I was one of the few fortunate people who got an advance copy of the 'Learn And Master Piano' and got have taste of it before it could hit the markets. This was compiled by Legacy Learning Systems; it was the same company that produced the highly appreciated 'Learn And Master Guitar' program. I knew the kind of work they produced and was expecting something really good; I wasn't disappointed at all this program was of really good standards. Will Barrow, the Grammy award winning piano player was hired to be the instructor of this program. Will Barrow is a well renowned pianist, other than this he is also a good singer, composer and piano teacher. I am going to give you a small look into what is included with this program and what it's potentials are:
1. DVD's – they are the most important part of the program or course. The program is inclusive of 14 DVD's, each containing of two sessions. I have gone through these lessons and I wouldn't exaggerate by saying it was absolutely amazing. Mr. Barrow teaches you each lesson with well defined step by step instructions, which you get time to practice later. The user interface of the program makes it really easy to browse through. The onscreen key board which helps highlight the keys that are being discussed are truly helpful.
2. CD's – This course comes bundled with 5 play along while you listen CD's which has over 120 tracks. The best part about it is that all the songs have 2 versions one with piano playing and in the other the piano is muted. As you start learning you can play along with the piano and slowly as you get better you can play along the track without the piano. The recordings are so good that you will get hooked on to the tracks. A professional band was hired to do the recordings.
3. Lesson Book – the lesson book is a real blessing. It is a good compilation. The book is to be used along with both the CD's and DVD's. Every song that is found on the disks is in the lesson book in music notations.
In short this excellent training program that can simply just teach how to play the piano or even help a person improvise on his or her piano playing skills. All in all this is a great guide to help you learn the piano.