How did the Simply Music method begin?
Rather than us telling you, we’ll let you hear directly from Neil Moore, the creator of Simply Music. Please watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTk-KDjA8aA&t=25s
I’m an adult learner, would this method work for someone like me?
Absolutely, adults appreciate this because of the play first approach to learning the piano. Most adults do not have the patience or inclination to go through the rigors of learning to read musical notes or process scales. We help you bypass the reading part and get you straight to playing great sounding songs from the very [...]
Why play first, read later approach?
It's the same reason we learned to talk long before we went to school to learn to read and spell. We want you to acquire the language of music first by immersing you in the process of playing immediately. When ready, we’ll introduce reading. By then you should have an intimate relationship with the piano and [...]
Will my child start from the beginning if he/she already knows how to play?
Unless your child learned it the Simply Music way, yes. Your child is going to learn something very new. A different way of thinking about music. We are going to establish a new foundation from which their new skill set will be built upon. They’ll be learning how to learn. Instead of looking at music as [...]
If my child took traditional lessons before, will this method still work?
Yes, this method works regardless of whether someone has taken traditional lessons or not. If your child previously took traditional lessons, chances are that he/she will progress faster than average. The teacher will match the pace of the student.
Will students ever learn how to read with this method?
Yes, around the second or third year into the Simply Music program, when students have acquired between 30 – 50 songs in the active playlist in different styles of music, we introduce the reading process.
Does this method have anything to do with ear training.
No, although the ear will develop as a by-product of this method. Students learn strategies or learning clues. Each song has a specific set of easy to follow learning clues that allow students to play immediately without having to read musical notations. Once the learning clues are mastered, students will be able to play these songs [...]
How many piano methods are there?
There are many piano methods, but it boils down to two categories: traditional and non-traditional. For the sake of simplicity, any method that requires you to learn to read music first falls under the traditional method. Any method that does not require you to learn to read first, but rather allows you to play immediately, is [...]