Dear Fellow Pianist,

Playing the piano is such an uplifting activity it’s almost therapeutic. But have you ever been stumped? Confused? Overwhelmed when it comes to playing without sheet music?

Let me tell you a true story.

Twenty-one years ago on a Saturday night I was at a get together with friends. About an hour into the party I was asked to liven up the evening with a few songs on the piano.

To my astonishment a shocking truth was revealed that night about my decades of lessons, practice and playing . . . there was one thing I could not do . . . I could not improvise!

So there I sat at the piano with NO sheet music and a crowd eagerly waiting for me to entertain them.

I froze like a deer caught in the headlights. It was as if the wind got knocked out me. My hands felt like they were chained to cement blocks . . . I couldn’t move. Seconds seemed like hours. I just sat there staring at the keys. The overbearing silence was so thick I could have sliced it with a knife.

I have never felt so uncomfortable in my life. I mumbled something about not feeling well and quickly made my exit.

Not only was I embarrassed, but I was so mad at myself. How could I, who have been playing the piano for so long, not know how to play without sheet music?

I Was Angry When I Thought Of All
The Expensive Lessons, Schooling And Practice
I Had Endured . . .
How Years Of Playing Just Flew Out The Window

After ten years and over $5,600 of piano instruction from highly respected teachers why couldn’t I improvise? I couldn’t even play “Happy Birthday” by ear!

I thought I knew it all. I started playing piano at the tender age of seven. I then went on to score “distinctions” on my exams from the Associate Board of the Royal School of Music (ABRSM) in England .

Why was the skill of improvisation not taught in all the piano lessons I have taken over the years? Why didn’t the schools touch on this important area?

Right After This Gut-Wrenching Experience
I Started To Explore, Research And Study
All I Could About “Piano Improvisation”

My countless hours of research revealed to me who the piano improvisation artists were, who were the best, and what techniques, methods and routines were used by these masters. The most important discovery was that I found out how to process it for my own application so I can teach others.

I discovered that 8 out of 10 piano instructors do not know the methods of improvisation! Can you believe that, 80% of instructors were clueless!

For the next "many" years I was my own guinea pig. I experimented with different processes and tried thousands of techniques. I tested some theories that worked like clockwork while others failed miserably.

This Gave Me The Experience, Knowledge And Understanding To Provide You With Solid, Rigorously Tested And Proven Improvisation Piano Methods, That Will Have You Playing The Piano Without The Assistance Of Sheet Music In As Little As Weeks!

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Drawing from what works, I’ve developed, refined, and distilled the “Best of the Best” methods to learn piano improvisation and I’ve honed it down to simple steps and techniques you can grasp and comprehend.

My friends and church family noticed when I sat down to play at the piano that I no longer needed sheet music. My style was no longer stiff and rigid . . . my music had more vigor, it had more life and it was joyous and I felt so free and inspiring. All this came through in every note I played.

I was finally playing with ease and confidence as I always dreamed.

All my piano playing friends begged me to teach them my methods. I was excited to share my discovery with them and but I was way too busy. Blessed with a girl and then a boy, and trying to juggle corporate life with family life, I felt pulled in all directions. Needless to say, I chose to give up my corporate world. You might say I traded in my attaché for an apron.

And then God opened a new and meaningful chapter in my life.

Hi, my name is Yoke Wong .

Being a stay-at-home-Mom has its ups and downs. One of the bright spots is I am able to play the piano and teach as time allows.

That’s When I Finally Decided To Create
A Simple (Yet Comprehensive) Step-By-Step “System”That Would Allow ANY Pianist That Knows How To Read Notes And Rhythm To Piano Improvisation.

It’s almost as if you are sitting next to me looking over my shoulder —it’s actually better than being there live because you can watch the DVDs over and over at your convenience.

When I named my package the “Definitive Piano Improvisation DVD Home-Study Course” it wasn’t a marketing ploy. It’s called “Definitive” because I held nothing back.

You get everything and I mean everything I’ve learned, researched and tested. All my proven methods and processes are revealed in this power-packed home-study course. This course was awarded NAMM (the International Music Products Association) 2010’s Best Tools For Schools– the “cream of the crop” in competition with tens of thousands of exhibiting musical products..  What an honor!  . The methods I teach works!

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Here’s a sample of what you learn once you get this course in your hands:

How Improv Should Sound . . .

You’ll hear “improvisation in action” along with detailed explanations and the techniques used on a collection of songs.

Here are just a few:

• Amazing Grace
• What A Friend We Have In Jesus
• When the saints Go Marching In
• Morning Has Broken
• Boogies
• 12 Bar Blues
• Silent Night
• Happy Birthday
• Auld Lang Syne
• The First Noel
• The Holly And The Ivy
• Jingle Bells
• Lord I Want To Be A Christian
• Joy To The World
• How Great Thou Art
• Greensleeves
• Aura Lee (Love Me Tender)
• Londonderry Air (O Danny Boy)
• Canon
• Near The Cross
• Michael Row The Boat Ashore
• The Entertainer

And many more . . .

