You finally sit down at the piano, and maybe you've got twenty minutes before dinner, or before the kids need something. Instead of playing, you spend half that time searching through folders or old emails trying to find the right chart.
By the time you do, your focus is gone, your coffee's cold, and it's hard to get into that relaxed, creative headspace you wanted.
Nate has inspired me to learn songs following his beginner, intermediate and more advanced approach which has proved very successful. Rather than trying to just play the song like the original (nothing wrong with that, by the way!) - I find myself developing my own approach to songs, inspired by Nate's course materials."
Nate's Piano Chord Breakthroughs course is fantastic. I really notice the progress I'm making and it's so satisfying."
I would absolutely recommend this Course for anyone interested in playing piano. The course is clear and concise and Nate has some amazing music that you can follow
along and learn for as you go."
Nate's courses are different. He teaches. Once I began to work through Nate's easy-to-understand program, it was a milestone in my keyboard journey. Now, I look forward to playing every day and I've come to recognize the piano as a beautiful instrument of expression. I would highly recommend Nate's excellent program."
Piano with Nate has definitely jump started my keyboards skills and my ability to improvise and solo using different chord voicings, arpeggios, suspensions, etc. I would recommend this course to any guitar player wanting to add keyboards to their arsenal. I also think the course would be useful to anyone that wants to learn piano to accompany their singing."
And when I made this focus shift in my own piano playing journey, it was an absolute game-changer.
After quitting my own piano lessons at age 10, I almost threw in the towel on my playing. I hated the boring sheet music and childish lesson book songs - I wanted to play along with my favorite rock songs, not Mary Had a Little Lamb! With no teachers around to help me, I decided to teach myself by following the chord charts from Beatles songbooks.
Sure, I was terrible at first, and my playing was clunky and rough, but when I played along to the music I loved, I actually had fun. And since I was having fun, I was way more motivated to play...
While I knew how to follow chord charts and play any chord, I developed a simple way to train my fingers to embellish those chords into expressive and unforgettable piano parts. And best of all, to do so in a natural, effortless way that required zero sheet music. Since I was focusing on chords instead of notes, I was able to translate this same system to any song - as long as I had the chord progressions on hand, I could play the music!
Eventually I got to the point where I could express myself through the piano, and other people actually wanted to listen too. This feeling was pure bliss.