Below Are The Answers To Your Recent Submitted Questions [Part 6 Now Available]
PART 1 - "Why Don't You Quit Talking and Show Me Something?"
PART 2 - How Can I Play Ragtime?
PART 3 - Can You Show Me AKMS Users Playing Advanced Piano?
PART 4 - How Can We Make Accompaniments Less Boring?
PART 5 - How Can You Play a Song Like "Holland Road" using AKMS?
PART 6 - How Do You Find The Key One Is Singing In?
PART 7 - Can AKMS Develop My Ear?
Below Are The Answers To Your Dec. 2014 Submitted Questions
Below Are The Answers To Your Nov. 2014 Submitted Questions
1. How can you guarantee that you can help people learn Piano By Ear?
2. Can the Any Key Music System answer the questions and challenges that millions have around the world?
Thanks
Robert
Can you really teach me how to play piano by ear. What if someone is tone deaf can you teach them to hear and play. Please reply back am thanking about giving up. I just wonder if it’s for me. I use just about every courese.
Hi Vondell,
Thanks for your questions. Because I answered those questions on a previous FAQ, I won’t wait until the deadline, I’m just going to share my previous answer with you.
However before I do, I want to encourage you to not give up on your goal of learning how to play by ear. The reason you haven’t been able to do it yet is because the other courses haven’t taught you how to understand the language of music. Just learning songs and musical riffs and runs doesn’t mean you can play. Rather, if you can figure out and understand songs, musical riffs and runs on your own, then you can play.
Anyhow here’s the answers to your questions:
1. Can you really teach me how to play piano by ear?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsb_61Z71Iw#t=43
2. What if someone is tone deaf can you teach them to hear and play?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuVXI7HIOvE
Thanks for submitting.
God Bless
Robert
Question 1: What do I play between chords. In other words what notes do I play for fills?
Question 2 : How do I maximize my practice sessions?
Hi Oslen,
Those are great questions and I look forward to answering them for you. Many people play and practice, but they don’t maximize it.
Thanks for submitting.
God Bless
Robert
1. Can you really help me get to a professional level.
2. How can I learn to play two different things with my right and left hand with ease without thinking about it.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for your questions. The first one is probably one that most people desire to ask. The second one is a very practical question. I look forward to answering them.
Thanks for submitting.
God Bless
Robert
What is your opinion on reading chords and learning the any key music system? Also do you think learning music theory can also apply to the any key music system theory?
Hi Lina,
Thanks for submitting. Those are really great questions.
I look forward to answering them.
God Bless
Robert
I can play by ear, figure out fat chords in a song and figure out a song in its key. So I feel like I understand why it sounds good I just don’t understand why it works because I get confused with numbers. Are there any tips you could give
me?
Hi Andralina,
Thanks for submitting. I look forward to giving you some tips. Look out for the video.
God Bless
Robert
Robert: I’m pretty sure I’m going to become a member. But I don’t have a piano. I am thinking of buying one, maybe you could make a few comments about it. I notice you use electric keyboards a lot. I know that regular pianos have pedels, but I can’t tell if you are using pedels or not. Do the electric keyboards have pedels? Why use pedels, or not. I don’t want to buy a cheap keyboard that has cheezy rhythm and chord simulations. I want a keyboard that could be used in small clubs, etc, assuming I can learn to REALLY play. I don’t see any amps on the videos. Are you using an amp? Could you recommend keyboard/amps NOT to buy. Since I don’t know that much about them I don’t want to buy some shiny, sparkleing piece of junk. Is there a problem that you know of them going out of tune? Is there something special about the ‘touch’ of electric keyboards? I have been searching a long time for some truth about music and I think you have it and are sharing it with the world.
Thanks
JACK
Hi Jack,
Thanks for your questions and I look forward to answering them. So that you know, my answers usually come in the middle of the following month. Hopefully that’s not too long for you.
If you urgently need me to answer these questions, I can do so because you are not really asking about theoretical questions which require a demonstration.
Let me know.
I look forward to helping you reach your musical goals.
God Bless
Robert
So my question is after taking your course, how might you tackle a regular song in the sense of being able to play it? The song “holland road” (piano edition) is an example. You can find this in iTunes and the original artist is Mumford and sons.
