Learning Piano Without A Teacher

Learning Piano Withour A Teacher From an Online-Purchased Course

As mentioned in past posts, in this fabulous era of electronic communication and everything available on the web, it’s only natural that a whole new crop of piano teaching programs would show up online.

There are many reasons why someone would choose to learn piano at home, without a teacher, from one of these boxed sets. Many adult piano learners have schedules and business obligations that simply don’t allow for consistent weekly lessons with a teacher. Or perhaps, they simply desire to learn at home, practicing and progressing at their own pace,
without any teachers’ expectations hanging over them.

Since the shift, now more than ever, is towards learning to play only at the pace, and to the level, you desire, just enough for your own piano-playing enjoyment, this trend towards online book-and-video-based courses is a great thing.

As we covered in previous posts, very few students of the piano will go on to be full-time musicians and professional piano players, either in the classical or popular genres. Those who have the talent and drive to desire, and possibly reach, that goal, should definitely work a live teacher, actually several of them over the course of their training.
 

But for someone who just wants to learn to play for their enjoyment and the enjoyment of their family and friends, one of these online courses could be quite sufficient.

The important thing is to purchase one that is well-reputed, successful in its design and approach, and easy to follow. I’ve checked out some of these online piano learning courses, and found many that offer a comprehensive course of note & rhythm training, music theory,  sightreading, finger training and sometimes even ear/pitch training. Here’s five of my most worthy contenders:

Learn and Master Piano
Rocket Piano
Piano Wizard For Children   
Piano By Pattern
Piano For All

Virtually all of these feature hundreds of hours of audio lessons, video lessons (some featuring excellent filmed shots of the teacher’s fingerwork) and books, enough to take any piano student from rank beginner to competent mid-level (at least) player in contemporary styles and even many classical pieces.  Some even give you a fair introduction to the world of jazz voicings and runs.

I suggest you take a few hours to research these five and other online piano programs, read unbiased reviews, and view samples of their materials. Most are very reasonably priced (costing hundreds or thousands less than comparable live-teacher lessons,) and many offer a money-back guarantee…if the course is not a good fit for you, you can return it and lose nothing.

Happy hunting, and learning at home!

For more check out these related posts

• What To Look For In A Piano Teacher
• Learning To Play The Piano 2