Rikki, you mentioned in a couple of places that you'd like to get batter at playing the piano.

I read John's post also with his simplified and effective teaching methods.

This is a good time for me to say to you (and others) what I've been meaning to say for a while now. Learning becomes a heck of a lot easier when you find the right person to teach you. Looking at John's explanation of chords, etc tells me he's been "around the block" a few times as a teacher. He knows what he's talking about and presents the (necessary) info in a non-pressure, easy to follow manner.

Equally as important: In learning the piano, and in just about anything you do, it is difficult ONLY IF YOU VIEW IT AS DIFFICULT. If see see an endeavor as EASY then the mind works on that too and it becomes EASY and learning time is cut in half.

I only realized this in the last few years. It's power of the mind principle at it's best. Norman Vincent Peale wrote about it in an all-time best seller: The Power of Positive Thinking.


Wish I knew all this stuff when I was a dumb kid!