...your best "piano-playing friend" - and I am SO EXCITED to have you join me for this very special class. I've been playing piano by ear ever since I can remember (according to my mom, it started when I was about 4 years old).
But, as a classically trained pianist, I was never encouraged by my teachers to play by ear. So, I stuck to the program and never really grew my playing by ear skills.
UNTIL ... I grew up and was FINALLY in charge of my own career as a performer.
That's when I joined as many rock and pop bands as would have me, and spent most weekends playing solo piano for special events. I was having so much fun!
But, I also had to really figure out how to play A LOT of music by ear.
So, I taught myself how to figure out the chord structure, rhythm, and feel of a piece of music - and of course, the melody. And it didn't matter if I was playing pop, rock, jazz, or classical - because the principles were the same.