Elton, Billy, Ray, Bruce, Jamie, John, Paul, Alicia, Freddie, Prince, Stevie...
The original self-paced online pop-piano program
Chord Piano BluePrint
Unlock the secrets of your favorite pop-pianists and play by ear & heart — without traditional sheet music.
Workbooks, templates, cheatsheets, midi-files, audio program, extra videos — all downloadable.
Chord Piano BluePrint
... only to find out you don't sound like the "real deal" at all.
Professional Pop-Pianist
Roland-featured author/instructor
Founder of Piano Couture
Creator of Piano Lingo, the Chord Piano BluePrint & the Hack the Piano Methodology
Like virtually anybody, when I started out playing piano at age 4 I was "forced" down the traditional path of learning how to read sheet music too. That didn't work out ...
... and so I quit.
Many years later, at age 17, when I saw my fellow classmates playing like rock-stars at our yearly school concert, I promised myself I was going to learn to play too. So, I went back to that old way of playing from sheet music, which -again- did NOT make me sound like my favorite artists AT ALL... and I almost gave up entirely.
Then, following the guidance of a talented guitarist-friend of mine, I taught myself how to play piano using his approach: by Chords. 4 years later I got accepted into the Conservatory of Amsterdam (major Pop-Piano / Vocals).
Now, over the course of 18 years of playing, I've performed on stage extensively -both solo and in multiple bands- written and recorded with many different artists, became a Roland-featured instructor & one of the top-5 Youtube piano teachers in the world and taught over 140,000 people worldwide how to play piano without sheets.
Hack the Piano is the methodology and backbone of all my playing & teaching.
It's the definitive guide on how I accomplished all of the above without ever reading a single sheet.
the Chord Piano BluePrint is Hack the Piano evolved into a step-by-step online training program.
It will teach you the exact ways I used to accomplish all of the above and create beautiful piano accompaniments that sound just like those of my favorite musical heroes - Elton, Billy, Stevie - without ever having needed a single sheet.
Speak Music. By Chords. By Ear. By Heart. (No Sheets)
Have you ever dreamed about being able to use the piano with complete freedom - to express yourself?
To play anything you feel like, on the spot, and actually sound like your musical heroes.
It might surprise you that this is not nearly as hard as it may seem.
Not with the right approach, that is.
It requires a few things: understanding, practice, discipline and a clear path to follow.
A plan that tells you exactly what to do and when to do it.
Without it, the process can be overwhelming.
The Chord Piano BluePrint provides this support - showing, guiding, holding you accountable and making sure you actually follow through.
It will fast-track your growth and save you years of frustrating trial and error.
the Chord Piano BluePrint is created to help (aspiring) singers/songwriters, accompanists & Pop-Pianists:
Learn how music is built and how to use those building blocks to play and create your very own renditions.
Whether you'd like to play with others in a band, or accompany anyone's singing (including your own).
Understanding music's foundational building blocks will improve your arrangements, hooks, licks and riffs.
Chords + Patters are the equivalent of Words & Pronunciation - that's the Pop-Piano approach.
Build, voice & tastefully extend any Chord on the piano - the vocabulary you need.
Turn any set of Chords into an engaging, flowing, moving, grooving, embellished piano part.
Create your very own arrangements & embellished, re-harmonized interpretations.
The Chord Piano BluePrint program is a complete pop-piano process that will show you how to play modern piano arrangements, sounding just like when your favorite pop-piano artists would play them, without ever needing traditional sheets again, by Chords, Ear & Heart, using Chords & Patterns.
Using a combination of video, text and exercises, each lesson gradually takes you to the next level. Step-by-step, concise and to-the-point.
You'll internalize each concept in the fastest, most effective way possible.
You'll learn:
... but most importantly where everything stems from, so that you'll gain a foundational understanding to (re-)create everything yourself in all of your future playing.
After completing this program you'll never need any reference material ever again, and will be able to play your very own rendition for any chord-progression, turning it into a full-blown pop-piano arrangement, by ear & heart.
Playing music shouldn’t be so hard to learn. Sadly though, for many people, it forever remains a “cloud of sound.” Structures lift the cloud to show you the fundament hiding below and how to use that framework to quickly learn, remember and play any song by heart.
Most budding pianists don’t sound like the real deal at all, because they approach music on a by-note-basis. Real musicians play by Chords, which is why they sound so full. Chords show you the way real musicians play, using the full harmonic spectrum, which opens the door to playing full and rich-sounding.
Unfortunately, for most people, creating flowing piano parts is like trying to speak fluent Chinese - hard, at best. Patterns will teach the building blocks that allow you to turn any set of notes into a flowing, grooving, moving piano part.
Unfortunately, most chords played on piano still sound bland. Extending & advanced voicing will show you the next phase in voicing, “sophisticating” your chords to take them from juvenile to mature.
Licks, riffs, fills. Alluring to most and - as nothing but “cheap tricks” - misused by many. These 2 mini courses will show you the correct ways, mindset, origin and application of any type of improvisation - from a quick grace note, to a full-blown solo.
Expressing yourself through music shouldn’t be a mystery. Sadly though coming up with anything not written on paper remains a guessing game for most people. These 4 mini courses will teach the different value each chord has within a song and how you can use that to your advantage when composing yourself - either when improvising, adapting a known tune, or when writing your own, full-blown songs.
Unlock the secrets of your favorite pop-pianists and play by ear & heart — without traditional sheet music.
Workbooks, templates, cheatsheets, midi-files, audio program, extra videos — all downloadable.

