Discover a Visual Learning System To Help You Play the Piano Like a Professional

Piano pedagogy is the study of teaching piano playing.  The focus is to teach musical skills on the keyboard to individual students. 

This often consists of private lessons.  The lessons are broken down into segments that focus on reading music, technique, rhythm, memorization and classical repertoire. 

The content is published in multiple series of graded method books that the student graduates from one level to the next.  It's a very effective way make piano lessons last for many years.

It's not a very effective way to teach an aspiring piano player how to do the one thing that most want to do:  Play their favorite songs on the keyboard.

The end result is a very high percentage of piano students (children & adults) who become discouraged.  It's taken them an excessive amount of time to play at only a basic level and sound like an amateur.

Everything requires effort but:

It's discouraging when you put forth the effort thinking that you're going in the right direction but aren't getting where you want to go.  Let me put it like this:  You can't find a sunset heading east. 

I was bewildered that I would put in my time practicing the piano and not developing the music skills that I wanted.  I kept thinking that if I just kept doing what I was doing that I would eventually gain those skills.  That thinking was wrong.

Have you every wondered why the layout of the keys on a typewriter is in this odd order?  In the early days of typewriters, the letters were in alphabetical order. 

Unfortunately, if you typed too fast, the type bars had the tendency to jam.  The solution was to place commonly used letter-pairs (like "no" or "st") so that their type bars were not neighboring, avoiding jams. 

Avoiding jams made typing faster overall but only because you spent less time fixing a jammed typewriter.  Now here's the kicker.  We haven't used mechanical typewriters with type bars in many years.  An equipment jam is no longer an issue. 

So why do computers and all digital devices still use the qwerty keyboard that was designed to avoid equipment jams? 

We learn the alphabet in phonetic order.  Doesn't it make sense that you could type faster that way?  Why are they still making qwerty keyboard arrangements when alphabetical order may be better? 

The answer is:  That's the way it's always been done.

Again: Why do most piano teachers keep teaching the same traditional methods that have been around for last one hundred years?  The answer is:  That's the way it's always been done. 

A traditional piano teacher will tell you that's the way He/she learned.  His/Her teacher would tell you that's the way they learned etc. etc.

When I was struggling to learn to play the piano and sound like a professional I discovered that visual learning is the key. 

I also discovered how to learn fast!  Most people do not want to spend years taking traditional piano lessons or stumbling through hundreds of pages online without any kind of structure or plan.

If you're an adult who wants to learn how to be a musician at the keyboard, I want to introduce you to a visual way to learn...

Why?  Notes are identified by their relative positioning on the staff.  When you take them out of that context they lose their identity. I know this is obvious.  I also know that you can get pretty good at identifying single notes on a staff. 

That's why lead sheets are so effective. (minimal music reading)  But what about a series of chords and chord voicings?  More note reading makes things more complicated and takes longer to learn.

Let me first say that the purpose of this visual learning system is not intended to be a new way to read music.  Not at all!  It's a visual way to learn music. 

It's about knowing a particular chord just by seeing its chord symbol.  Or even better being able to play the chord of your choice just based on a single note.  (remember the lead sheet I talked about earlier?) 

Color is an powerful learning tool.  Color is a visual language that conveys information without having to read. 

But it goes much farther than just simple language.  Color is ingrained throughout our daily lives and the world that we live in wouldn't be the same without it.

But when you started driving a car it took on a whole new meaning.  You no longer just recognized a traffic light.  You started responding to a traffic light.  You found yourself in the driver's seat!  Along with your physical response was your neurological response. 

Green:  I'm good to go.  Just pass right through.  Easy and relaxed. 

Yellow:  Slow down. It's about to change.  Can I make it through before it changes to red?

Red:  Stop! I can't proceed on. I'll cause an accident if don't! 

All of that information and neurological response from just three colored lights.  That response is ingrained in your psyche.  Have you ever forgotten that a red light means stop?  Have you ever forgotten what to do when a light changes to green?  I would bet the answer to those questions would be no.

A Keyshot very plainly shows each note in a chord voicing.  There's a chord symbol that's color coded in respect to the key it's in and the colors themselves do not represent individual notes. 

Instead, they represent the structure of the key the chord is in.  That is, the numbering system.  Each note in a key of music has a numerical sequence.  This is the structure that every chord in existence has ever been created from. 