Steve
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your question and I look forward to answering it. I listened to this song and the original version and I look forward to breaking down how I would approach learning it. Steve, if you are a beginner in piano, please click on my “8 Day FREE Beginners trial” and go through the exercises so that you have a good foundation to understand my breakdown.
If you are an intermediate player who knows his Major chords, Minor Chords and Major Scales, then that should be good enough.
God Bless
Robert
My question is that I am 57 and I been LEARNING for about 5 years from other courses but my hands and ear are not were they should be as far as recognizing what key an individual is singing in. My hands need some help. I learnt from watching other and it take me too long to get the song. I’m able to play my scales in both hands at the same time. I know my know my numbers in the key of C, F, Bb, Eb good. I know how to form a major and minor triad in every key and I know the inversion of the triad in every key but it seem i’m stuck, now can you help me get to be a church musician for a holiness church and become the music ministry for the choir, that’s my GOAL.
Alfred
Hi Alfred, Thanks for submitting your questions. I look forward to answering them on the video. I’m also excited because I know I can directly help you because you have just purchased the Any Key Music System. 1 Year from now let’s see where you’ll be.
God Bless
Robert
Hi Robert, I would like to ask about your opinion on practising any technique. I am not a pianist, I am a guitarist, but I think that concepts are similar.
So question is: What do you think is the most efficient way to practise any technique.
a) Practise short amounts of time as often as possible – several times a day (15 times a day for 4 minutes = 1 hour per day)
b) Practise longer amounts of time every day – 1 hour per day
c) Any other opinion
Another question I would like to ask is about ear training. Do you think I will be able to play by ear in any key if I do not develop high level of relative pitch ? Also I would like to know what is your opinion on ear training. I saw your video where you explain that everybody can play by ear as soon as they can clap a rythm, however melody is a bit harder to follow than claping rythm …
Thank you for your time.
Choby
Hi Choby,
Those are some great questions. I look forward to answering them and I look forward to changing your initial greeting from saying that you’re only a guitarist to saying that you are a guitarist and pianist.
God Bless
Robert
hey dude I enjoyed your videos you need to teach people not your technique maybe beginners but intermediate level an advanced level cause they been there where you trying to go I was checking you out you was too busy trying to sell something that could not help me when you deal with intermediate musicians and bands musician they know the keys better than you do so my advice to you is the quit doing all the talking and show the people something that they can visually see
Hi Emmett,
Thanks for your comment and taking the time to write. I look forward to addressing your comments on the next Video.
God Bless
Robert
you trying to make money the long way around you cannot talk to intermediate musician or advanced musician like that you really have to break a real serious tutorial down but instead you will get up there and play without breaking it down to a intermediate also advance musician I like the way you play war by Charles Jenkins you should have broke that down intermediate or advanced musician but you didn’t think about it you trying to make money I’m trying to help you Reed come in box below
Hi Emmett,
Thanks for Part 2 of your comments. I look forward to addressing them on the video.
I hope you can handle my response.
God Bless
Robert
Hi Robert, I have a quaestion which is how can I develop a good technique fot ragtime piano? https://youtu.be/cIcnUQUzY_Y this is me. I follow your intruction to play by ers but know that I can play, I want to play ragtime piano
Hi Halther,
Thanks for your question. I look forward to answering your question and helping you play Ragtime piano. Look out for my answer.
God Bless
Robert
Hi, Robert! I haven’t watched you video yet, but I’d like to post questions that interest me a lot.
I’m learning playing by ear almost 2 years already. But my reaults don’t satisfy me. I can find the right chords (but not always), but I don’t know:
1) how to put together the melody and the chords
2) how to make accompaniment various (don’t play just triads, it sounds very boring)
3) in pop songs the pianists add some notes that are not from classic triads, it’s difficult to hear these notes. Can you advicce how to hear them?
4) what execise should I practise to improve everything above?
Thank you in advance
Hi Alina,
Thanks for your great questions. I look forward to answering them on my Top 2 Questions Answered Video.
In the meantime, if you signed up for the 6 FREE Videos, you’ll start to get the answers to those questions. If you haven’t signed up for the 6 FREE Video, you can do so here:
http://anykeymusic.com/membership/akms2one_more_step_to_method/
I look forward to helping you reach your musical goals.
God Bless
Robert