1. The Law of Focus - What we focus on gets our attention.

Write down why you decided to give your child piano lessons. Post this where you will see it everyday. Have your child draw a picture of themselves accomplishing their musical dreams and tape it on the refrigerator.

2 The Law of Commitment - Commitment is the glue that holds our priorities in tact.

Commit to providing the financial resources necessary for your child to succeed in piano. In addition to lessons, purchase an adequate keyboard or piano that will be enjoyable for your child to practice on.

3. The Law of Encouragement - Follow the Rule of “Seven to One.”

Give your child seven statements of encouragement to every one critique.

4. The Law of Character - The best way to love children is with character.

This is simple, just remember that your child is a different character than you are. Viewing your children as individuals helps them discover their unique gifts. Together these different gifts work together to make a family.

5. The Law of Complaining - Not all complaining is meaningful.

When students complain about practicing it doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t like piano or want to learn to play. It means they are human. Gently redirect your child’s focus to their piano goals (the drawing on the fridge).

6. The Law of Fun - It’s fun to keep your sense of humor

The point of music is to lift the spirit. My students often want to be a little silly at their lessons and let some of their creativity out. I enjoy this too. I can’t count the number of silly songs I’ve made up during lessons. Piano is another way for parents to connect with children and have more fun together. Over the long run, adding creative fun into the mix of hard work and persistence leads to a lifetime of musical enjoyment.

So there they are - Six Piano Laws that command a lifetime of musical enjoyment, while helping students take charge of their piano success.

To learn the best way to share the gift of music with children visit Amazon.com for my Piano Adventure Stories for Children These exciting Piano Adventure stores for children ages 5 to 11 feature the loveable characters, Mrs. Treble Beary and her passionate, new piano student, Albeart Littlebud. Children love following along with Albeart to Mrs. Treble Beary’s piano studio in Musical Acres Forest. Here they learn what piano lessons are all about in a fun way that kids readily understand and appreciate! Piano students laugh and giggle while reading “Little Bear’s Musical Garden” and “Little Bear’s Piano Goals.”

For a wealth of f’ree information and piano music online visit Piano Adventure Bears Music Education Resources Don’t Wait to Share the Gift of Music!

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So, you’re a fan of the piano. You like the way it looks and sounds but you’re too afraid to approach the task of learning how to play it.

You’re not alone! Literally millions of people would love to learn this instrument but don’t because they’re intimidated by the learning curve.

But fear no more! Your learning curve just got a lot shorter thanks to the Open Position Chord! This versatile chord structure allows the beginning piano student to sound like a pro faster than any other method I know of! Why? Because it allows you to play a modern sounding chord with both hands right away.

There’s no note reading or piano tabs to concern yourself with here for by learning how to play this unique chord structure, you can start to create your own unique music! The Open Position Chord covers more than 2 octaves of the piano keyboard. The hands are used to maximum capacity to create a rich, full sounding chord that contemporary pianists use today.

We start by learning all the Open Position Chords in the Key of C. There are 7 of them buy 6 are used most frequently. They are C Major 7, D minor 7, E minor 7, F Major 7, G 7, A minor 7, and B half-diminished 7. This last chord is almost the same as G 7 and is rarely used in most music today.

We take this 6 note chord structure beginning with C Major 7 and move it up the scale one note at a time creating the chords you see named above. For example, in the lesson “Reflections in Water” (available below) we use 4 of these chords to create a unique little improvisation. Just knowing the chords and the C Major scale is enough material for the complete beginner to begin making music.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!

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1. The Law of Focus - What we focus on gets our attention.

Write down why you decided to give your child piano lessons. Post this where you will see it everyday. Have your child draw a picture of themselves accomplishing their musical dreams and tape it on the refrigerator.

2 The Law of Commitment - Commitment is the glue that holds our priorities in tact.

Commit to providing the financial resources necessary for your child to succeed in piano. In addition to lessons, purchase an adequate keyboard or piano that will be enjoyable for your child to practice on.

3. The Law of Encouragement - Follow the Rule of “Seven to One.”

Give your child seven statements of encouragement to every one critique.

4. The Law of Character - The best way to love children is with character.

This is simple, just remember that your child is a different character than you are. Viewing your children as individuals helps them discover their unique gifts. Together these different gifts work together to make a family.

5. The Law of Complaining - Not all complaining is meaningful.

When students complain about practicing it doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t like piano or want to learn to play. It means they are human. Gently redirect your child’s focus to their piano goals (the drawing on the fridge).

6. The Law of Fun - It’s fun to keep your sense of humor

The point of music is to lift the spirit. My students often want to be a little silly at their lessons and let some of their creativity out. I enjoy this too. I can’t count the number of silly songs I’ve made up during lessons. Piano is another way for parents to connect with children and have more fun together. Over the long run, adding creative fun into the mix of hard work and persistence leads to a lifetime of musical enjoyment.

So there they are - Six Piano Laws that command a lifetime of musical enjoyment, while helping students take charge of their piano success.

To learn the best way to share the gift of music with children visit Amazon.com for my Piano Adventure Stories for Children These exciting Piano Adventure stores for children ages 5 to 11 feature the loveable characters, Mrs. Treble Beary and her passionate, new piano student, Albeart Littlebud. Children love following along with Albeart to Mrs. Treble Beary’s piano studio in Musical Acres Forest. Here they learn what piano lessons are all about in a fun way that kids readily understand and appreciate! Piano students laugh and giggle while reading “Little Bear’s Musical Garden” and “Little Bear’s Piano Goals.”

For a wealth of f’ree information and piano music online visit Piano Adventure Bears Music Education Resources Don’t Wait to Share the Gift of Music!

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