A Keyshot is a visual representation of a chord.  This is a simple but very powerful learning tool.  You can be at a very beginner level and play some very advanced chords and progressions. 

But you're not just playing clusters of notes without an understanding of what they are.  You're learning how these and any possible chords are constructed. 

Learning how to play the piano by ear is a valid and useful approach.  But it can't precede the visual practice of putting your hands on the keyboard and pushing down on the right keys to get the sound you want to hear. 

Music is a hearing art and recognizing sounds such as chord qualities and progressions are developmental skills. 

However, the hands must recognize chord shapes and movements before the ear can be of any help.

Have you ever noticed someone giving a play by ear tutorial but most of the information they're giving you is visual? 

Visual information is the key to getting started and building the foundation you need.

It's after you've developed the visual familiarity with the keyboard, that ear training will take you to the next level you need to go.  The idea behind Color Score is to see and hear as you learn visually!

One of the biggest complaints I hear from aspiring piano and keyboard players is: My piano playing just doesn't sound good...I want to sound like a professional.

Maybe you’re thinking:   My goal is to play some or many classical music pieces as well as popular music.  Why would I want to learn how to play the piano in a different context that makes playing easier?  

Well, let me answer that question with another question: Did you know that all music is made up of chords anyway?  Yes, even classical music!  Have you ever heard of a little song called fur Elise? It's nothing but simple chords broken up into arpeggios.

Learn how music works in this simple, colorful and fun way and all of these musical styles are yours!

You may be thinking...

I would like to learn to play the piano but is there really a practical reason for me to learn as an adult? Let's look at some of those practical reasons.

1  Playing the piano maintains and increases your mind and body coordination.  As we get older these skills are vitally important and studies show that activities such as playing musical instruments can stave off neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dementia.  

Piano study specifically fits into this category because of the brain activity needed to produce independent movements in each hand.

2  Music makes you think.  It's that simple.  Watching tv, surfing online, flipping through a magazine or much of the mindless day to day activities we do don't have the positive effect on the brain that learning and playing music has.

  Each time you sit down at the piano or keyboard there is a mental rejuvenation process that is taking place within you.  This has a positive effect on every mental activity to do!

3  The physical activity of piano playing keeps your hands nimble and strong.  Name a physical activity that DOES NOT require the use of our hands.  It's difficult to do.  The development and maintenance of our fine motor skills are extremely important. 

These skills are a necessity in so many activities of our daily lives.  The longer we keep these physical faculties in tact, the longer we'll maintain a good quality of life at its most basic level.

 4  Hearing the music that we play increases auditory awareness.  That's just another way of saying that we pay more attention to the musical sounds we hear.  Piano playing is about evaluating the chords and melodies that we're playing.  

That awareness continues even when we're not at the keyboard.  The result is a sense of higher awareness of music and a deeper appreciation.

 5  The activity of playing piano increases social interaction.  Whether you're simply playing a song for someone on a Sunday afternoon or you've been hired as a musician to play at a wedding, piano playing is a social skill/activity.   You're more likely to network and interact with other musicians of all kinds. 

Regardless of age, this benefit alone is worth the time and effort of learning to play the piano because life is about having a connection with other people.  If you're single, I guarantee you that you'll find it a lot easier to meet that special someone by having piano playing skills.

Am I saying that I can teach you to play the piano overnight, easy and free, without any effort, so you'll sound like a professional?  That would not be an honest thing for me to say and it wouldn't be the correct thing for you to believe.   It takes time.  It takes effort.  It takes a commitment. 

Those words have the tendency to scare some people.  Those words can also conjure up some images and feelings that make learning the piano seem as though it's more than what those people are willing to give.  But...

Time:  You're going to be putting in some learning time but there's no comparison to the time it would take you to start from scratch as a beginner with traditional piano lessons. 

The time you'll be spending will be in the fast lane. No playing scales and traditional exercises that don't make sense for someone who wants to play popular music.

Effort:  One of the biggest problems a traditional piano student faces is when he/she puts forth an honest and isn't rewarded for that effort.  I've experienced that for myself and it's discouraging.

Progress is the reward for that effort.  The real key to making that progress is to have a system of learning that works.

Commitment:  This can be a scary word but look at it in a different way.  You're desire is to learn how to play the piano and sound like a professional.

You're not trying to become a classical virtuoso that requires a long commitment to conservatory training and formal education.   Commitment can actually be fun because you're engaged in something that causes you to experience real growth on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis.

