Piano lessons for busy adults...
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Date: Monday morning, 6:15 AM - Crisp & clear morning in the Rogue River Valley of Oregon
Dear Friend: Remember the old ad... |
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"They laughed when I sat down at the piano...but when I started to play..." ?
I remember very well the first time I played piano for a group. They DID laugh. It was a disaster. I overheard the leader say "Let's get somebody with some rhythm in there to play".
Ouch!
That hurt. But I told myself right then and there that I would learn to play the piano so well that no one would ever laugh at me again.
Guess what?
Nobody laughs anymore. And they don't laugh at my students, either.
Why?
Because I discovered...
The BACKDOOR to piano playing.
What in the world is the "backdoor to piano playing?
Chords.
Chords are a way in to the world of piano playing without having to go through the front door: years and years of scales, drills, rote practicing, etc. Chords are really a shortcut to understanding and playing music without all the formal training.
Formal training is fine if you have the time and money. But most adults don't want to wait forever before they can play something enjoyable on the piano. I took lessons when I was a kid, but found it boring. Not only that, but all I could do was play the written music exactly as it was written. Without the sheet music in front of me, I didn't have a clue what to do. So I lost interest in piano playing until the incident described above. But shortly after that, I had the opportunity to play in a school combo -- but to do that, I had to learn chords, and learn them fast. So I sent for a $2. chord chart advertised in Popular Mechanics, and within hours after I got it I was playing the Dm7 chord and the C6 chord in my left hand while I played the tune with my right hand. Talk about excited! Within a few weeks I could play dozens of songs using chords. And I discovered that my sight-reading speed greatly improved at the same time, because now I understood what I was seeing on the printed page!
So I came in through the back door instead, and now I enjoy what I used to hate! Why? Because I understand what I'm doing because now I understand chords and chord progressions. I eventually went on to get my Masters Degree -- and it was easy because of all I had learned about music theory and harmony due to playing and understanding chords.
So in this course I give you the best of both worlds: You get the understanding that comes from knowing chords, but you also learn how to sight-read printed music. And you can do it much easier and faster because you understand what you are seeing -- chords and parts of chords and chords stretched out into a string of individual notes (called "arpeggios") and chord progressions -- one chord flowing into another.
Here's an example from a piece of classical music that looks complicated:
But as soon as you learn about broken chords, you will soon see that all this is is 3 chords broken up. When you learn the notes of those 3 chords, this music suddenly becomes as easy to read and understand as:
Like music? Always wanted to play the piano? Here's your chance!
Every single week for a YEAR Duane will come right into your home and appear on your TV screen and teach you to play the piano using both sight-reading and chord techniques. With music DVD video piano lessons, you can watch them over and over again. Can do you that in "studio piano lessons"? Of course not. And Duane explains and demonstrates everything so thoroughly -- plus you have the book he's teaching from right there in front of you -- that you would have to try hard not to learn!
You'll have a permanent library of all your piano lessons on DVD videos, plus all the books Duane sends along (at least 8 books). And all you pay figures to just $25. per week for everything -- Duane's expertise, the music DVD's, the books -- everything!
Duane starts right from square one -- how to sit at the keyboard, the finger positions, the chords you will use, how to read the melody while playing chords in your left hand -- everything. So if you are a beginner, or a rusty intermediate, or you took piano lessons as a kid but want to make sure you don't miss anything, this is the course for you. All Duane's other courses specialize in this or that, but this is THE BASIC COURSE -- the CRASH COURSE -- you'll get a complete, correct start at the piano. And if you watch these piano lesson videos week after week for a solid year, you will be astounded at how much you can learn in a year and how many different songs and styles and chords you can play!
| "I just finished your "One Year Crash Course in Exciting Piano Playing". The instruction will last a lifetime. Thank you so much for being the greatest teacher alive." Margaret from Cape Cod (e-mail on file) |
- Learn piano from the man who wrote the book! - If you take lessons from someone who plays well but hasn't mastered teaching, you run the risk of missing lots of important stuff you need to know. You KNOW what you're getting when you study with the author of over 500 piano books and courses!
- Learn at your own pace! - If you want to go slower than one lesson per week, we can adjust that to fit your schedule after the first month. If you want to go FASTER, that's fine too -- we can do that.
- Learn music theory & harmony as you go! - You won't just learn HOW to play piano -- you'll learn WHY chords move they way they do, and WHY certain patterns repeat over and over. You'll learn musical form, transposition, modulation, improvisation, and a host of other musical truths!
| "Can I say that I have learned more in 30 minutes about playing technique than I have learnt in 30 years. At the moment I am like a child on Christmas morning, finding it difficult to take everything in. You have shown me how much more there is to piano playing than merely transferring the notes on the staves to the keys of the piano. I now have a renewed interest in the piano, it has awakened my dormant fingers to try something new and exciting."
Will D. England (e-mail on file) |
- Low cost! Costs NOTHING in comparison to college or conservatory classes! - You can study with Duane on video for LESS than taking from an unknown teacher!
- Doctors & professionals love it! - Doctors can't take a regular piano lesson at a studio at the same time every week, and neither can most working adults. With video lessons, you learn at YOUR convenience in YOUR home.
- You get a whole library of DVD lessons! - You will refer to these lessons over and over again. The more you learn, the more you will understand, and the more you'll want to review something that was taught earlier!
| "Thank you so much ... I have always wondered how people could tell what key they were in, but too ashamed to ask....or once when I did ask, I didn't understand what they meant because they didn't explain it clearly....WOW that is amazing...I took music for 8 years and never learned that..lol...Thanks again...and I play in church....."
