Coupon & course info
Course Name: A new approach to piano and playing songs for beginners
Subtitle: Learn how to play Chords, Feels and your first song on piano. Learn the rules of music to play anything.
Instructor: Taught by Dave Spicer, Professional Musician and Educator
Category: Music
Subcategory: Instruments
Provided by: Udemy
Price: $30 (before discount)
Free coupon code: See above (no charge for coupon)
Review info & popularity
As of July 20, 2016…
Students: 7068 students enrolled
Ratings: 57 reviews
Rank: ranked #34 in Udemy Music Courses
Brief course description
This course will focus on getting you playing popular songs in a variety of styles. We focus on the theoretical rules of music but ALWAYS with application to songs. This course will get you up and playing quickly. Everything is broken down into baby steps with extremely detailed video lessons and downloads at every turn. With constant challenges you can be sure you will understand the material. You do not need any prior piano experience to do this course as we start right from scratch.
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Dave Spicer bio
Dave Spicer is a highly sought after musician with numerous recordings, television, radio and festival appearances to credit. Dave holds numerous tertiary accreditations including a masters degree in contemporary performance and a Masters in Vocal Performance. This makes him the first lecturer within the Conservatorium of music holding double Masters Degrees. As a performer Dave has played with many of Australias’ leading artists such as Vince Jones, Tom Burlinson, David Campbell, Jimeoin, Miguel, Noni Hazelhurst, William Barton, Megan Washington, Kate Miller-Heidke, Darren Percival, Frank Bennett (the list goes on). Dave has been flown around the country to perform for many corporate companies, individuals (Reg Grundy, Kevin Rudd, Queen of England 2011 tour of Australia, most recently the American Ambassador) and numerous jazz and music festivals. On top of his extensive academic, gigging and touring history, Dave is also the creator of School of Music Online. This website is a popular community website for music students worldwide which hosts contemporary music video lessons for all levels. Currently, the website www.schoolofmuscionline.com has thousands of members logging in daily to learn from Dave. Dave is on call for many national and international artists that come into town, as well as acting Musical Director for many theatre productions and shows. Dave is very active within the contemporary music scene in Australia and shares and equal love for performing and educating.
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Final details for this Udemy course
Languages: English
Skill level: Beginner Level
Lectures: 26 lessons
Duration: 1.5 hours of video
What you get: Learn all your major and minor chords and learn to play a basic song
Target audience: absolute beginners and aspiring musicians
Requirements: Piano, Digital Piano or Keyboard
Access: Lifetime access
Peace of mind: 30 day money back guarantee
Availability: available online, as well as on iOS and Android
Download options: check course to see if you can download lessons