You're also free to learn music at your own pace and direction.  You're not at the mercy of an instructor's agenda.  It's your time and music.

I taught them a simple chord progression with some very professional sounding chord voicings and they were amazed.  Not only did they amaze themselves by being able to play, they amazed their friends and family because they were adults who never had a piano lesson in their life. 

The most memorable reaction I remember a student getting from someone was when he went home and played what I had shown him to his mom.  She was stunned and asked him:  "How long have you been taking piano lessons?"

But they're often disappointed.  I've been in that very position.  Don't get me wrong.  I don't have disrespect for traditional piano teachers or the institutions in which they teach.  But if your goals are not in line with what and how they are teaching you, you will waste a lot of time and money. 

Those resources could be better utilized by finding the right system that's going to get you closer to your musical goals from the beginning.

1 Traditional teaching methods and learning classical repertoire Scales, drills, method books, music theory, playing simple little children pieces etc.  Lessons are broken down into tiny segments are administered over months and years.  Limited results and a general music skill that sounds amateurish.

2 Cost   Formal lessons can be $50 or more for a half hour.  I myself was a student at a performing arts center.  The cost was payable in full every semester.  Even a private teacher that teaches out of his/her home can require this much of a fee.

3 Inconvenient Traditional piano lessons are on a weekly schedule.  A piano instructor has many students and can't schedule them at the same time.  So if your schedule doesn't work with theirs one week, you'll have to reschedule and make up for the lesson at another day and time.

4 Required Participation Some instructors/schools require you to participate in recitals or other activities.  Many people want to have the option and not be required to participate in a student activity.  I once talked to an adult student who quit taking lessons from a particular piano teacher because he did not want to participate in a recital but was required to do so.

I want to first say that I would like to make this more complicated than what it is so you don't feel as though I'm insulting your intelligence. 

But I simply can not do that because this learning system called Color Score is plain and simple by nature so I'll just have to give you this quiz the only way I know how.

First:  Can you count to 7?  (this is not meant to be condescending or insulting)     1 2 3 4 5 6 7    

Second:  Can you identify these 7 different colors?

You do not have to play them in any time value or with any type of rhythm.  You can play them with any kind fingering.  They don't have to be smoothly connected or played quickly.  You don't even have to play them all at the same time. 

So how did you do?  I'm betting that you got at least 3 out of 4 correct.  If that seemed easy to you, then not only will you be successful learning how to play like a professional with Color Score, it will be very easy for you to understand how to do it!

The chances are that you may just be very much like me.  I started taking piano lessons at the age of 9.  I would like to say that I did very well and I had a lot of talent.  But that's just not the truth. 

It would also seem that a degree in music studies would give me some credibility.  But if I did have a formal education in music it would not lend any credibility to the fact that I'm offering you an alternative and secret shortcut to learning how to play the piano like a professional. 

My early music education experience actually took me away from the piano for many years.  It was only after I became an adult that I took the action I needed to learn how to play the piano like a professional. I created the Color Score Professional Method as a tool to make it easier and simpler for me to learn how to sound like a professional.

After sharing the concepts and tools with other people and eventually students I knew that I actually created a method that works.  If I would have continued on the path of traditional learning and instruction, I would have been just another note reading piano player.

It's hard for me to imagine because I would have never experienced the journey of discovery that I've been on for the past 15 years.  

 ...I'm guessing that if you're reading this then you're looking to discover an easier and fun way to learn how to sound like a professional piano player.  I have great respect for those that spend many years and dedication at the piano. 

I also know that path is not for everyone.  The sad part is...those that don't seek will never find the more fun and easier way that they're looking for.  They'll just resign themselves to the fact that they didn't learn as a child and now it's too late.

If you're reading this... ...it's not too late for you!  You can learn how to play the piano or keyboard and sound like a professional with this simple to learn method.  It doesn't matter what age you are.

Students in their 40's, 50's, 60's 70's and yes even older have used this very system to learn how to play the piano and sound like a professional. 

Let me remind you that the purpose of this visual learning system is not intended to be a new way to read music.

It is about learning how to create chords, voicings, rhythms and even melodies without reading music or needing any kind of visual information.

It's a simple but powerful tool to help you reach your musical goals.

So you may ask... Is this just a course with a laundry list of chord voicings that I apply to my own music?  The answer is "No".

