ridley academy
London
1. A TOTALLY NEW APPROACH TO LEARNING PIANO Your teacher is a multi-award
winning international pianist Stephen Ridley, who taught himself piano from the
age of 2 before starting formal training at 11. He discovered in his early
years, through much trial and error, a completely unique way to learn piano and
understand music, which involved breaking down learning piano into 55 key steps,
each as simple and time consuming as brushing your teeth, and that when properly
guided through these in an exact correct order, mastering each one in turn, that
they would inevitably end up achieving success. 2. BUILDING ON WHAT YOU ALREADY
CAN DO Because we’re only ever teaching one simple step at a time, in a very
easy gradient, it means you only ever do something you CAN do, you’re never
doing something you can’t. We simply take what you can already do, such as
wiggle your finger, or learn a simple piece of data, and we build on that, one
very simple ability at a time. In this way, you end every single lesson with a
win and an improvement. This is important, as the only reason people give up is
due to failure and lack of wins. We keep you winning, because when you are
always winning, you will never give up! And in a very short time, you’ll
‘accidentally’ just end up knowing how to play! 3. FOCUSING ON PRACTICAL ABILITY
This is about making pianists who understand music and can play. Gone are most
of the technical words, gone is the latin technology (we believe it’s
ineffective to teach in Latin given that nobody speaks Latin anymore!), and gone
is anything that is not directly necessary for a mastering of the subject of
music and the practical skill of playing piano. We want to make artists who can
play, not people who sound smart at dinner parties (although we do still teach
the full subject of music theory within the course, so you’ll sound very smart
telling people all about Syncopated Rhythmic Subdivision, but more importantly,
you’ll know what it is used for and how to DO it!). "My goal is to make one
million artists, to give people the gift I’ve got, and to give them the enormous
freedom, joy and depth that this skill gives me.” The Piano Masterclass is a
complete guide to take ANYONE to becoming a pianist fast. The course takes just
3 minutes per day over 3-12 months, depending on study schedule, making it 150X
faster than traditional methods. And takes anyone, of any age from ‘I’ve never
touched a piano before’, to having a full understanding of the subject of music
and being able to play piano, read and write music and learn any song, and
develop an emotional connection to music, rather than just an intellectual one.
