginners as well as college-level sites that deal with figured bass and advanced music theory and composition issues, as well as improvisation and arranging music.</p>
<p>For example, there are piano lesson sites that teach how to improvise &#8212; all styles of improvisation including jazz, rock, gospel, new age music and more. There are piano instruction sites that shows you how to play piano sheet music as a map, instead of having to sight read the printed music as it is written. By learning how to do this, you can create your own free piano sheet music by creating a song and then notating it in a music software program such as Finale using piano tabs, piano chords, and chord symbols. A person can learn to play piano notes by the fist-full by learning piano chording music styles.</p>
<p>Learning to play the piano, learning to read piano music, learning piano songs from classical music to popular music is one of the most fun things a person can do. There are <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>piano lessons</a> online using major chords, minor chords, 7th chords, and all kinds of chord progressions. Learning to play the piano music of your dreams using piano chords &amp; piano chording techniques is now within the reach of anyone with an internet connection! And don&#8217;t forget harmony and music theory &#8212; including scales and fingering of scale and chord passages in musical scores and sheet music &#8212; it&#8217;s all available online. Music history and music appreciation is important too &#8212; guys like Bach &amp; Mozart &amp; Beethoven &amp; Chopin knew what they were doing &#8212; and we can learn much from them and stand on their shoulders simply by accessing the biggest library in the history of mankind &#8212; the cyber library of the internet.</p>
<p>Here are just a few of the phrases you can search online that will lead you to sites where you can learn music online (I have used piano and guitar as an example, but obviously you can search for anything from singing lessons to drum lessons to harp playing and everything in between):</p>
<p>* piano lessons<br />
* music lessons<br />
* guitar lessons<br />
* guitar chords<br />
* piano chords<br />
* how to form chords<br />
* chord piano<br />
* play guitar<br />
* play piano<br />
* learn guitar<br />
* learn piano<br />
* guitar playing<br />
* piano playing<br />
* learn music online</p>
<p>You will find that if you type &#8220;music lessons online&#8221; into the Google search box, you will come up with something like eight million results! &#8220;Piano lessons&#8221; will call up about a million and a half, while &#8220;guitar lessons online&#8221; will bring up over two million search results.</p>
<p>With this abundance of material online, there is no excuse for anyone who really wants to learn music to not avail themselves of the opportunity, especially when they realize that this is the first time in the history of the world that this riches of knowledge has been available with just the click of a mouse.</p>
<p>Duane Shinn</p>
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		<title>How Will you Learn to Play the Piano?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your passion listening to piano music? Would you like to be able to play just like your idols? Are you thinking of taking lessons but you are not sure where to start? It could even be that you have had some lessons but you have given up as it has taken longer than you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is your passion listening to piano music? Would you like to be able to play just like your idols? Are you thinking of taking lessons but you are not sure where to start? It could even be that you have had some lessons but you have given up as it has taken longer than you thought to learn. Lots of other people may well be in your shoes at this moment and only need a push in the right direction.</p>
<p>The Various Ways to Learn the Piano</p>
<p>Before you do anything else, it is essential to know that there are two ways of playing a piano. These are:</p>
<p>1.Chords<br />
2.Note reading</p>
<p>It is a good idea to know what you want to do when playing the piano. If you are happy enough playing music other people have written, all you have to do is learn how to read the notes. However, on the other hand, if you are more creative and you would like to write your own inspiring music, an understanding of chords is a must.</p>
<p>If you want to learn to play the piano fairly fast, it may be a wise choice to take a chord based approach. If you learn the chords on the piano, you can learn the sounds they make and, therefore, make your own music. You can always learn note reading afterwards if you choose.</p>
<p>The Pros and Cons of Learning from a Teacher</p>
<p>Finding a qualified and reliable instructor is the key to having successful lessons while learning to play the piano. You could learn at home or at the instructor&#8217;s studio. There are advantages to both, so it all depends on where you would feel most comfortable. A lot of people try to find an instructor that is local to where they live.</p>
<p>When you are looking for an instructor, you will need to have a goal in mind. It could be that you want to play for fun and want to learn how to play from music sheets. However, if you want to be more creative, it may be a good idea to look for instructors that will give you chord based lessons.</p>
<p>If you hire a piano instructor expecting to make your own music and they teach you nothing but reading notes, you will obviously not be able to reach your goal. Make sure that you know exactly what you will be achieving. Otherwise, you could be wasting a lot of money on something that you, basically, do not want. Also, it can be a huge waste of money to learn something that you could learn online for a cheaper price, and it is just as effective.</p>
<p>Learning online</p>
<p>As mentioned earlier, learning online is a lot cheaper than <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>piano lessons</a> and it is just as good. It can be a great benefit to learn online as you can do it in your own time and at your own pace without someone breathing down your neck. It can also help to save time, too, so the benefits are quite good when learning online.</p>
