Elton, Billy, Ray, Bruce, Jamie, John, Paul, Alicia, Freddie, Prince, Stevie...
Chord Piano Formula
Professional Pop-Pianist
Roland-featured author/instructor
Founder of Piano Couture
Creator of Piano Lingo, Chord Piano Formula
& 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.
Chord Piano Formula is Hack the Piano evolved into a fully guided, Deluxe Online Training Experience.
It takes my premium online courses-program "the Chord Piano BluePrint" and combines it with hands-on, step-by-step guidance in the form of workshops and BootCamps.
Not only will it 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, but it will also help you actually implement it all.
For everyone it’s different…
For some it means being able to just sit down at any piano and "be the piano-(wo)man" - entertaining the crowd, accompanying your vocals or their singing along, blasting out the occasional impressive lick...
For others it means creating your own arrangements, whether for existing songs to make covers and post them to Youtube, or even composing your very own music, in the studio or with a band...
and yet others … are just looking to enjoy yourselves and/or your friends and family in the comfort of your own home.
Dear fellow Pop-Piano-lover,
If you suffer from “sheet-music-dependance,” “stuck-playing-the-same-old-boring-tunes-inertia” or just have no clue how to listen through the “cloud of sound” that is music and actually reproduce what you hear on your favorite records…
If you are tired of putting in all that time learning a tune only to find out you are not sounding like your favorite artist at all, or feel insecure and incapable when you do not have your sheet music at hand then this message is just for you. Here’s why…
There is a system you can learn that allows you to play any of your favorite songs within minutes in stead of days, actually sounding like the pianos on the record (because this is the very system actual pro players use themselves) without ever needing any sheet music.
And you need to realize, there is a cost to not dealing with this…
What most people do when they try to learn piano and face the fact that they can’t quite get “that sound” of their favorite artist, is take lessons from a certified (but classically trained) teacher…
... try to find the sheet-music online…
...maybe scavenge YouTube in search for that perfect tutorial or try every shiny new online course.
But for most people, none of that works.
And what happens if you just do nothing? If you just keep doing what you’ve been doing?
You’ll never understand how those “talented” guys (they are not) are able to just sit down and play dozens of YOUR favorites by heart and sound so fricking awesome.
Nor will you ever be able to play anything like that yourself. You’ll just be stuck fidgeting with those same old sheets, finger-wrestling for weeks on end, to finally be able to play a few boring tunes that nobody enjoys listening to.
I’ve got an answer that works. Here’s the short story:
As a child, I went down the traditional, “classical” path too - and failed miserably.
Abandoning piano entirely out of sheer frustration. After hours and hours of decoding those horrible lines-and-dots-on-paper, having boring exercises crammed down my throat while never seeing any exciting progress.
I still didn’t sound like my favorite tunes AT ALL - just like you..?
Then, years later, I asked a guitarist friend of mine - who could literally play dozens of songs by heart - how ON EARTH he was able to do that, without needing any sheet music!?
When he told me “you just need to know your chords!” - this got me thinking.
What if I could play “guitar chords” on piano? Was piano really so different...?
Turns out it’s not.
After figuring out how to translate these “guitar chords” to the piano and how to turn them into flowing, moving, grooving piano parts by adding “patterns” (pretty much like those strums and plucks that guitarists use) not only was I suddenly able to learn dozens, even hundreds of my favorite tunes REALLY fast (and play them by heart), but also: I actually sounded like the original records!
Turns out this is actually the “secret” that pro “pop” (think singer-songwriters like Elton John, Billie Joel, Stevie Wonder, Jamie Cullum, Norah Jones, d'Angelo, Ben Folds, Chris Martin -Coldplay-, Tom Odell, Bruce Hornsby, Paul McCartney, John Legend, Alicia Keys etc.) players use to sound the way they do (and enables them even to play tunes on the piano, that are originally played on a guitar!).
After this exact method got me into the Conservatory after just 4 years of playing, I figured I needed to create a framework out of it to teach people that there is a better way to learn piano.