 This isn't a chord voicing encyclopedia that just throws you into playing any songs that you can apply them to.

That is to say, it's not going to leave you lost without having some solid material to learn from.

For a beginning student, there's the ABC (absolute beginners chapter)  You'll get a great foundation because it covers the breakdown of a piano keyboard from half steps to whole steps.

If you're using any kind of visual aid to help you with your notes on the piano, you can throw them away for good.  You'll learn how to identify any note on the keyboard in minutes. There's a breakdown of the 12 Major Chords. 

You're going to learn how to take any note and instantly form a Major Chord from that note.  This is the foundation for playing in the context of chords and after going through this section, you'll never be unsure about how to find any Major Chord again. 

This information is extremely valuable because knowing these Major Chords is what allows you to create and play more advanced chords.

You'll go beyond the Major Chords in the next section because it covers more interesting chords such as minor, minor 7, suspended, 6th and the two different kinds of 7th chords. 

You're going to develop an understanding of these type of chords that you'll find in all kinds of popular song arrangements.

In the section entitled "Using the keys to unlock music", you're going to learn to do just that.  You'll be able to identify any Major key of music by learning a simple formula.

You'll then find out how to build any extended chord in existence in any key based of off this simple formula of a Major key of music. 

The Color Score concept is also covered so you'll have an understanding of how this visual chord system works. 

This will make it easy for you to follow along in the later sections that have actual learning pieces in them.

There are 6 music pieces specifically designed to teach you how get your hands on the keyboard and play professional sounding chords from the very start.

They each specifically and visually cover a different aspect of playing that moves you closer to playing your own music in a way that makes you sound like a professional.

With traditional private lessons you could study for a year and you wouldn't get past more than a couple of simple method books that would teach you how to play the most basic sounding music on the piano. 

You'll even find that the cost of traditional piano lessons for a year would be between $600 to $1000 or more!  You’re going to find out in just a moment that the Color Score Visual Chord Learning System is a far better value than that.

Color Score is the only visual chord learning system that teaches you how to play in this unique format.  There's no traditional music reading or instruction.

Finally, an easy to understand visual learning system that takes all the mystery away from learning how to play the piano and sound like a professional!  People of all ages are learning how to play and sound like a professional at the piano with Color Score!

Instructional manual with approximately 85 Pages packed with illustrations & just the essential information that you need to know to get started learning and playing like a professional right away!

Color Score is the Simple, Fun & Easy Way to Learn to Play and Sound Like a Professional!

In addition to the Color Score Instructional manual, you'll also get these free bonuses that are only going to be available for a limited time!

You'll sound like a professional by harmonizing any melody that you play on your piano or keyboard by using this easy system!

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You'll learn to voice and play professional sounding chords in all 12 keys in 3 steps or less!

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The Color Score Encyclopedia has all of the most commonly used chords in popular music today and they're also in the Keyshot format!

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"Imagine yourself a few months from now"...

You've drastically improved your piano playing skills...but in months, not several years like traditional piano lessons take.

 You've also done it with far less effort and without all of the unnecessary drills and exercises that you find in traditional piano lessons. 

You may even be playing in a band, in church, playing events such as (weddings), for your family and friends, or you may just be playing for own enjoyment at home.

I've had students who have done a combination of all of the above because the opportunities are endless.  You can have your own satisfying experience of playing the piano and sounding like a professional without sacrificing several years of your life to do it.

"So what would you expect to pay for this visual learning system that you can't get anywhere else?"

The bonus content alone is worth over $200!  Add to the fact that the Color Score Visual Chord Learning System is valued at over $125 just by itself, and you have a package of learning materials that are valued at over $300! 

I don't have to tell that traditional piano lessons can cost several hundreds of dollars a year.  And you still wouldn't get the visual instruction that accelerates your progress like the Color Score Visual Chord Learning System!  

You Get:    

If you invest in this program I personally guarantee that you will benefit from it or your money back. 

No tricks, loopholes, excuses or requirements to receive a full refund if you aren't thrilled with the instruction to learn to play the piano like a professional with these tools and instruction!

Not for 30 days, not for 60 days, not even for 90 days!  Keep the Color Score Visual Chord learning System for an entire year!

If you don't agree that it's worth every penny you've paid for this system, you will receive a full 100% refund!

Greg Lee 

Creator of Color Score