Sean Wilson Piano

Just Starting out?

If you have no experience in piano, or you took lessons but don't remember much, or if you are ok with learning from scratch then you will need to start from our Novice Roadmap. You're goal is to learn the notes first and your intervals next

- Go to the Novice Roadmap. This will take you through the basics as quickly as possible

- Start learning songs right away. I would recommend, "Say So," byPJ Morton's 

Did you teach yourself from online videos?

If you are a self-taught musician, you may have lots of gaps, since you were not in a structured program. I would recommend starting from the Beginner Roadmap, and also reviewing the exercises in Sean's Practice Schedule. Your goal is to learn proper fundamentals and basic songs

- Go to the Beginner Roadmap

- Go to the Sean's Practice Schedule

Coming from another genre?

If you have experience playing the piano from other genres like classical or jazz, then you will likely already have a great foundation. However, you may be missing key elements that are particular to the gospel sound. I would recommend Intermediate Roadmap as the new "Let's Get Churchy" Course (coming soon!)

Frustrated because of your gaps? Feel like you've hit a wall?

- Are you mastering ONE thing, or trying to do everything?  Focus on only one skill and one song at a time. This is the fastest way to growth.

- Are you comparing yourself to others? It's easy to look at others are doing. see our discussion on  Kenny Warner's book, Effortless Mastery

- Eliminate your practice session completely. Move to 6 minute sessions and only increase the time when you feel yourself growing

Here is the Big Picture

Beginner - you should be focusing on one main thing. How do I harmonize a melody with the correct chord choice. You will feel like a beginner until you can master this. Study the "Marrying the Melody" chart on the Beginner Roadmap for help with this

Competent - You need to learn basic of reharm. You should be able to play multiple chords on each melody note. Can you play these quickly and easily? In addition, you need to understand and know how to use the 5-1 dominant to tonic relationship, which is the basis of all passing chord movements. 

Intermediate - You should have movements and approaches you have memorized and can use them in a variety of settings. As far as foundation knowledge you should know how to extend or add tension to any chord. You also need to broaden your ways of how to use passing chords