Online: Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People: Ages 13-Adult

In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano the way professionals do- using chords. Class is held online via Zoom and is partly hands-on instruction and partly lecture demonstration, so you will be able to sit at your piano or keyboard at home and take this course with no pressure at all! Fee includes an online book and online follow up video lessons for you to continue your practicing and studying on your own, a recording of the class, and an optional periodic Q & A session.

Topics include:

How chords work in a song
How to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it
How to form the three main types of chords
How to handle different keys and time signatures
How to avoid “counting”
How to simplify over 12,000 complex chords

Craig Coffman

Instructor

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Craig Coffman is an experienced piano and guitar instructor, professional pianist and music director. He has over 30 years experience teaching piano privately. His piano and guitar seminars, offered through Community Colleges and Community Education Programs, have been attended by over 30,000 students throughout Arizona, Minnesota and the United States over the last 27 years. He has a degree in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Illinois (where he also studied piano) and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

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