Students will learn to play piano with a super fun, step-by-step method from pianist and educator Joseph Hoffman.
Have you been thinking about starting piano lessons, but weren’t sure where to find a teacher or yourself or your family? Now you can have a great piano teacher in your very own home, anytime, with Hoffman Academy’s complete musical training program online.
Our video lessons guide students through each new song and concept. Designed for beginners with no prior experience, the lessons quickly enable students to play songs they’ll enjoy, starting with the very first lesson. Piano instructor Joseph Hoffman is adept at making even the most tricky concepts simple, memorable, and fun.
Each lesson is between 5 and 15 minutes-easy to fit into any schedule, and the ideal length for keeping attention and focus high.
We hope you’ll join us here and at www.HoffmanAcademy.com to find out how much fun learning to play the piano can be.
Pianos did not yet exist during J.S.Bach, only cembalos and clavicords. These instruments gave only a very very limited possibility for phrasing or for intensity control. So…???
The piano was invented around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori, and J.S. Bach lived until 1750, so pianos did in fact exist at the time of Bach, and we know that Bach himself tried playing a piano. That said, you're right that other keyboard instruments were much more common, and those instruments did indeed have a very limited dynamic range. When I interpret Bach on the piano the question I like to ask is: if Bach had a piano like I have today, how do I think he'd play this? I think he would have taken full advantage of the wonderful dynamic range of the piano to make the music as expressive as possible.
I noticed that in an old lesson (one where you led students through an improvising exercise) you played a little bit of Pachelbel’s Canon in D major. It sounded lovely and I am wondering if you would ever considering dedicating some lessons to teaching this piece specifically. Thank you!
I’ve been working through your lessons unit by unit and it is a wonderful learning experience! You have really helped build up my confidence and interest in studying more music. I watch your videos every day and you are the best teacher ever.
Look joseph when you a chord with E G B flat and C sharp it's not just a diminished seven chord it's E minor diminished seven chord and in measure 68 it's not just F sharp diminished chord it's F sharp minor diminished chord and in measure 75 when we play the B flat in the left we are not just in the key of B flat we are in B flat major scale and in measure 76 when you play D F and A it's D minor chord and in measure 78 its A minor chord and in measure 79 it's E major chord
Hoffman academy I play the part with these 32nd notes and I could play the 6 d's with my finger 2 saw after that I will be able to play the e with finger 1 and I saw a patten in my fingers I start with finger 5 and then 4 3 2 1 so I can play the d with my finger 2 and in the left I saw a patten in the four chords at the first time I played G and F together and the secend time the G stay but from F we step down to E and the third time the G stay and we add the F like the first time but from E we step down to D and the fourth time the G stay again and from F we step down to E and from D we step down to C and it's a C major chord
your basic method reminds me of my days in the school chorus with the singing and the piano combined into a fun way of learning. I am more and more leaning towards joining the full program even if you cater to the children I want to learn as though I were a child again to some extant once I get more comfortable learning the piano basics
Thanks Stephanie!!❤ I've been doing these scales FOR YEARS and NEVER heard the word "Solfegè" !! I LOVE the acquisition of endless KNOWLEDGE available in our world!! I don't play but I do sing.😲