So I worked really hard to create a system that makes learning piano (and actually understanding music) really simple.
I started testing this system on my students and - although they all had the same amazing experience as I had - because they had to come see me in person to learn it, they were also each paying me a premium of $8000+ per year..
Another downside was that my limited time allowed me to help only a few students at a time. Then I had an idea:
“What if I deconstruct my entire approach the way it had helped me deconstruct music, then mould it into an online-program experience like no other..”
“What if I could create an experience that would be virtually the same as having me there at the piano in person...
...explaining every little nuance to sounding like the big artists - the Eltons, the Billies, the Stevies...
...that could help many more people learn my exact approach, in their very own tempo, on their own schedule...
...and that I could offer for only a fraction of the costs?”
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.
Chord Piano Formula 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.
Chord Piano Formula is created to help (aspiring) singers/songwriters, accompanists & Pop-Pianists:
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.
Chord Piano Formula 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.
what you'll learn
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.
how you'll learn
The Core Curriculum: Bite-sized, self-paced video/text/audio lessons for you to easily comprehend & internalize.
How to play modern piano arrangements like a pop-musician, by Chords, Ear & Heart - using Chords & Patterns and never need sheet music again.
How to build, voice & tastefully extend any Chord on the piano.
Learn how to maturely color & voice Chords, turning standard triads into hip-sounding ear-candy.
How to turn any set of Chords into an engaging, flowing, moving, grooving piano part.
Make Chords sound like an actual pro arrangement.
The 12-week/month Chord Piano MasterClass implementation BootCamp & "Mastery" Vault that come included with this program provide you with extra classes, workshops & guidance to implement the material and put it in practice on real music of your choosing.
what you'll learn
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.
how you'll learn
The Core Curriculum: Bite-sized, self-paced video/text/audio lessons for you to easily comprehend & internalize.
Advanced tricks-of-the trade to transform any chord progression into your own uniquely embellished composition.
Harmonization (which Chord works when & why, and how to use that to create your own compositions), soulful/jazzy ways to extend & voice chords + embellishing with licks & fills.
The 12-week/month Chord Piano MasterClass implementation BootCamp & "Mastery" Vault that come included with this program provide you with extra classes, workshops & guidance to implement the material and put it in practice on real music of your choosing.
Our Chord Piano BluePrint is a proven, step-by-step program that shows you exactly how to play pop-piano without sheets in precise detail.
Chord Piano Mastery helps you implement and apply all the Pop Piano concepts with extra lessons, workshops and BootCamps.
the knowledge
blueprint implementation & application
Step-by-step hyper-growth programs to help you implement the entire Chord Piano BluePrint on a clear, week-by-week schedule.
Deep-dive workshops & song-breakdowns. Hands on demonstrations of how to use Piano Hacking in practice.
Follow along training-routines to improve your timing, feel & technique.
Chords are music's words, patterns it's conjugation. Licks are the final piece - standard phrases and fillers to spice up your sound.
4-week program to playing pop-piano without needing sheets.
6-week program to playing mature pop-arrangements, freely, by heart.
4-week program uncovering the secrets to creating arrangements like your favorite pop-piano singer/songwriters.
Objectives-based, fully guided, fail proof, 12-step Chord-Piano MasterClass.
the Chord Piano MasterClass merges all previous versions of our "OnRamp," "Core & Advanced" and "Singer/Songwriters" BootCamps with fully integrated Chord Piano BluePrint (complete self-paced course) into one Master-Program.
You can select your own interval to be guided through the entire Pop-Piano curriculum in either 12 weeks, or 12 months.
*Every "Period" can be a week or a month, depending on your available time, commitment and preference for speed or depth.
People have paid up to €999 to attend a live edition of JUST ONE of the SEVEN BootCamps included with your gold membership, with the downside of having to wait for their actual cohort to start, show up on specific times for classes etc...
But you don't want to wait. You want to start NOW. Right?
That's why we have decided to make these *scalable* (i.e. suitable for any level) programs digitally available in streaming "LikeLive" format while preserving virtually all of its live benefits.
