| As a piano player you have three choices available | | | | guitarist and all it takes is just rudimentary |
| to you for learning; these are, note reading, piano | | | | knowledge of a few chords.It's Easy. How hard is |
| tabs, and chord-based approach.Most students | | | | it to place your fingers on a chord? It's actually |
| who use piano tabs do so because they want to | | | | easier for the pianist to do this than the guitar |
| avoid the note reading approach altogether. They | | | | player. There are no steel strings to hurt the |
| just want to be able to quickly play their favorite | | | | fingers. No need to press down on the fretboard. |
| tunes without having to invest a substantial | | | | Just place your fingers on a chord, depress the |
| amount of time learning musical notation. These | | | | keys, and voila - a piano chord. In fact, you can |
| same students would be able to learn the piano | | | | be playing and creating modern sounding music |
| even quicker if they learned a chord-based | | | | much easier than the guitar player. Especially if |
| approach first. Here's why.It's Quick. Guitar players | | | | you use the open position chord. Here we have a |
| know this. They don't spend months learning note | | | | modern sound that uses both hands to full |
| reading but dive into chord playing right away. In | | | | capacity. And it's easy!Don't waste your time |
| fact, guitarists may be the only musicians who do | | | | learning piano tablature. Learn chords instead. That |
| this on a regular basis - hence the popularity of | | | | way, you'll be able to sound more professional in |
| this instrument. Within just a few minutes, they | | | | less time than practically any other |
| have learned their first chord and are off enjoying | | | | method!Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and |
| music. Pianists can also learn this approach but | | | | webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano |
| usually don't because they either don't know | | | | lessons. He has been helping students learn how |
| about it, or think it's too difficult. They think they | | | | to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 |
| must learn sophisticated Jazz voicing or some | | | | years and works with students in private, in |
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