Learn Piano Online

Today we rely on the internet for all kinds of things that we used to get at the local mom and pop ‘whatever’ shop. It was the only option we had so we went with it. That could be good or bad depending on what you were interested in doing. But the internet has changed a lot of that as it has brought many more options through a few keystrokes. For example you can even learn piano online!

I recall moving from a large city one time where my kids were enrolled in a top-flight piano program to a city so small they rolled the sidewalks up at night. Did I say city? It was more like Mayberry where the only music teacher was a Miss Clara Edwards type. I had avoided teaching my own kids, for reasons I won’t go into here, and was desperate to find them a good teacher. I didn’t want my kids going through the painful experience that little Opie went through with Miss Edwards. Miss Clara does fine with the gray-head crowd but that’s not what my kids needed. We ended up driving to lessons every week. It was a one hundred twenty mile round trip that took a lot of fun out of the experience. How nice would it have been if, back then, you could learn piano online? Hmmmm, let’s talk about that.

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Unlike today the internet was in its infancy and there was nothing available online to help. That is not the case today. When I began researching the availability of online lessons I was amazed at the volume of information available. I was also appalled at the amount of disinformation out there. I am a degreed music educator so I was able to cut through some of the hype but I quickly realized that others, without such a background, would struggle.

I thought on this for quite a while and decided to start this learn piano online review site to help those who don’t have the background or time to sift through the mountain of possibilities out there. We take the time, and it doesn’t take long for some of these snake oil peddlers, to separate the ones who offer legitimate lessons from those who offer cheap tricks and scams.

I have concentrated on piano/keyboard but in doing so I’ve also tried to ensure that the courses reviewed include music basics and music theory. Some of the courses reviewed are very traditional types and other focus on niche areas such as chord piano. Some support the arguement that it is possible to learn piano online very nicely. Others don’t rate so highly. But that’s why we started this page, to seperate the have’s from the have nots.

That being said, yes, ‘Virginia’ there are online lessons that work. There are some keys you need to consider when choosing. While our most recommended and ‘best overall bang for the buck’ course is Rocket Piano you need to determine your own individual needs.

Determine what you want to do with your music. Do you just want to just understand some music basics or maybe more on music theory or even perhaps you aspire to play something on the order of Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Opus posthumous 66. Having the answer to this will dictate which course you should consider. You might want to review more information on how to learn piano online in our Online Piano Lessons article.
Once you find your course look for a guarantee. You want your money back in case you’re not satisfied with the results.
If the course has a free trial, by all means, sign up for it. In a lot of cases courses offer extras as a way to get you to sign up. That’s a GOOD thing. Often they offer software packages that you will find useful as you take the class.
If you don’t have an instrument you will need one. If you don’t have an ‘axe’ it hard to learn piano online or anyplace else! Take a look at our review on Learn to Play Keyboard to get an understanding of what type of instrument you should focus on getting your hands on.
Read through our reviews (on the left of this page) on the different courses and decide which fits your need and then sign up. IMPORTANT: Look for a course that is FUN BASED. Trust me on this; if you don’t have FUN you won’t stick with it….period….end of discussion!!!!!
If you really want to learn piano online then follow the instruction methodology of the course you chose. Remember, they do things in a certain order for a reason. Don’t get a ‘smorgasbord’ mentality and decide you can just pick and choose what you want to learn and when. There is a reason they do it their way…it works. Now, a caveat of that last sentence. Some of the courses offer modules and depending on your background and expertise you CAN be a little more into ‘pick and choose’ there.
Lastly and maybe most importantly. HAVE FUN PLAYING MUSIC! It should not be a chore.

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