EZ Read Sheet Music The Light At The End Of The Very Short Tunnel

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1 EZ Read Sheet Music The Light At The End Of The Very Short Tunnel Traditional Sheet Music It takes years to learn how to read traditional piano sheet music, (see sheet music diagram directly above). It s the main factor that causes most students to quit piano lessons in the first 18 to 24 months of lessons, and it s the main reason why it takes so long, (roughly 8 to 10 years), to really excel at playing the piano. I would need a full chapter just to cover the notes for the right hand, and another chapter to explain the notes for the left hand. While the notes may look exactly the same on the upper and lower music staves, they are completely different. More on this in a moment. Traditional sheet music for the piano consists of a grand staff, (see image to the left), which contains an upper staff showing the notes for the right hand, and a lower staff showing the notes for the left hand. Both staves are made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces where the notes are placed. Notes can also be added above each staff and below each staff with the use of ledger lines. (see image on the top of page 2) 1.

2 When a ledger line is added above or below a staff, it creates one extra line and one extra space where a note can be placed, thereby allowing notes to be displayed beyond the 5 lines and 4 spaces contained on each music staff. Like I said earlier, I could easily write an entire chapter on each staff, but due to time and space restraints, I ll try to keep this as brief as possible. The upper staff usually displays the treble clef symbol at the beginning of each new staff. I say usually, because this can change if the composer wants the right hand to play lower than middle C on the piano keyboard, which could result in the bass clef being placed on the upper staff. The lower staff usually displays the bass clef symbol at the beginning of each new staff. Once again, I say usually, because this can change if the composer wants the left hand to play higher than middle C on the piano keyboard, which could result in the treble clef being placed on the lower staff. As I mentioned earlier, while the notes on each staff look exactly the same, they are completely different. For example, the note on the first line of the treble clef, (bottom line), is an E, (see diagram directly above). However, the note on the first line of the bass clef is a G, (see diagram on page 3). Both notes look identical, have their own location on the piano and as I already mentioned, have different letter names. 2.

3 If you compare the exact line and space on each staff, you ll see that each line and space has a different letter name, which, as you can imagine, would increase the learning curve, significantly. As a full-time piano teacher, I can honestly say that this is the one obstacle that has caused the greatest amount of frustration in just about every one of my piano students. There Has To Be An Easier Way EZ Read Sheet Music From the very first day that I started using EZ Read Sheet Music, (see image directly above), I noticed a dramatic change in my students. The transformation was nothing short of miraculous The shackles and chains had been removed, and my students were finally free to play the piano the way they were meant to play. 3.

4 My students have been using EZ Read Sheet Music for 15 years now, and I m still amazed. They have played every thing from the Beatles to Bach, and Benny Goodman to Bruno Mars. Granted, it s a lot more work for me, (A LOT MORE WORK), because I have to convert each piece of sheet music from traditional notation to EZ Read Notation, but I can say without any hesitation, it s been extremely exhausting and yes, it s been worth every hour I ve spent at my computer step writing each individual note. With the use of EZ Read Sheet Music, my private and online students have been able to play songs years in advance of their traditional notation counterparts. It s why I currently have an 11-year-old, private student going through Billy Joel songs and advanced Jazz arrangements like they were nursery rhythms. And it s also why I have countless students who have been studying with me for years when they would have quit piano long ago if I had kept them in the traditional method books. So, while Lesson #1 may have seemed really basic, and maybe even a little tedious, especially if you re an adult consider this in just 12 months, (or less), you could very easily be playing the songs you really want to be playing. Billy Joel, Elton John, Coldplay, Adele, Imagine Dragon, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Jazz Standards like Autumn Leaves, Misty, Fly Me To The Moon, and many, many more Click the link below if you haven t gone through Trial Video Lesson #

5 With EZ Read Sheet Music and my method of chord-style piano, you ll be playing your favorite songs years ahead of schedule and that s not even the best part of my Piano Super Course, but I ll save that for my next newsletter. If you d like to download some free samples of my EZ Read Sheet Music, even if you re not quite ready to play any of them at least you ll get to see the possibilities. Once you see the real thing, I guarantee you ll start to get excited about the possibilities Imagine what you ll be able to play this time next year using my chord-style techniques. I have over 15 years experience teaching chord-style piano and I have a step-by-step plan to help you achieve your dream of playing the piano at a high level. My Piano Super Course will teach you everything from the basics of chord-style piano to the advanced techniques of playing by ear and all for less than what it would cost you for just one private piano lesson. Click The Link Below To Download A Few Of My EZ Read Sheet Music Samples 5.