Piano (Beginning)
Date:  Monday, March 11 – June 3 (No class May 6, 27)
Time:  5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Fee:  $155 (Book included)
Instructor:  Wendy Englert

Interested in learning about the piano and the methods involved in playing one? This class (not individual lessons) will help each student learn to develop a positive attitude and a constructive practice routine in the world of music. The student will learn how to accurately read and play music for piano and to improve in playing the piano. We will be practicing on keyboards and it is optional to choose to play in a recital for friends and family if desired. The book we will use for this class is called Piano Fun for Adult Beginners and fun is what makes this class a great choice. Students will need a notebook.

Piano for Children/Youth (Beginning)
Date:  Monday, March 11 – June 3 (No class May 6, 27)
Time:  3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Fee:  $155 (Book included)
Instructor:  Wendy Englert

Interest in learning about the piano? We (not individual lessons) will focus on the basics of how to read music and becoming familiar with the piano keyboard as an instrument. We will be learning to play songs such as Merrily We Roll Along, O'er the Deep Blue Sea, Handbells, and more. Each student will learn what rhythm is, and what music notes look like. Learning music is like learning a new language. It can be so much fun, and this will be the goal for this class. We will be learning and practicing on keyboards, and there is the option of having a recital for family and friends toward the end of our classes if we want to. The book we will use for this class is called Alfred's Basic All-in-One Course, Book 1. Students will need a notebook.

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
Date:  Wednesday, Feb. 13
Time:  6:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Fee:  $55, plus $25 supply fee
Instructor:  David Haynes, Piano Workshop Teacher and former Music Director, Ringgold, GA

If you yearn to experience the joy of playing piano, but you don't want years of weekly lessons, this short course is for you.  In just one enjoyable evening, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to make piano playing a part of your life, learning chords, not notes.  You'll learn all the chords needed to play any pop song, any style, any key.  And you'll get a healthy dose of insider secrets, how to embellish songs.  This is an absolutely beginning class in chord piano techniques, and if you can find middle C and know the meaning of Every Good Boy Does Fine, you already know enough to enroll.  If not, send a SASE for a free pamphlet to Music Masters, 90 Molly Lane, Ringgold, GA  30736.  Then register with confidence.  Instructor will collect $25 for a book and 68-minute practice CD in class.  Topics include:

• How chords work in music
• Musicians' "shortcuts"
• How to "speed read" sheet music
• How to derive all major, minor, and seventh chords
• How to handle different keys and time signatures
• Simple techniques of "counting"
• How to substitute for 12,000 complex chords