http://www.jazzpianoworld.com Jazz Piano Lessons by Mark Miller over the telephone in the comfort of your home. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:19:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5xIYyFVUz4] http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/08/29/mark-miller-plays-the-nearness-of-you/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1elTXLiWB9Y] http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/08/28/mark-miller-plays-a-nightingale-sang-in-berkeley-square/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBCAn_TWDeU] http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/08/27/mark-miller-plays-body-and-soul/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYGsmUN4EXE] http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/08/26/mark-miller-plays-aint-misbehavin/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwuJNpZKoU] http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/08/25/mark-miller-playsstairway-to-heaven/ This week I'll talk about what you should and should not be learning as a " beginner " piano student. From lesson 1 you should be learning to read the treble clef notes and practicing your 3 note chords.  This will enable you to play what are called " lead sheets".  ... http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/05/15/beginning-piano-lessons/ That's right!  The first 100 students to call me at 800-32-PIANO or email me at www.pianoweb.com  will receive a free half hour piano lesson.  It doesn't matter where you live because your free piano lesson will be conducted over the phone. That's right!  I teach jazz/pop piano to students from around ... http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/04/21/free-piano-lesson/ Concepts are lifelong.  When you understand a concept, you are able to recall or use that concept at any given time, whether it be today or 5 years from now. For example, I understand the underlying concept behind addition. If I stopped adding today I could add numbers 5 years from ... http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/04/21/concept-based-piano-lessons/ I thought it might be fun to share with you the progress of some of my distance learning piano students.  With students as far away as England and Spain and as close as Chicago, I feel very fortunate to be able to teach these students some of the knowledge I ... http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/04/21/about-my-distance-learning-piano-students/ The definition of a chord is 3 or more notes played simultaneously.  A 3-note chord is called a " Triad".. All Western music is based on chords. I like to teach chords to my students from day one, regardless of the age of the student. When a student learns his or her ... http://www.jazzpianoworld.com/2007/04/14/how-chords-expedite-the-learning-of-piano/