In this Learn and Master Piano review we look at a popular DVD courses that teaches you to play the piano.
Learn and Master Piano bucks the current trend for courses you download or watch on a website, instead you get a series of high quality DVDs and a workbook to accompany them, all presented in a beautiful case.
This is a premium course and you do pay more for the quality as it comes in at around $149.95, but that is in fact about 25% cheaper than the physical version of the Rocket Piano course we reviewed earlier.
For your money then you get a top teacher (see section below) and you get top quality lessons that take you right from the layout of the keys, through to how to start improvising and creating your own style. The lessons are broken up with animated keyboard shots to show you the notes that need to be played, and overhead shots as the instructor plays so you can see how his hands move.
After each lesson you then get assignments to do based on what you learnt, you have exercises to do and also songs to learn. On the DVDs are workshops where the instructor takes you through all the assignments so you can check to see you are doing them right, or just to make practising more fun. You also have jam tracks which is where the song is played with a band playing the rest of the tune and you play along with them.
The workbook compliments each lesson so you can follow along with the DVD, and afterwards it has all your assignments and sheet music in.
This company make courses that are excellent quality, I have the guitar version of it and I am extremely pleased with it, also the student area for the guitar side is excellent and is a thriving community of students who all help each other out when someone gets stuck, and there is input from the course instructor too with more tips and help.
This course is taught by Will Barrow who is a Grammy Award-winning pianist as well as a singer-songwriter, composer and piano educator. He has toured the world playing the piano, played in Broadway orchestra pits, worked with a huge range of artists, been seen on TV and had his music on the radio, as well as being the conductor and musical director for two national touring company.
Oh and he has a Masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music…
So you are in the very best hands with this instructor.
- 14 DVDs
- 5 Jam Along CDs (with 120 songs on)
- 100+ page lesson book
- Access to the online student support site
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