My name is Matthew Collins and I have worked as a professional pianist/vocalist for over 25 years. Over the years I have noted how often people struggle to read music. So I decided to develop a method that teaches people how to understand and play chords on the piano without having to learn how to read music. I have taught this method in England for several years with great success. Some of my students wanted to learn how to play the piano and sing at the same time, while other students wanted to learn how to play the piano and accompany others.

Once you understand the principles of how chords are formulated you can then move on to numbered chords like the seventh, minor seventh and major seventh. Within just a few lessons, you could be playing along to your favourite tunes. I will give you some basic exercises that will help your fingers to "limber up" so that they can get used to changing from one chord to the next. These exercises will also help you increase your overall proficiency on the keyboard.

The piano is probably one of the easiest instruments in the world to learn because there are no challenging technical obstacles to overcome, unlike a saxophone or a violin. It's obviously important that you have your own piano at home, whether it's an acoustic piano or a digital piano. The piano lessons themselves are important but the most important thing of all is that you practise between lessons.

If you prefer, I can teach you in your own home and would be prepared to travel within a 25 km radius of Stavanger. This would incur an additional fee to cover my travel expenses. I can also teach from my own home but that would usually need to be during the daytime when my wife is at work and my children are at school. It is also possible to teach online although I believe physical lessons work best of all because it is easier for me to show you chord positions and loads of other stuff.

By the way, I also understand Norwegian so if you have problems expressing yourself in English, you can always talk to me in Norwegian. :-)