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"Any more tips like this would be much welcome"
Graham "Thank you for this tip. I have been attending piano classes and I told my teacher that I want to learn chords and then do some sight reading but he want me to do more sight reading which i find boring and not very helpful in learning to play in my church band. Any more tips like this would be much welcome."
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"I am progressing teaching myself piano at my own pace at home"
Hi Graham
Thanks for you latest email. I found it very interesting. I have had private piano lessons in the past from 3 different teachers and one of them was great and taught me a tremendous amount about theory and practice and I really progressed my piano playing with her.
The other two teachers were not as good and I agree a great deal of self discipline is required to keep up boring practice set my someone else. I have also had group piano lessons at a local college and this was not very successful either. I am progressing teaching myself piano at my own pace at home.
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"I'm sure it will come with time and lots more practice"
"Hello Graham I have found your courses extremely useful. I am a complete beginner and have started off with your lessons and also a private tutor. I am pleased with my progress so far and keen to learn more. Area to be improved, recognising the notes on the page and equating that to the relevant finger - I'm sure it will come with time and lots more practice. Would be interested in any further information." Kind regards, Teresa
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"Thanks for the information - it is very helpful to me... I am about to take my Grade 4 Piano Exam this December..." Gemma Liu
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"Thank you for your helpful emails"
Tom O'Riordan
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"I welcome as much free advice as you like to offer."
Hi Graham,
"I found that your piano course was easy to understand and the basics of understanding music and how it is structured is also very useful but perhaps I am not realy the best person to comment on the course you see I am 72 years of age and for about the last 10 years I have struggled nay grappled with the Keyboard.
In 2000 I attended an evening course on Keyboard playing and managed to get the level one certificate, the instructor was very good had A STRING OF LETTERS After his name but alas he decided that he had had enough of senile OAPs And did not continue with the course then coupled with that I had a Hip Operation and sadly my keyboard fell into disuse for sometime then when I Started playing again I had to learn all over again.
However, my worst critic was my wife and playing became impossible for some time so the Keyboard again fell in to disuse for some considerable time, Then it was the for some considerable time, Then it was the Yamaha PSR320 but since then sadly my wife passed away recently and strange as it may seem once again I returned to the Keyboard.
But this time a more sophisticated model The PSR 7000 which is somewhat More professional looking and sounding I intend to continue with this Instrument and would welcome as much free advice as you would like to offer.
Currently use three fingered chords and the auto chord feature But would dearly love to be able to use the full fingered chording System,however- one day perhaps after much more practice."
Regards, Ronnie Barker.
PS with a name like this I've got to be good at something!
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"Just to inform you, I have now sold my Technics piano. Thank you very much for your excellent & helpful service."
Peter Attwood, Herefordshire.
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"Didn’t mean to sound as if i was knocking you"
"Thanks for your help. When i said your free lessons were a bit basic ,when i think about it if after two years music lessons and im still looking for piano courses then perhaps I do need to start at the basics. Didn’t mean to sound as if i was knocking you. It is a shame you dont do a course for purchasing yourself."
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"Hello Graham Howard,
I'd like to express my thanks for the free piano course, I found it quite helpful and it's a nice starting point for learning music. I understood all of it, as it was quite clear in underlining principles."
regards
George Kokkinos
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Hi Mr.Graham. "Thank you for the lessons. I am really enjoying them. I didn't check my mails recently, that's why I didn't contact you. So, again Thank you very much."
Regards, Antony.
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"Thanks once again. We need more people like you in this world."
"Hi Graham:
Thank you very much for sharing your opinion on the best piano brand to buy. I wish I knew you a long time ago before I bought mine. After looking at the different brands, I ended up choosing Casio. I thought it was better than Yamaha because it had a screen that beginners can see which finger is being placed on each note as a song is played from the song bank.
Although I have not chosen the better brand, I think that I have made a wise choice (for a beginner). However, I must assure you that if I happen to migrate I will have to buy another piano because this one is a bit too big to travel with. Then, I will choose Yamaha.
Thanks once again. We need more people like you in this world."
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"Thank You Very Much For The Free Lessons"
"Hi Graham, Thank you very much for the free lessons, which I liked so much that I purchased your full course. I have also recommended you to friends. Once again thank you."
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"I found your five free lessons interesting, but I have to confess here that, when at school, I did attain Grade 6 piano. I have two specific problems which I was hoping your course might solve, although I realize that it is aimed at the complete beginner."
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"I'd certainly appreciate if you can teach me reading notes"
"Hello Graham, How are you doing? Your piano lessons were certainly helpful. Though I've been playing Casio for long now you have shown me the correct way of practising it. Though I don't get much time to practise it I do put in my effort to keep in touch. I'd certainly appreciate if you can teach me reading notes. I would like you to know that I don't want to be a professional..I play this instrument as a hobby and so trying to enhance my skills. Once again thank you for your lessons." Regards, Shakti
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