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ATTN: Beginner and Intermediate Piano Players
Finally ... Read Music Like a Grownup!
How music literacy is the "go anywhere" skill that every other approach avoids (only to sabotage your progress) ...
Ever feel like this?
Let me show you the easiest approach to reading sheet music, no matter what you want to play, and no matter how long you've struggled with reading music in the past.
- My foolproof approach for absorbing sheet music so it’s almost stupid-simple, no matter how complicated the song.
- The graceful way to let sheet music sink in without the stress or overwhelm.
- Exactly how to break up sheet music into easy, fun sequences.
- All the subtle problems that people miss in their music that quietly sabotages their progress, and how to fix them in just 2 steps.
- The simple way to maintain momentum no matter how crunched for time you are or short your practice session is, without having to do everything at once!
- The genius methods I discovered teaching over 10,000 piano lessons that helped my students play more expressively and creatively, earlier in the learning process than you’d ever imagine!
Transform your music literacy in 30 days without a method book, without exercises, without online gimmicks, and without staring at a screen watching endless videos. Just direct, habit-building piano challenges that will transform your piano reading over the next 30-days.
What We'll Do In The 30-Day Challenge
"Read Music Like a Grownup"
A 30-Day Piano Practice Challenge That Gives You Tremendous confidence reading the music of your choice
WHAT WE'LL DO IN THE 30-DAY CHALLENGE
The course is delivered in a weekly video and assignment. You won't rely on the videos to do your daily practice - you'll get the challenge, and go to work. Your job is to get to the piano and apply one simple strategy per week. You can do other practice, but you commit to starting your practice with the weekly practices and assignments.
WEEK 1: THE "MVP"
In WEEK 1 we'll explore your MVP (minimum viable phrase). I’m going to be honest. You will think it's too easy the first week and you might get frustrated with me. You'll want it to be harder because it is stupid-simple in theory, but kind of tricky in practice. You’ll be tempted to not even try because it sounds so implausible ...
... but if you can trust me for just 30-days of practice, I promise you’ll read music better than you would if you slogged through it for another year without this approach.
In the first week I will teach you how to connect to the sheet music with zero mistakes, wrong notes, or frustrating habits by simply giving yourself the gift of time.
week 2: "the SKILL WINDOW"
In week 2, I’ll show you the hidden window of opportunity that most people ignore when they learn from sheet music (and it silently sabotages their piano skills for years). You’ll overcome nearly every common problem that comes up with just two very powerful playing techniques.
Once again you'll want it to be harder, but I promise that with just two simple strategies, you can solve about 80% the of habits that might otherwise plague your playing and technique for years.
week 3: "the rhythm imperative"
On the 3rd week of the challenge, I’ll ask you to take another simple leap of faith. One student said “it sounds far fetched”. That’s what leaps of faith do - but I promise you can do this.
What you work on in week 3 will transform your reading and playing better than anything I know. You’ll confront a huge resistance (because again, it feels too simple) but if you can let go and trust the process, you’ll be on another level.
week 4: "The No-Brainer STEP"
In week four, you’ll start to see the beauty in sheet music. It will start to be fun. You’ll start to look at it through a musician’s eye and ear. You will start to depart from the sheet music in creative ways. You’ll start to “read between the lines” and interpret the music, not just translate it into a "button" on the piano. You'll learn to allow your natural talents take over and trust yourself to learn just about anything you want.
This all happens in your own practice. Just you and the piano and the sheet music. You will be surprised at how simple it can be, how much less stressful it feels, and how much space there is for you and your creativity once you learn the framework I teach in the challenge.
THE PAYOFF ...
In this 30-day challenge, you will "get to the good stuff" faster.
Go from counting the lines and spaces (naming individual notes) to absorbing sheet music easily - without wasting time memorizing everything.
You'll know it succeeded because your relationship with sheet music will feel functional instead of confusing. You'll have a greater trust in your ability to learn music going forward that will last a lifetime.
Use "The Repertoire Refinery"
or B.Y.O.M. (bring your own music)
"Read Music Like a Grownup" means you can jump into grownup music that floats your boat. You can use Measure by Measure (optional free trial), or you can bring your own sheet music and apply the weekly challenges to your own music. Any reasonable piece will work. Supplement your practice with the Measure by Measure piano principles lessons as needed.
Start The 30-Day Challenge. My Gift To You
Finally ... Read Music Like a Grownup
Join The Challenge Today
Note: You are NOT signing up for a subscription or membership at this time. You won't be charged for the FREE 30-day challenge.
Start The 30-Day Challenge. My Gift To You
Finally ... Read Music Like a Grownup
Join The Challenge Today
Note: You are NOT signing up for a subscription or membership at this time. You won't be charged for the FREE 30-day challenge.
Frequently Asked Questions
The course is a 4-week challenge and will automatically enroll you in each step over 30 days. You can start any time.
If you're a complete beginner, consider using a 30-day free trial of "Measure by Measure" to help you begin note reading. However, my crash-course "How to Read Music - Quick!" video is included in the challenge. I teaches you very quickly and comprehensively how to begin to read music.
If reading music is the bottleneck in your learning process, you'll get so much out of this course by deconstructing your practice and rebuilding it with habits that will turn on your music literacy like never before!
The time is up to you, but the more important thing is that you dedicate yourself to starting each practice session with the weekly challenge. It doesn’t need to become your whole practice. But a good starting place is 20-minutes, 3 to 6 times per week.
You can do the challenge with any sheet music you want. Or you can start a free trial of "Measure by Measure" to get access to lots of great sheet music that is great for grownup learners.
This is so much more than sight reading a few lines every day and hoping it gets better. We are going to deconstruct what it means to absorb music from sheet music so that you learn deep habits that will change your reaction to sheet music forever.
The challenge is designed to last 30-days, but it's very flexible. You'll get access to a new video every 7 days. It's up to you to dedicate to the challenge and work through and you can do that at your own pace, since you'll have access to those videos forever.
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