The Piano Encyclopedia Blog – The Piano Learning Revolution https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog A practical guide to keyboard playing, composing, and improvising on the piano. Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.29 The Piano Encyclopedia + Amazon Integration! https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/07/01/get-our-piano-courses-via-amazon-payments/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/07/01/get-our-piano-courses-via-amazon-payments/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:44:09 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=762

We are proud to announce that  in addition to the current payment methods available to purchase our courses, we have now added Amazon Payments!

This means, that if you are an Amazon customer, buying any course from our website will be easy as just 1,2,3! Upon adding to cart any of our piano courses, you will have the option of …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/07/01/get-our-piano-courses-via-amazon-payments/feed/ 0 The New “Proven & Tested Piano Learning Modules” Package! https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/06/15/our-proven-teste-piano-learning-modules/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/06/15/our-proven-teste-piano-learning-modules/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:35:14 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=757 Our mission since we founded The Piano Encyclopedia is to make people’s musical dreams come true – regardless of their age, piano level or where in the world they may be.

During the last months, we asked thousands of customers across 75 countries to tell us what their piano playing ambitions were and which of our products helped them most …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/06/15/our-proven-teste-piano-learning-modules/feed/ 3 It’s Time to Celebrate Rock Week! https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/06/05/rock-week/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/06/05/rock-week/#respond Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:16:06 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=751  

 

We are in the middle of an important week in the history of music – a week filled with historic events that contributed to revolutionizing the way the piano is played today.

This week, The Piano Encyclopedia is celebrating the innovative ways that legendary rock artists and musicians invented to approach the piano. After all, the piano has …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2014/06/05/rock-week/feed/ 0 Forbes says We are Revolutionizing How People Learn Piano https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/09/29/forbes-says-we-are-revolutionizing-how-people-learn-piano/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/09/29/forbes-says-we-are-revolutionizing-how-people-learn-piano/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:52:14 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=580 We at The Piano Encyclopedia would like to share with you one the most exciting news we’ve had since the launch of our company.

Forbes,  one of the most important American business magazines, has written an article about us and named us as the leading company shaping the future of online music education:

“The Piano Encyclopedia, which I describe …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/09/29/forbes-says-we-are-revolutionizing-how-people-learn-piano/feed/ 2 New! The Four Hamony Guides https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/08/24/harmony-guides-composition-improvisation/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/08/24/harmony-guides-composition-improvisation/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:30:04 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=567 We are pleased to announce that we have added some exciting new content to the Piano Encyclopedia’s library!

The Harmony Guides are four separate interactive books that will help you harmonize all the scales used in western music so you can easily improvise and create your own music by following the suggested chords and scales. These guides contain more than …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/08/24/harmony-guides-composition-improvisation/feed/ 0 Meet Kristy: “I would dream of being an artist and playing my own music” https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/06/20/meet-kristy-i-would-dream-of-being-an-artist-and-play-my-own-music/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/06/20/meet-kristy-i-would-dream-of-being-an-artist-and-play-my-own-music/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:26:20 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=454 Meet Kristy Spencer, one of the seven winners of a complete copy of our Digital Home Study Course, “The Logic Behind Music,” in our December 2011 contest.

Her entry was one of more than 1000 reasons why people thought our course could help them fulfill their musical dreams – and our jury thought Kristy’s story was a winner!

This was …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/06/20/meet-kristy-i-would-dream-of-being-an-artist-and-play-my-own-music/feed/ 3 Meet Roger – “Something was missing…” https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/05/20/something-was-missing-in-my-piano-lessons/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/05/20/something-was-missing-in-my-piano-lessons/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 12:02:51 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=461 I knew I had to have music in my life.  Coming from a poor family, I didn’t think it possible for me to take music lessons and so didn’t check into it until I was in the eighth grade and was passing by the “music room” at school.  I talked to the piano teacher and she agreed to teach me, …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/05/20/something-was-missing-in-my-piano-lessons/feed/ 1 Meet Bienyamien – “I struggled on my own trying to learn piano” https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/04/20/meet-bienyamien-i-had-to-struggle-on-my-own-trying-to-learn-some-piano-songs/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/04/20/meet-bienyamien-i-had-to-struggle-on-my-own-trying-to-learn-some-piano-songs/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:38:00 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=468 Bienyamien Manuel never had a single piano lesson or even a piano, but he tried for years to teach himself to play. He never thought he’d be able to fulfill his dream because he didn’t have the money for piano books or lessons. But that changed when he became one of the seven winners of a complete copy of our …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/04/20/meet-bienyamien-i-had-to-struggle-on-my-own-trying-to-learn-some-piano-songs/feed/ 0 New Payment Methods Available for US and International Orders! https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/04/03/piano-lessons-bank-transfer-payment-methods-available-for-international-orders/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/04/03/piano-lessons-bank-transfer-payment-methods-available-for-international-orders/#respond Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:51:03 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=471 Don’t have a Credit Card or Paypal account?

No worries! We are now accepting several new payment methods, so you can still get a copy of our piano course anywhere in the world – even without a credit card. Now you can pay safely with a direct bank transfer, check, or money order.

Here are the new payment options we …

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]]> https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/04/03/piano-lessons-bank-transfer-payment-methods-available-for-international-orders/feed/ 0 Meet Dellendo – “I always dreamed of playing the piano at a professional level” https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/03/27/meet-dellendo-growing-up-i-always-wanted-to-play-the-piano/ https://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2012/03/27/meet-dellendo-growing-up-i-always-wanted-to-play-the-piano/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:29:34 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/?p=465 Dellendo Farquharson of Jamaica was one of the seven winners of a complete copy of our Digital Home Study Course, “The Logic Behind Music”, in our 2011 December contest. We asked Dellendo to share more of his story and the dream that led him to enter our contest. We hope you enjoy reading his response as much as we …

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