Music and You.com

 Beginning Piano Lessons

 


"How to Play Piano without years of lessons
with Beginning Piano Lessons online."

 

Learn piano with your own online studio 24/7. Receive an excellent musical foundation while playing
light classical, boogie, blues and well know songs. Each lesson includes written and audio instructions
plus guides your practicing. Playing duets with piano and orchestra Mp3 helps you play perfect rhythm.
A complete course with songs, rhythms and finger exercises.
               Study with Alana LaGrange Americas favorite teacher and performer.


Yes, you learn to
Read and Play Music, PLUS, play CHORDS, CLASSICAL, BLUES and BOOGIE.

"Our proven formula and methods of combining the traditional methods with
BLUES and POP, guarantees your SUCCESS and in HALF THE TIME."  PLUS,
HAVE THE PERFECT FOUNDATION FOR ALL FUTURE LEARNING.     

WHY does this work?

1. It works because you start grouping notes together, and reading groups of notes. 
All music comes from groups of notes, if you know this, when you read music, you will read all the
notes at once, instead of one at time which slows down the learning process.

2. Most students only play single notes for many months.  By playing several notes together, you will
be playing wide ranges on the keyboards, and strengthening your hand and fingers at the same time. 
Just imagine the time you will save not having to practice endless finger exercises.  (This is not to say,
that there aren't exercises in your lessons)  You can gain tremendous dexterity and strength and
co-ordination much faster.

3. Start playing the piano now!  It doesn't take years to learn.



ABOUT THE LESSONS    
 

 Study with Beginning Teachers, Stay at Beginning Levels

Most advanced teachers do not teach beginning piano, and that is why it is so important to teach this online piano course.  Alana is a classically trained jazz, recording artist, arranger, and teacher and has taken her own experiences learning and teaching piano and applied them to the online piano lessons.  Her professional career is now an asset to all students who are studying piano with Music and You.

When most people think "piano lessons," they remember struggling over and over to play a song -- only to catch themselves making one mistake over and over.   Add months of practicing still playing boring songs, still struggling with reading music and still at the beginning level of playing the piano.

My name is Alana LaGrange and I would never want that to happen to you. It should not be a struggle to learn to play piano. It should be expressive and a joy and it does not have to be this way.

"OK, Alana, I want to learn fast! But I still want to create a foundation for life time music making -- not a quick little "try the tune" program. "

We couldn't agree more! That's why we write our own lessons.

You'll learn how to read music, use our unique fingering to find the right notes every time, and even strengthen your hands and fingers so you can play longer, effortlessly.

That's why you receive a complete piano course, not just a few songs.   It's so much fun to learn and that's one of the secrets, you will want to keep playing and impressing yourself and others with your progress.  

Includes, Piano
Songs including familiar Light Classical, Finger Exercises, Reading Music Workbook, All about Rhythm, including Boogie, Blues,  and Chords and Contemporary Music.
 

 

 

How the online lessons work

         A COMPLETE PIANO COURSE

Start with the lesson plan, then add pictures, add sound, put in instructions, work sheets, practice sheets, add 24 hour access, make lessons affordable 

Beginning Piano Students are guided through each  lesson to ensure learning.

Piano Songs ** Finger Exercises**  Classical Music**  Play Blues Play Boogie

OH, this is really big, play  duets with the  piano and orchestra.   
FUN, FUN, and now you have success.


ADD 24 hour access to ALL
lessons
Add support from Alana


 

It’s just so frustrating to work your heart out trying to practice and learn piano… and still not play a familiar song or play without  mistakes.  What’s wrong? And better yet… how do you fix it? 

 
It starts with one important bit of knowledge…


TRADITIONAL METHOD All about Reading Music.

YOU CAN ONLY PLAY AS WELL AS YOU CAN READ MUSIC.  How long does it take to play hands together, play in perfect rhythm, and strengthen hands and fingers?
WEEKS AND MONTHS

SOLUTION 1
HOW TO READ MUSIC

Guarantee you can read music in 16 lessons.
READ THE NOTE, WRITE THE NOTES, HEAR AND PLAY

Let's not waste your time with 100's of songs used to teach you how to read music. Let's Learn to read music and start actually playing the piano.

SOLUTION 2
LEARN to PLAY RHYTHM: We don't just teach you a few chords and call it progressive lessons.  We use the chords and theory, teaching groups of notes and start you playing rhythms right away. 

WHAT IF we learned rhythm separately from reading music.  You do not have to read the music, only the rhythm.

I will teach you chords (groups of 3 notes played together) combined with the 12 bar blues pattern adding boogie woogie and you are playing rhythm, wide ranges on the piano, and strengthening hands and fingers.  Next apply these lessons to classical music.

Playing a song from beginning to end in a perfect rhythm is what separates you from other beginning students.

                   IT'S SO EASY, AND FUN

Already in Lesson 14 you are playing Chords in a duet with Alana.
Chords w/Blues A duet w/Alana   mp3

Or you will be playing the piano part to
"Midsummer Night's Dream" Hear a Duet  mp3 ( Mendelssohn)


SOLUTION 3
Hands together is also easy. 
Learn the formula for 12 bar blues, and I will show you how to  play Boogie Woogie hands up and down the keyboard.  It's Easy to learn and now you have a success that you can  use in your classical music.  It's so much FUN and you will sound like you have been the playing a long time.
 

   NOW YOU'RE SOUNDING GREAT!
Playing familiar classics.........

