Duane Shinn is the author of the popular online newsletter on piano chords, available free at "Exciting Piano Chords & Chord Progressions!" where you can also watch many free piano videos.
If you absorb information faster with the aid of visuals, then piano videos online are for you. Using these in association with other music learning tools, you can make progress with the keyboard in no time.
A simple search with the phrase "piano videos online," "piano videos" or "piano lessons online" reveals many sites that offer these videos. From the comfort of your home, free personal instruction is available at any time of the day. You have no gas expense driving to a lesson and certainly no wasting of your valuable time fighting traffic to get to a lesson. Just pull up a chair, perform a few mouse clicks, and you are on your way to a valuable learning experience.
What are the benefits of using online piano videos? They afford the opportunity to watch a lesson repeatedly. While there certainly is nothing wrong with having a lesson with an instructor at your side, there is the time factor. With private lessons, you pay a specific price for a specific period of instruction. If you spend a good portion of a lesson going over one certain fundamental repeatedly, that's fine; it's just going to cost you more money. To reach the level of proficiency you desire, you will require more lessons to advance through the required number of learning stages.
This is not so with free piano videos online. You pay nothing and can play them as often as you require. When you're ready to move on to the next fundamental, you do. It doesn't matter how much time you spend on one video because it's free.
Online piano lesson sites offer many lesson choices. You can start with the basics or choose an idiom to study. You can select a site that offers basic blues piano instruction. You may desire lessons devoted only to chords and their variations. Whatever you want, there is a piano video online to fulfill that need.
An online piano video is a great way to develop your musical "ear." You learn to recognize sound patterns as you listen to and play along with your lessons. Combining your reading and aural skills allows you to progress faster in your playing. Developing your "ear" for notes and chords will aid you down the road if you choose to explore the art of improvisation.
When selecting a piano video online, you want a site that offers you a clear picture with a close view of the keyboard. You also want clear audio. Some piano teaching websites display just the performer's hands at the keyboard - with voiceover explaining what they are playing. Others present an instructor in full view talking directly to you. This gives the online piano lesson a personal touch.
It's best to choose sites that offer additional resources to go along with the piano videos. These may be text accompaniment available for printing helpful tips and musical terms. They may also include chord charts and keyboard diagrams, which show chord combinations and finger placement techniques.
Piano videos online have revolutionized personal piano lessons. They are now an indispensable part of the music education landscape. You can use these free piano videos to improve your piano playing now.
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