It allows you to hop on board now.
Start learning what you want to play today.
Re-watch and re-do these programs as often as you like (scaling up and getting more advanced with every go-round).
Convenience up, price (drastically) down.
Now that’s a deal
Extra Hands-On Workshops, Practice Sessions & Song-Breakdowns. In-depth lessons where we analyze real music to see what we can learn, steal and add to our vocabulary for re-use.
Applying all Chord Piano concepts.
Improve your groove, technique & ears.
Phrases to use as fills & embellishments.
Here’s what Piano Hacking did for me...
..play anything within minutes, without ever having to decipher any sheet music...
... which has saved me a cumulative years of precious time, not spent slogging, but spent with loved ones ...
...improvise...
...get myself into the Conservatory of Amsterdam after just 4 years of playing (no I’m not that talented - I simply found this better way)...
...write my own music and publish a solo album...
...get collaboration deal offers and my system (this very system) featured by Yamaha and Roland...
...be the “Piano Man” when having the best time singing our favorite tunes at family gatherings...
...find dear friends through playing music...
...hone an amazing creative outlet for relaxation and fun.
And it’s not just me.
Over the past 8 years, thousands of people from all over the world have been learning to play their favorite tunes in no time using my system:
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.
Chord Piano Formula, will give you the key to...
That’s right. A skillset that - might you even be able to find the right person to teach it to you - would cost you over $20000 and years of tedious lessons... is yours for only a fraction of that amount.
It all comes as part of Chord Piano Formula, the complete Hack the Piano online training program, which we used to sell for €999, but I'm offering it here to you for only €499 €199* (nuts).
And you are 100% safe to try it out. That’s all I’m suggesting. Just try it for 14 days to see if it works for you.
If it does, you’ll be delighted - and I think that’s exactly what’s about to happen. If for some reason you’re not delighted with all the new musical insights and ideas, the speed you’ll improve, learning the songs you love and the way you’ll make them sound - just like they do on the records - then just let me know and you’ll get all your money back.
You have a choice to make ...
Do what you’ve been doing (or worse, do nothing at all). You know where that will lead. Is that really where you want to go?
Or take a new action, and get a new result:
Finally understand what makes the Eltons, the Billies, the Stevies, the Pauls, the Jamies or any other favorite artist of yours sound the way they do and play anything you want, by ear - without ever being a slave to your sheet music again.
Which do you really want for yourself?
Thank you for reading this letter.
I hope you'll enjoy this program!
Can't wait to welcome you inside.
Yours Truly,
In case you're one of those people (like me) who just scroll to the end of the page to find the TL;DR - here's the deal:
Chord Piano Formula is our all access program.
It consists out of a few different, step-by-step, integrated parts.
the Chord Piano BluePrint is the core of the curriculum - a self-paced course that teaches (aspiring) singers, songwriters, pop-pianists and accompanists how to play arrangements just like the pop-piano greats (think Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Jamie Cullum, et. al.).
You'll sound like them because this course will teach you how to think like them and approach piano in the actual way they do too - by Chords, by Ear, by Heart.
All those great players are completely free from needing sheets, and so will you be - you won't need sheets, ever again.
Just playing freely, from the heart.
Add our *NEW* fail-proof, 12-step, week-by-week or month-by-month implementation plan with our Chord Piano MasterClass BootCamp PLUS the unbelievable and unbeatable aspects of our included Chord Piano Mastery Vault - that tie everything together with clear scheduling, step-by-step trajectories to follow, practice routines and so much more and....
Together they form our Chord Piano Formula Program.
This bundle-program gives you access to a Pop-Piano curriculum that represents +/- 10 years worth of music education (were they to ever teach you how this actual "real deal" approach works - which they don't) and will thus save you roughly €20000 in tuition fees.
The difference?
It will take you mere months to learn to play and sound like you've always wanted to.
Heaps of money & time saved.