<p>The only real disadvantage with learning online is that a person may not have enough motivation to learn properly. Also, with an instructor, if there is something that doesn&#8217;t make sense, they can get help. When you are learning online, it may not make much sense and there is no instructor there to ask for help.</p>
<p>You can also learn how to play the piano with piano learning DVDs and computer software designed to help.</p>
<p>General Guidelines to Learning the Piano</p>
<p>Overall playing the piano should be something that is fun and it should certainly not reduce you to tears all of the time. If you take your time learning and have regular practice you will eventually achieve what you want. You should not give up if it is something that you have wanted to do for a long time. There may be times that you get frustrated, but just keep going and you will be able to play the piano just as good as anyone else can, and even write your own music in time.</p>
<p>Kevin Sinclair</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><p>A jazz piano chord is much the same as any other piano chord. This means that when you learn the basics of piano chords and theory, you&#8217;ll be able to play any type of music, be it gospel or jazz. Many people enjoy the jazz style of music and will benefit from learning those chords that are most often used in jazz music. Once you learn these chords, you&#8217;ll be able to play a wide variety of music because you will understand the backbone of notes and scales that are the key to playing music on any instrument. </p>
<p>Any pianist who wants to learn how to play jazz needs to have charts they can reference frequently. You&#8217;ll first learn the basic intervals and how chords are built. You&#8217;ll also learn how these chords are used differently in each song you play. Once you have mastered the basic intervals of jazz chords, you&#8217;ll then be able to move on to advanced chords such as 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, drop voicings, and blues chords. </p>
<p>An online piano course will teach you all the functions of chords including clusters, polytonal clusters, and substitutions. You&#8217;ll be provided with numerous charts that you can use for help during practice or when you need to quickly reference a certain jazz piano chord. When you learn to play these jazz chords, you&#8217;ll also learn how to play with more harmony, variety, and passion. </p>
<p>Learning online is a great option when you&#8217;re starting out on the piano. You can learn at your own pace without having to plan around the schedule of a piano teacher. Online lessons also challenge you at your own playing level. This means that when it&#8217;s time to learn those jazz chords, you master one before moving on to the next. </p>
<p>The piano is a wonderful instrument full of history and culture. If you are interested in learning to play the piano, look into taking some lessons to help you learn the basics of all chords, including the most popular jazz chords. No matter where you decide to play the piano, you&#8217;ll be ready to play any song once you have the theory basics solidly behind you. You may find that family and friends are asking you to play more often! </p>
<p>At Hear and Play, located at http://www.hearandplay.com, we offer you the programs you need to learn how to play jazz music on the piano. Our online courses are designed to move you along at your own playing level so that you can easily learn and master each jazz piano chord. Contact us today for more details.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can start learning to play the piano right now, if you have an internet connection. Expensive pianos and ongoing <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>piano lessons</a> are no longer the norm. Anybody that has an interest in learning to play the piano can make a start thanks to the World Wide Web.</p>
<p>If you want to get some inspiration, then watch a good pianist at work or keyboard player, there are plenty of videos available on youtube to inspire you. When a pianist plays the piano well, the listener can be drawn in to a very different world created by the expressiveness of the performer. Learning skills in general can be improved when learning to play the piano and children can benefit from this at school. Piano lessons can also help to have a better understanding of science and mathematics.</p>
<p>It doesn’t have to be expensive</p>
<p>Piano lessons are now available to the masses not least because of the technological advancements of electric pianos and keyboards. Not too many years ago, if you wanted to learn how to play the piano your only option would be to buy an expensive piano. It&#8217;s easy to learn to play the piano online these days, and you can buy a used keyboard for next to nothing. You don&#8217;t have to spend a fortune when you are just starting to learn the piano or keyboard. An expensive piano is not going to make a lot of difference to a beginner.</p>
<p><strong>Improve your hand eye coordination</strong></p>
<p>When you read sheet music, eye to hand coordination comes in to play and this process will improve dramatically the more you practice. You may be surprised at how fast this improvement will be.</p>
<p><strong>Choose your own practice time</strong></p>
<p>When you take piano lessons with a teacher, you will normally attend once a week at the same time on the same day. If you learn to play the piano using a piano software course then you can choose your day and time of day when you have lessons. You can learn in the morning, afternoon or evening. You don&#8217;t have to wait for a particular day to have your piano lesson. Everybody has busy and quiet times so do more when you&#8217;re quite and take a break when you are busy. So if you don&#8217;t want to be tied to a teacher, <a href="http://www.duvallmusic.com" target=_self>online piano lessons</a> is the way to go.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s already been mentioned that to learn to play the piano properly you need a piano and piano lessons. There is also a third crucial requirement when learning to play the piano and that is you. Even though the process is considerably easier than it was you still have to practice. A piano, piano lessons and practice equals a great piano player.</p>
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