Portland OR
Portland Piano International
503-228-1388
222 NW Davis St, Suite 405 97209
Music Together of Portland
503-236-4304
1234 SE 53rd Ave 97215
Music House NE
503-233-0733
431 NE 60th Ave 97213
Mary Field Piano Instruction
503-246-6192
4722 SW Shattuck Rd 97221
Chamber Music Society-Oregon
503-287-2175
1935 NE 59th Ave 97213
Let's Begin With Music
503-282-1839
5830 NE Alameda St 97213
Day Music Co
503-775-4351
5516 SE Foster Rd 97206
Piano Studio
503-771-0759
6018 SE 45th Ave 97206
Cello Instruction
503-775-2894
2812 SE 75th Ave 97206
Portland Conservatory of Music
503-297-4570
9100 SW Wilshire St 97225
Sherry Poole Todd
503-245-6318
Portland OR 97219
Portland Conservatory of Music
503-810-9100
4729 SW Taylors Ferry Rd 97219
Portland Metro Performing Arts
503-408-0604
9933 SE Pine St 97216
New Song School of Music
503-408-8459
11687 NE Glisan St 97220
Westside Music School
503-626-7181
13486 NW Cornell Rd 97229
Music Seeds Children's Music
503-659-1343
15080 SE Laurie Ave 97267
Crystal Creek Music Studios
503-654-5936
14059 SE Tiara Dr 97267
Music Lessons Unlimited
503-222-6533
408 SW 2nd Ave 97204
Moe's Pianos
503-775-2480
131 NW 13th Ave 97209
Rangan Luigi Accordion School
503-223-2470
Fine Arts Bldg 97205
Northwest Music Academy
503-233-1108
1735 SE Salmon St 97214
Ron Logan Piano Studio
503-288-3526
2425 NE Multnomah St 97232
Rhythm Lab
503-228-1874
2516 NW 29th Ave 97210
Metropolitan Youth Symphony
503-239-4566
4800 SW Macadam Ave 97239
105 PO Box 5254
Ethos Inc
503-283-8467
10 N Killingsworth St 97217
Diane M Hammack
503-287-9164
4407 NE 25th Ave 97211
Accordion Center/Eileen Hagen
503-284-6586
4331 NE Tillamook St 97213
Community Music Ctr
503-823-3177
3350 SE Francis St 97202
Trade Up Music
503-236-8800
4701 SE Division St 97206
Norm Zarr
503-253-7222
Allison King Vocal Studio
503-626-6767
Michael Whelan Harmonica Instruction Plus
503-244-1606
8959 SW 40th Ave 97219
Forte Music School
503-690-3505
15280 NW Central Dr 97229
Nuance
503-238-1265
3401 SE Hawthorne Blvd 97214
Oregon Music Teachers Association
503-972-5898
Suzuki Piano Studio
503-777-5754
8925 SE Division St 97266
Why do you need to know how to play piano by ear?
Let me first start by saying that this article does not intend to discourage you from sight reading. In fact, we teach the basics of sight reading even before exploring the techniques of playing by ear. For those of you who don't know what sight reading is, it is the ability to read songs from sheet music. Although this is a wonderful skill to have, if one does not know the theory behind what they are playing, it will create several disadvantages:
>>> Sight readers will rely heavily on sheet music. Imagine being at church or at an event where you are playing and you must keep your eyes glued to a piece of paper ... how would this feel? I am not speaking from inexperience! I have been there ... Don't forget ---- I teach sight reading as well!
>>> Sight readers will be less likely to improvise (add style, chords ... respond to what they hear) because their goal is to play whatever is written on the sheet music accurately.
>>> Sight readers will attempt to memorize entire songs instead of simply recognizing why chords are played at certain points in a song ... this is solely why I've had a passion to play piano by ear for so many years!There's no better feeling than being able to play what you feel!
Note: Don't misunderstand me in any way. These are the qualities of sight readers who don't understand the theories behind the music that they play. For one to be skilled in both sight reading, music theory, and ear-training is a great advantage. I encourage one to pursue anything that will enhance their piano playing!
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