(besides sounding legit and being able to create any type of rendition, on the spot... imagine the wonderful feeling of such freedom)
*after one year, you can stay a member for just €99/yr ONLY if you want to keep your membership.
no obligation. cancel anytime. no lock-in. no risk.
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.
Chord Piano Formula is my complete flagship program. It represents the full bundle of what I have to offer, synergistically integrated and optimized for the fastest route to your piano success.
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.
The included 12-week/month implementation MasterClass BootCamp & the rest of the Chord Piano Mastery-collection allow for a deep-dive into the world of chord-piano, putting Piano Hacking into practice in a guided, structured, step-by-step way. It will help you actually implement and integrate everything.
The Chord Piano BluePrint (Complete Edition) is our core self-paced curriculum, offering lifetime access to key modules for mastering pop piano.
Chord Piano Formula is a bundle that includes everything in the BluePrint (lifetime access) plus one full year access to Chord Piano Mastery (Gold membership), which adds the Chord Piano MasterClass (seven integrated BootCamps) and the Vault, featuring advanced workshops and practice sessions for skill-building, integration and practical application.
No.
Chord Piano Mastery is an add-on membership that helps you implement and apply everything you learn in the BluePrint.
The programs are integrated. Plus - without the BluePrint, Mastery would make little sense.
You can sign up for both at the same time with the bundle offer we call "Chord Piano Formula."
This includes both the BluePrint and Chord Piano Mastery.
Whenever you want them to!
These are so-called "Like Live" editions of our (previously held live) premium BootCamps, meaning that - even though these are the exact same programs - they are based on recordings and there is thus no need to wait for anything to go live.
These LikeLive editions represent an incredible value.
People have paid up to €999 to attend a live edition of JUST ONE of the NINE* BootCamps included with Chord Piano Formula, with the downside of having to wait for their actual cohort to start, show up on specific times for classes etc...
But you don't want to wait. You want to start NOW. Right?
That's why we have decided to make these *scalable* (i.e. suitable for any level) programs digitally available in streaming "Like Live" format while preserving virtually all of its live benefits.
It allows you to hop on board now.
Start learning what you want to play today.
Re-watch and re-do the program as often as you like (scaling up and getting more advanced with every go-round).
Convenience up, price down.
Now THAT's a deal
*the MasterClass BootCamp is a merger of: the OnRamp BootCamp (3 prior editions), the Platinum BootCamp (3 prior editions) and Singer/Songwriters' BootCamp (1 prior edition) - that's 7 prior programs that were previously sold for up to €999 each... an absolutely insane value.
€299 to sign up today.
Then -only if you want to stay a member and keep access to all "Mastery" components after a year- €99/year.
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.
Not quite.
It is a bundle that includes a free year access to our membership as a free gift.
Essentially, you are buying all 4 of our courses (Bare Essential Keys to Harmony; Piano Chords Magic; Pop-Piano Patterns and Advanced Piano Hacks) - a €457 value when bought separately - at the reduced price of just €199.
As a bonus gift, you also get a year's worth of Chord Piano Mastery membership (another €99 value) included for free.
Yes. If you buy all 4 Chord Piano BluePrint courses separately, you'll have the option to sign up for Chord Piano Mastery (Gold Membership).
However, you'll miss out on the savings you'll get by singing up for Chord Piano Formula as an incredibly well-priced bundle.
For owners of the complete BluePrint we have the option to subscribe to Chord Piano Mastery at the regular €99/year subscription fee.
Lifetime Access to the BluePrint courses.
You'll get a full year of Chord Piano Mastery (Gold membership) included for free too. If you want to stay a member after the year, you can do so at just €99/year.
If you do not want to stay a member, you can cancel at anytime before the next billing.
No.
You can cancel the included (one year free) Chord Piano Mastery membership at anytime before the next billing to prevent it from renewing.
This has NO effect on access to your courses - which, with this bundle, you are BUYING and are thus yours to keep forever.
When you cancel your membership you will only lose access to everything included with Chord Piano Mastery (BootCamps, Workshops, Song Breakdowns, Practice Sessions etc.).
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
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.
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