| Company | Website | Rating | Skill Level | Price |
| Rocket Piano | www.rocketpiano.com |  |
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$39.95 |
Rocket Piano Review
Editor's Choice 2008
From the maker's of the incredibly popular guitar course Jamorama, Rocket Piano has become the top downloadable learn piano course on the internet. The course covers many different keyboard styles, including jazz and gospel.
Rocket Piano will take you from a completely non-musical newbie and give you the information and skill you need to become a very good intermediate pianist. Rocket Piano's unique teaching methods reduces the steep learning curve that can be a problem with other methods of learning the piano or keyboard.
Your Rocket Piano lessons are guided by Ruth Searle, who has 15 years of piano experience, as well as a Bachelor of Arts behind her and really knows her stuff when it comes to the piano.
Rocket Piano reduces your learning curve and makes learning the piano a much more enjoyable experience with their bonus downloadable software bundle. After all, the easiest way to learn piano is by making learning fun!
| Piano Lesson Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|
| Learn and Master Piano |  |
| Rocket Piano | |
| Piano by Pattern |  |
| Piano Coach Pro |  |
| Instrument Master | |
| Mr. Ron's Music | |
| * Bold denotes Editor's Choice |
Features
Firstly, Rocket Piano's instruction ebooks and materials are top of the line. Their instructional eBooks, include a 165 page, beginners piano book, a 65 page intermediate's book, and a 59 page advanced pianists book. Also included in the package: Introduction to Jazz, Advanced Techniques, Fingering Techniques and Exercises, and Introduction to Gospel Piano.
One of the coolest features we saw with the Rocket Piano Lessons, is the professionally produced, high-quality jam tracks that you can play along with on the piano as you progress. We liked how they also added a version of each song without piano accompaniment so you can go solo with the band if you wish!
The bonus software included in the package all help you develop your musical ability, and let you have fun doing it. Here are the software titles Included in your Rocket Piano package:
Chordinator - Teaches you how to read piano chords off the musical staff
Perfect Your Pitch Trainer Pro - Probably our favourite software bonus. Does a great job of developing and training your ear
Jayde Musica Pro - Shows how to read music effectively
Rocket Piano Metronome - Great way to keep exact time
Keycelerator - An unadvertised bonus that you'll find great for identifying music chords.
Support
For online support, Rocket Piano has both a FAQ section in their members area, as well as dedicated email support.
Ease of Use
There is quite a bit of material you'll have to download to start your lessons. Still, with a decent internet connection you can be up and running in a few minutes time. All the software is intuitive, and the lesson material (.pdfs, mp3s, etc) are well organized.
Setup/Compatibility
We had no issues downloading our lessons or using the software on our Win XP test machine. All the bonus software ran perfectly. Rocket Piano also has software versions for the Mac available in the member's download area.
Warranty
Rocket Piano has a 60-day, 100% money-back guarantee. If you decide you don't like Rocket Piano for any reason, you can get you money back without a hassle.
Price
For $39.95, and for the wealth of information and learning tools contained in this software package, this is something you should definitely check out. At this price, you'll come out much farther ahead than if you'd gone with private lessons.
Conclusion
Of all the downloadable piano courses we've reviewed, we believe Rocket Piano is best. It's not very expensive, gives you way more than your money's worth, and contains all the learning material you need to become a very good pianist.
- Hugely Popular Online Piano Course
- Best Downloadable Piano Course