Dianne (e-mail on file) |
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Duane comes to your home every week for 52 weeks -- stashed away in a DVD! - No transportation. No driving. No cancellations. No waiting. No rescheduling. It's at your convenience!
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Become a master of chords & chord progressions! - You will learn over ONE THOUSAND chords by the end of the year! And you will understand chord families and why chords progress the way they do.
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Adults only! - Duane teaches each DVD lesson with an adult in mind...kids need a teacher sitting along side them. So DON'T order this for your children UNLESS you plan to take the course to and stay a little ahead of them. But for those adults who will do this it is a double-blessing! You can learn yourself, then help your child learn as well. Perfect for home-school parents!
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Here are just
some of the things you'll be learning within the next 52 weeks:
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"I just wanted to tell you that I got my books and videos today; and started watching them already, and am just thrilled to death. I think this course is going to be EXACTLY what I need right now; and I am just thanking God for giving me the idea." Joyce (e-mail on file |
| "I ordered your tapes and have been working with them for about 9 months. They are absolutely great! I have been playing since age 5 (I am now in my 50's). I have a degree in Music and have taught piano for 20 years. When I started playing I learned to play by ear. Then, all the music education drummed that out of my head. Your tapes have taken me back to the real joy of playing that I had as a child, and I especially love the process of creating that you take us through. Thanks so much for the joy of Music!! Annette F Redlands, CA (e-mail) |
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"Just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for your wonderful 52 week piano course. Just started receiving weekly lessons. I must say that I never thought I would learn to play and now I am "grinning from ear to ear" as I learn from your wonderful teaching methods. My schedule is so chaotic that I could never plan on weekly lessons with a teacher - she / he would most certainly quit me. I took lessons 35 years ago as a child and hated it because the teacher was not good with kids (me included). This is a great Christmas present (even if it is from me... to me)" Marlene (letter on file) |
It’s just incredible. People rave over it. Here’s how it works:
After you receive your first lesson in the mail, you will SEE and HEAR for yourself why Duane's Crash Course is so powerful. You won't wonder anymore whether or not you can play the piano -- you will UNDERSTAND clearly that "If you plant corn, corn will come up. If you plant poison oak, poison oak will come up. So pick your crop: what you sow you will also reap. We live in a cause-effect world, so we can largely choose our own results."
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You won't just be satisfied -- you'll be THRILLED! Does Duane guarantee your success at piano playing? He can't, because he doesn't know your motivation, your time available, your family situation, your persistence -- etc, etc. But YOU can guarantee your own success at piano playing! See Free Bonus gift #5 below. |
You get 52 weekly lessons on DVD videos. That's a LOT of instruction. If you went to a music studio to take a 1/2 hour lesson, part of the time YOU would be talking and playing. You wouldn't get over 15 minutes of instruction. But here you get the full session with Duane playing each song and explaining in detail -- using slow-motion and close-ups to make it crystal-clear. You would have to be brain-dead NOT to learn!
But you also get...
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7 Free Bonuses!
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This is the course you've always wanted and been looking for to enable you to play the piano like you've always wanted to! Piano lessons were never this much fun while learning so fast!
Blessings galore,
Crash Course DVD 1-52
Weekly Piano Lessons On DVD Video -- The Entire Year!
ith eight
Wcoordinated books
hundreds of songs for 52 weeks
shipped all at once (Save over $300.) -- plus all EIGHT bonuses:
Free Bonus #1. " How To Get a Quick Start At The Piano!" DVD
Watch Duane on your TV or computer as he shows exactly how you can get going in record time and get off to a great start.
Free Bonus #2. The " Secret of Power Practice" DVD
How you can get twice as much out of the time you practice in half the time by using 3 rehearsal strategies.
Free Bonus # 3. The " Automatic Note Finder"keyboard chart
Slips behind the keys and directs you to every note in both clefs.
Free Bonus # 4.
" All the Major Chords" chord chart
Photos of all the major chords on one chart.
Free Bonus #5. " Secrets I Have Discovered The Hard Way" CD
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Listen as Duane shares how he learned the piano -- and why you
don't have to make the same mistakes he did.
Free Bonus # 6. The classic
"Take a Message to Garcia"
manuscript!
This classic has motivated thousands of people to achievement in various fields, and yet remains unknown to most people. Duane would like you to have it to motivate you to success in piano playing.
Free Bonus #7: Automatic enrollment in Duane's private e-mail newsletter for students only titled
"Good Stuff You Really Need To Know About Music & Piano Playing!"
This e-mail newsletter is only available to Duane's students. Once you sign up for this course you will receive it automatically.
Free Bonus #8: "The Most Used Chords In The Key of C"
A chart like this changed my musical life years ago -- and I want you to have this as a free bonus with your order.
$997. for the entire course
when shipped all at once --(save $300. and LOTS of postage)
Or...
If you want to "sample" the course before you sign up for the entire year, you can take the first month of piano lessons for $100. -- (which is equivalent to$25. per week -- but you can't take just one week because 4 weeks of lessons are on each DVD). If you like it as much as I think you will, you can then continue at $100. per month (we'll enclose a form so you can do that if you wish), or you can apply the $100. toward the full amount of the course ($995. less the $100. credit will leave you a balance of $895. plus shipping) if you want to get it all at once. Otherwise the total cost will be about $1300. plus shipping if you get it month by month. (We'll also enclose a form so you can do that, too, if you prefer -- and lots of people do.)
You will not receive the other 7 bonuses mentioned above when you order just the first month, but if you choose to continue you will receive ALL the bonuses at that time!
Crash Course DVD 1-4
First 4 Weeks of the Weekly Piano Lessons On DVD
(with 2
$100.
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