Full Pop-Piano curriculum.
10 years+ worth of music tuition, at not even 1% of the costs.

A well balanced mix between HD videos, text, audio and exercises. Clear, bite-sized, step-by-step and easy to grasp - so you'll make exponential progress.

Always-and-from-any-device-accessible to fit your schedule. Open your laptop, tablet or smartphone at the piano.

Cement your knowledge with step-by-step exercises and assignments - clear, to the point, effective. NO guessing.
Whether you are more of a beginner looking to get a full-scope pop-piano education, or a more advanced player, diving deep into chord-piano practice & theory to finally break free from constraints and get that sound you're after - our complete and scalable program will boost any player's progress.
Complete Step-by-Step Online Pop-Piano Curriculum
✅ Full Hack the Piano Method (+ Advanced Piano Hacks)
✅ Complete On-Demand Curriculum
✅ Clear Learning Path
✅ Over 100 Guided Video Lessons
✅ Exercises & Practice Guides
🎁 BONUS: Piano Hacker's ToolKit Downloads Bundle
✅ One-Time Payment — Lifetime Access
✅ 14-Day Money Back Guarantee
How to play anything you want, by ear.
We will learn Pop Piano tricks, traits and techniques to actually understand music. This works on ALL songs and you are free to choose your own songs, to do the exercises and assignments with.
All of my teaching, including this premium program, you'll find inside of Piano Lingo (our premium online Pop-Piano academy) is based on the Hack the Piano methodology.
The Chord Piano BluePrint course represents the full core curriculum to learn to play pop-piano by Chords, Ear & Heart - i.e. play in the exact same way that your favorite artists play too.
It's a completely unique system & approach worth 10+ years of piano education (if it were taught anywhere else) that can be finished in mere months.
See the many 5-star reviews from students who keep telling us they learned more about music in weeks from this program than what they learned in their entire life from other lessons combined.
During this Black Friday offer: just €199 for the complete core BluePrint curriculum + Piano Hacker's ToolKit Downloads Bundle (Free Bonus).
Since we are Amsterdam -and thus Europe- based, you'll be charged in Euros. The dollar price depends on the current conversion rate and optionally costs your bank or credit card company charges for the conversion. These costs are outside of our control unfortunately and conversion rates vary by day.
Please note that we cover any taxes.
No. You get lifetime access to everything.
Lifetime Access.
Everything in this program is scalable and using the 6 pillars of chord-piano, we'll deconstruct and then build everything we do back up, gradually growing in level of difficulty.
You can "stop" (stick to) the level that's challenging, but not too difficult for you, which -whatever level that might be for you- will get you sounding very close to original records you listen to.
You can then redo the course later, going up to the next level.
Everything you need to know to play and sound like your favorite pop-piano singer-songwriters is there.
Everything you already know is easy to skip, or adapt to make it suitable for a level more advanced. (plus - repetition has never hurt a soul).
Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen your favorite artist look at sheet music at any of his or her performances? Exactly.
That's because they play pop-piano: piano by chords. They know their chords, harmony-theory, voicings, patterns and how to play with those. This is how they form all of their piano parts and this is exactly what you'll learn in this program too.
Chord-piano. No sheet-music (only chord-sheets every now and then).
That's not a question! 🙂
Just kidding. You can ask me anything by simply sending an email to coen@piano-couture.com
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