Playing
Cradle Song, Blue Danube
Amazing Grace
, hands together.....

And ripping up and down the piano
 with 12 bar blues and boogie.........

SOLUTION 4
Fine Tuning
Now You have learned the basics, Now let's start fine tuning
your lessons, with fingering, interpretation, and phrasing.

    Plus it is so much fun that you will want to practice.
 

 

Demo the Beginning Piano Lessons

Complete Lesson index


How the online lessons work
 

Lesson 14  Already you are playing Chords 
w/Blues + playing piano duets 
Duet 1 MP3 (copy duet to CD and practice
your chords with the song)

Lesson 17 Begin playing a familiar classical.
Lesson on Haydn & Form and playing another
duet with Alana
Begin  Lesson   Hear a Duet  in your lessons  mp3

Lesson 31 Playing "Loch Lomond:
Hear a Duet  in your lessons   mp3

Lesson 37 you are playing more rhythms,
Boogie Rock Blues.  MP3

Lesson 39 "Midsummer Night's Dream"      Mendelssohn
Begin Lesson 39 Completed Song
Hear a Duet  in your lessons    mp3

Lesson 43, Play more Rhythm   MP3

Lesson 46, "Blusette"      MP3

Lesson 48  A Study by Volkmann"  MP3

You are also playing chords with:
Blues Danube, Cradle Song, Amazing Grace

    Want more inspiration?
Amazing Grace, Intermediate: MP3
Cradle Song: Intermediate,
 MP3

 

Who else wants to have a private studio and personal piano coach on
call 24/7?


At first it may sound odd to learn piano on a computer. But trust us...this system is unlike any other you have ever experienced. In all our years of service, we are proud to say we have not been requested to give a single refund! Our system WORKS. And now...

 You will never ever again forget your lesson and have to wait for the next lesson, costing time and money.

You will always practice correctly because you can always hear exactly how the music sounds. 

You'll save time and money (no driving and no parking)

Sound....In the studio you can hear the music, but not when    you are home practicing.  Now you can hear the music at all times and know you are practicing correctly.


● You have the benefit of our '
in house recording studio' giving you sound throughout the
lessons. HEAR each Lesson in streaming audio

PLAY Duets with Alana or her Orchestra,  Hear all the Music in Mp3.  IT'S FUN, and IT'S AT YOUR FINGER TIPS.

● Be
guided step by step.  Each lesson has instructions with exactly what to practice, how to practice with practice sheets.

No more guessing "what next" (because we coach you step-by-step) 


What's in your Beginning Piano Lessons

 What exactly do I receive in my Lessons?


● All the material in the 4 beginning books Reading Music Workbook,
  Exercises, Songs and Rhythm lessons.....   VALUE OF $50.80

● Audio Lectures: Each lesson includes Audio,
   if this was a CD the......   VALUE  OF $49.95

● Songs and duets to download in Mp3 files or download to a CD.
   It's easy!  VALUE  $30.00

● A free music program, where you can hear your lessons, plus
   you can use this to write your own music.....  VALUE $19.95

● 48 lessons that would be 30 -45 minutes  each in a studio. ....
   Value of $980.00 per year.

Our shopping cart also includes PAY PAL.
 

 Purchase and receive all 48 Beginner Lessons

NEW! Includes DIGITAL PIANO BOOKS

   NOW $67.00
All 48 lessons available 24 hours a day, as long as you need.
Plus, you  receive your online lessons immediate after ordering.
 

 

OR/Purchase a subscription at:

 $21.95 per month

You receive all the Lessons, Beginning, Intermediate and Jazz. 
(Your lessons continue each month automatically and can be discontinued with an E-mail notice.)

Don't know which level you are at,
this gives you all the lessons so you can find where to start, plus, even review
if it's been a while since you had piano.
 
   

Beginning Series Books, Another Choice

Purchase all 4 Intermediate Books   $50.80


The books are the full course, but do not include sound, mp3, audio, or written and audio lesson instructions. 

These are perfect for teachers or if you have the online lessons,
you can have the music already in hard cover books, so you
don't have to print.

All the material in the books are in the online lessons.

 

A Personal Note:

I was asked to pass on the work of Bud Conway, one of the greatest jazz teachers of our time, and therefore the web site.

But..............I was going to teach only jazz, but realized if students could receive the best music foundation possible in the
beginning stages of learning, they would be able to move into more advanced work, have success and accomplish their goals. 

I started combining the traditional
lessons with chords, blues and pop so adults
could play their favorite songs, and found that they began learning much faster,
not to mention how they played in perfect rhythm.  NO MORE SOUNDING LIKE
A NORMAL BEGINNER AND ACTUALLY PLAY A COMPLETE SONG PERFECTLY.

This accelerated learning how to read music, play hands together early in the
lessons, play in rhythm, strengthen hands and fingers, plus have knowledge about music that isn't usually taught.

My work in the studio precluded the web site, and through testing and writing, found the best methods of learning
beginning piano

Most advanced teachers do not teach beginning piano, and that is why it is so
important to teach this online
piano course. 
Alana is a classically trained jazz,
recording artist, arranger, and master teacher and has taken her own experiences
learning and teaching
piano and applied them to the online piano lessons
 
Her professional career is now an asset to all students who are studying
piano
with Music and You.

 

free piano lessons

           Music and You
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                 619-994-3995
295 Brookview CT., Santee, Ca. 92071


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