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		<title>The Best Way To Take Piano lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">What&#8217;s the Best way to take Piano lessons &#8211; The Answers</span></strong>..</span></p>
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<p>At one time the thought of trying to take piano lessons online would have been ridiculous but as technology has moved on and video is so easy to do it&#8217;s now become a valid alternative to traditional private piano lessons.</p>
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<p>Finding the Best piano lessons online is quite a challenge for the non musician and the problem is more people would love to <strong>learn how to play piano</strong> but don&#8217;t always have the money available to pay for private piano lessons so<strong> </strong>being able to take piano lessons online at a much cheaper rate is a great alternative choice.</p>
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<p><em>The trouble with finding the best piano lesson is </em><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">You need to be a pianist </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">already</span></strong> to be able to judge which will give you the best piano lessons <strong>right?</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">This is where I come in.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><strong><span style="color: #0066ff; font-size: medium;">I&#8217;m an experienced pianist as can be seen in the video in the popup. If you wish to see it again just refresh this page.</span></strong></strong></p>
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<p>Deciding to do something about the demand for piano lessons online I spent<strong> </strong>a couple of months<strong> </strong>in the summer of 2009 (the concert season always goes quieter for me in the summer) studying all the &#8220;Piano Lessons Online&#8221; courses available.</p>
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<p>I was looking for several different  <strong><em>&#8220;must haves &#8221; </em></strong>in all these piano courses and to my surprise many of the courses I looked at fell by the wayside for more then a few of them.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The criteria I considered were:</span></strong></p>
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<div><strong><span style="color: #800000;">The Price:</span></strong> This was certainly a consideration but not the most important as all the courses I  investigated were certainly cheaper then traditional private lessons.</div>
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<div><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Video:</span></strong> Any respectable course for people beginning piano lessons would have to include video piano lessons and obviously this was an important consideration as the main reason I feel I can recommend online courses is the advancement in web video technology.</div>
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<div><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Audio:</strong></span> <strong>When trying to learn to play piano</strong> it&#8217;s very important to be able to hear what you <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>should</em></span> be sounding like. This is why teaching in person has been the only realistic method until now. There had to be plenty of audio examples in any &#8220;learn piano online&#8221; course for it to get past my demands for this criteria.</div>
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<div><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Child AND Adult Friendly: </span></strong>As probably <strong>80%</strong> of child piano lessons enquiries are Parents trying to help their children learn piano it was important that any course I recommend should be in simple enough terms so that a child can progress easily and yet I didn&#8217;t want the course to be &#8220;talking down&#8221; to the adult pupils either. The best private teachers know the best methods for helping kids learn piano and so should the best Piano Courses.</div>
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<div><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Diversity of Styles: </span></strong>Everybody has their own type of favorite music. I felt it imperative that everybody has the same chance of success doing a learning piano course regardless of their personal taste in Music.</div>
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<h3><strong>The two courses providing the Best Online</strong><strong> Piano Lessons were </strong></h3>
<h2><strong><a href="/rocket-piano" target="_blank">ROCKET PIANO</a> &amp; <a href="/piano-for-all" target="_blank">PIANO FOR ALL</a></strong></h2>
<h3><strong> Click the Boxes below to go directly to their websites <span style="text-decoration: underline;">OR</span> the boxes to the right to see my review<br />
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<h2>To see a comprehensive review of either of these &#8220;Take Piano Lessons&#8221; courses please click the Review Boxes on the right hand side.</h2>
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		<title>How to Get the Best Child Piano Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Marsh A.L.C.M. A.R.C.M. L.R.A.M. L.T.C.L.</dc:creator>
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<p><font size="5"><b><font color="#990000">Child Piano Lessons &#8211; The Choices..</font></b></font><br />
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  <span style="text-align: justify;">Finding the Best Child Piano Lessons is quite a challenge for the average person and the problem is more people would love to encourage their children to play the piano but don&#8217;t always have the money available to pay for private piano lessons so<strong> </strong>being able to find<strong> </strong>cheap<strong> </strong>piano lessons online is a necessity.</span><br />
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  <span style="text-align: justify;">Finding the Best easy piano lessons online is quite a challenge for the average person and the problem is more people would love to learn how to play the piano but don&#8217;t always have the money available to pay for private piano lessons so<strong> </strong>being able to find<strong> </strong>easy piano lessons online is a necessity.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Finding out the best way to sort out your kids piano lessons can be a difficult thing to do for the inexperienced. <b>You need to be a pianist already</b> to be able to judge which will give you the best piano lessons right?</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #800000;"><font size="4">This is where I come in.</font></span></strong><br />
