wish (see online store) at $2.99/section or the entire book for $15.95

At that point, the following features and ideas can help you apply your new note-reading ability in furtherdeveloping your piano skills:

Hear any arrangement as recorded by Jon Schmidt.

Note: Unlike the professional acoustic piano recordings found on Jon Schmidt’s albums, these are “demo” midikeyboard recordings of a lesser professional quality.

Download songs for free in MP3 format. These may be burned to a portable unit that you can listen to while atthe pianos, aiding you to check accuracy early on and helping you to perfect any given song.

The next step in learning to play the piano will be to master song after song — starting with the easier ones.Each time you master a song, you become a better piano player…it’s that simple. Use the suggestions for rhythmin perfecting songs found in the book. Working with an instructor may be very helpful at this point as well. Or, ifyou prefer, you could see how far you can go just by working with the book and recordings.

Download “67 Fun Songs arranged by Jon Schmidt”, including, “The Jon Schmidt Note-reading Method” for$0.99/section.

NOTE: The self-taught approach is recommended for ages 14+ with above average musical aptitude.

How to Stop Your Child from Quitting Pia no Lessons

If you are a piano teacher or a parent of a child, especially teenagers, who has told you, “I want to quit pianolessons”, you’re not alone.

Although there are many different approaches (e.g. blatant bribery) to accomplish this lofty goal, Jon Schmidthas discovered in his 20+ years of piano teaching experience a very simple solution — make it fun! In particular,find music that they not only like, but LOVE to play.

“My mother made me take piano lessons, and I never liked it. But after hearing my oldest brother playAll of Me, I realized that piano has something magical to it. I immediately began playing All of Me,which was indeed a daunting task, but after two months, I finally mastered it. Now I spread the magicaround to anyone who will listen.”

Pete P. (Age 16) Douglas, GA

Thousands of piano teachers, students and parents know from first hand experience that having kids andteenagers play Jon Schmidt’s music has stopped the idea of quitting piano lessons dead in its tracks. Not only didthey continue with their lessons, but they accelerated their rate of improvement. If they love the music they play,regardless of how difficult it is, they will relentlessly pursue it until they have mastered it. Just watch, they mayactually highly anticipate their next piano recital, let alone performing for their friends.

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I love Jon’s music! I have been taking piano lessons for 7 years, and I never liked practicing until myteacher told me about his music. Now he is my favorite artist, and I play his music every day.

Laura K. (Age 14) Glendora, CA

I have been playing the piano ever since I was five. I was really struggling with piano a while ago. I