The Ultimate Play Piano By Ear Course | Easy Piano Lessons (Udemy.com)

Great beginner level course. Kingsley really takes his time to walk you through the underlying principles of scales, chords, and everything else. I have been playing keyboard on-and-off, mostly self-taught and didn't have good technique and theory. This course does well to balance both to make sure you have a good grasp of the foundation that sets you up for future success. I recommend this course for EVERY beginner!

The demonstration of the left hand numbering didn’t align with the image. He said that the pinky is number 1 and the thumb is number 5 but the image showed the reverse. Which one is it? I previously learned that the left thumb is number 1 and the pinky is number 5. The contradiction is why I gave 4 stars instead of 5.

This is like a foundation course for gospel/R&B piano. It starts from the absolute beginner level and quickly advances to a lot of chord theory and applications in the gospel music tradition. Our teacher also demonstrated a lot of advanced playing throughout the course. No classical or pop songs were taught. If that is the kind of teaching you want you will definitely learn a lot from this course.

I had 7 years of academic music school, If only someone would explain me so easily how to memorize scales and play progressions and read accords I would play piano much more freely and could play my favorite song too. Now I can. Thank you Kingsley for such simple and understandable course.

I don't even own a keyboard yet. I've watched several introductory lessons showing the names of the keys. This lesson was the best of the bunch. Because: - Mentioned to hold a bubble and not break it. Result was a more relaxed hand than the idea of holding a ball as others suggested. - Included the 1st lesson of playing with each hand on the keyboard from C to G and back again. Lovely. Can't wait to get my keyboard. - I liked the diagrams and brief written explanations that showed up - In another introductory lesson there was a tip that made sense to me that was not included here. The tip was that to play with a pinkly finger that has strength it is not necessary to exercise it constantly to build up muscle. Instead, simply turn your wrist outward a bit and drop the wrist a bit. Can't quote me on this tip as I'm not sure if I remember correctly about dropping the wrist and I haven't tried it myself yet. :-) Really enjoyed this lesson and I like the content and the way Kingsley B-Nkrumah speaks because unlike some others I've heard he doesn't say things that are so simple and obvious as to sound like he is condescendingly speaking to a moron. Also, his friendly and non-abrasive tone is much appreciated without the bravado and hoopla some others may feel necessary to get people's attention. Great job well done. Now I better get a keyboard soon to continue with the lessons :-) I want to learn enough to play at least to accompany myself reading or rapping stuff I have been writing.

I stopped after the first four or five lesssons to practice and apply what I had to learn.. I was surprised of what I can play now. That is the perfect course for anybody who wants to learn to play without a music sheets.

Very good build up through the lessons. Concentration on playing in all keys is emphasised and well explained. This course is a valuable resource. Inclusion of numerous examples with chord progressions is good and the left and right hand patterns are well explained.

I am 38 years old and have always loved Piano music so i decided to just try an online course to see if I can make heads nor tails of all the keys and how to use them! , I find Kingsley to be a wonderful tutor and explains everything so well and in a great cheerful relaxed manner I have watched this course a lot of times and I am now at a much better place with piano than i was 5 Weeks ago Totally recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn

Excellent Intro course to learn the basics for Contemporary & Gospel styles of Piano music(which can be translated to many other styles of music). Really hope the course will be updated with some Intermediary/Advance material? Or hopefully the instructor will release Intermediary/Advanced courses in the future, he really knows his stuff and actually explains concepts very well so the students can understand!

- Yes I've learnt an exercise that will help in having ma fingers being independent and flexible on the keys. - Very understandable as shown in the video. - Having an assignment to do is very good and I believe it will challenge me to revise after watching the video course.