<font color="#FFFFFF">space</font><br />
<strong><strong><font color="#0066FF" size="4">I&#8217;m an experienced pianist as can be seen in the video in the popup. If you wish to see it again just refresh this page.</font></strong></strong><br />
<font color="#FFFFFF">space</font><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">Deciding to do something about the demand for beginners piano lessons I spent<strong> </strong>a couple of months<strong> </strong>in the summer of 2009 (the concert season always goes quieter for me in the summer) studying all the &quot;Piano Lessons Online&quot; courses available. I was looking for several different criteria and to my surprise many of the courses I looked at fell by the wayside for more then a few of them.</span><br />
<font color="#FFFFFF">space</font><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">I was looking for several different <strong><em>&quot;must haves &quot; </em></strong>and to my surprise many of the courses I looked at fell by the wayside for more then a few of them.</span><br />
<font color="#FFFFFF">space</font><br />
<strong><font size="4">The criteria I considered were:</font></strong></p>
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<td width="52" valign="top"><img class="size-full wp-image-13 aligncenter" title="semis" src="http://www.learntoplaypiano.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/semis.png" alt="semis" width="25" height="32" /></td>
<td width="442">
<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #800000;">The Price:</span></strong>This was certainly a consideration but not the most important as all the piano lessons for children online I  investigated were certainly cheaper then traditional private lessons.</div>
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<td width="52" valign="top"><img class="size-full wp-image-13 aligncenter" title="semis" src="http://www.learntoplaypiano.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/semis.png" alt="semis" width="25" height="32" /></td>
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<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Video:</span></strong><span style="text-align: justify;">Any respectable learn to play piano lessons course would have to include video piano lessons and obviously this was an important consideration as the main reason I feel I can recommend online courses is the advancement in web video technology.</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="52" valign="top"><img class="size-full wp-image-13 aligncenter" title="semis" src="http://www.learntoplaypiano.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/semis.png" alt="semis" width="25" height="32" /></td>
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<div align="justify"><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Audio:</strong></span><span style="text-align: justify;"><strong>When learning how to play the piano</strong> it&#8217;s very important to be able to hear what you <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>should</em></span> be sounding like. This is why teaching in person has been the only realistic method until now. There had to be plenty of audio examples in any &quot;learn piano online&quot; course for it to get past my demands for this criteria.</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="52" valign="top"><img class="size-full wp-image-13 aligncenter" title="semis" src="http://www.learntoplaypiano.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/semis.png" alt="semis" width="25" height="32" /></td>
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<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Child AND Adult Friendly: </span></strong><span style="text-align: justify;">As probably <strong>80%</strong> of child piano lessons enquiries are Parents trying to help their children learn piano it was important that any &quot;piano lessons online&quot; course I recommend should be in simple enough terms so that a child can progress easily and yet I didn&#8217;t want the course to be &quot;talking down&quot; to the adult pupils either. The best private teachers know the best methods for helping kids learn piano and so should the best Piano Courses.</span></div>
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<td width="52" valign="top"><img class="size-full wp-image-13 aligncenter" title="semis" src="http://www.learntoplaypiano.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/semis.png" alt="semis" width="25" height="32" /></td>
<td style="text-align: justify;" valign="top">
<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Diversity of Styles: </span></strong><b>Everybody has their own type of favorite music.</b> I felt it imperative that everybody has the same chance of success doing an online piano course regardless of their personal taste in Music.</div>
</td>
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</tbody>
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<h3 align="center"><strong>The two courses providing the Best Online</strong><strong> Piano Lessons were </strong></h3>
<h2 align="center"><strong><a href="/rocket-piano" target="_blank">ROCKET PIANO</a> &amp; <a href="/piano-for-all" target="_blank">PIANO FOR ALL</a></strong></h2>
<h3 align="center"><strong> Click the Boxes below to go directly to their websites <span style="text-decoration: underline;">OR</span> the boxes to the right to see my review<br />
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<td width="442"><a href="/piano-for-all/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10" title="Piano For All Course" src="http://www.learntoplaypiano.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pianoforall-box.jpg" alt="Piano For All Course" width="175" height="201" border="0"/></a><span id="__caret"> </span></td>
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<h3 align="center">To see a comprehensive review of either of these &#8220;Child Piano Lessons&#8221; courses please click the Review Boxes on the right hand side.</h3>
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