Change The Rhythm – Change The Style

Simple rhythm changes can instantly put more life in your song.

You’ll discover my closely guarded secrets of improvisation by learning:

• How to use triplet rhythms for a 1950s style.
• Strengthen your ending and overall style by eighth note rhythms.
• Instantly change a melody in ¾ meter into 4/4 or even 9/8.
• Simple tricks to alternate between 4/4 and ¾ meter.
• Play tango—by learning the slight adjustment from quarter notes to eighth notes
• Master how to play a grand opening combining triplet and quarter notes.
• Learn to use combinations of quarter and eighth notes to form exciting Latin rhythm.
• Uncover the secret adjustments that transform songs from a ballad to swing—even country-western.
• You’ll be stunned how a slight twist can convert a traditional waltz into a jazz waltz.

Armed with this newfound knowledge your confidence will skyrocket translating into you playing with passion.

The Gem of Improvisation – Chord Substitution

This is the "Holy Grail" of playing without music sheets. No course is complete without this technique and I teach you with concise and succinct instructions.

You're going to discover how to substitute any basic triad/chord with not 1, not 4, not even 5 - but at least 7 other chords. Each sounding totally different . . . some will take you by surprise.

Soon you'll be composing songs with these distinctive special effects:

Thrilling
Mellow and warm
Chime effect
Thunderous
Nostalgic
Dream-like
Oriental
Middle-Eastern
Country & Country-Western

As well as different animal sounds! Such as: horses galloping; camels riding; bears running; and an echo effect.

Learn How To Instantly Supercharge Your Sight Reading Abilities

By knowing chord structures and inversions, sight reading is easier than shooting fish-in-a-barrel.

Major triads/chords and inversions.

      Minor chords and inversions.
      Diminished chords and inversions.
      Augmented chords and inversions.
      Suspended chords and inversions.

Color chords and inversions.

Major 6th color chords and inversions.
      Major 7th color chords and inversions.
      Minor 7th color chords and inversions.
      Dominant 7th color chords and inversions.
      Major 2nd color chords and inversions, 9th chord, 11th chord, 13th chord.

You Get My Foolproof Method To Fill Up Those
Long Measures! I Give You 5 Little Known
Techniques That Will Have You Playing Piano Like a Pro

No more boring arpeggios or simple chords that last for only 4-8 beats! They soon become stale and weary.

These runs and fillers will give you a literal treasure trove of music that will have your listeners so captivated by your performance just as if you were in concert.

The combinations at your command are almost endless:

 "runs"
  "fillers"
  "triads"
  "inversions"
  "upside- down inversions"
  "middle-inversions"
  "2-notes inversions"
  "rhythm combinations"
  "tremolo" ...

and many, many more!

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You Learn the Easiest Technique I Know Of To Construct
12 Major Scales, 12 Minor Scales, and Pentatonic Scales

This took me many years to master and you will learn it all. Use this formula to instantly form a scale in any key. Have you heard of modal scale? I'll show you how to construct Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Myxolydian, and Aeolian modes. You'll even see how to improvise based on these scales/modes.

Few music majors know what to do with these modes or even how to form them. With this home study course you are able to apply your music theory into exciting real life improvisation.

Special Techniques Used By Pros

I reveal methods to use the major and its relative minor key. Create new improvised versions of familiar melodies like "The Saints Go Marching In" or any melody you wish to change. This technique separates the amateurs from the professionals.

The basics of the minor scale; natural, harmonic, and melodic. Change a song's mood by switching from the major or minor scale.

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The Closely-Guarded Secrets of Playing By Ear

You may not have perfect pitch, but you can certainly train yourself to have relative pitch.

You'll soon be proficient enough to associate different songs with different intervals.

You will learn how to identify the major 2nd interval by associating it with "Happy Birthday". It's true! I have five-year-old students identifying five intervals by sound after I teach them these song associations. If they can do it - so can you.

This course will show you how to internalize and retain all these intervals.

Major 2nd
Minor 2nd
Major 3rd
Minor 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th.
Augmented 5th/Minor 6th
Major 6th

As you master these intervals, playing by ear will become almost second nature.

Harmonize Any Song with Your Left Hand

See actual demonstrations of the three most used chords, I, IV, and V - with step-by-step instructions and full detail commentary.

Learn the skills of listening to different cadences (chord progressions). You'll associate cadences with songs, training your ear to hear chord progressions.

Once you get these DVDs you'll be able to quickly identify these chord progressions:

  I-IV-V7
  II-V-I (major and minor)
  I-IV-I
  I-vi-ii-V7
  I-vi-IV-V7

How to memorize faster through analyzing compositions

I teach you how the world’s greatest pianists and composers (Bach, Chopin, and Schubert) used ornaments, inversions, and chord progressions?

The Definitive Piano Improvisation DVD Home Study Course will help you understand their motives, how they wrote their music and expanded on their themes.

You Will Have a New Found Appreciation for Classical Music

Analyzing the techniques of the masters will improve your repertoire memorization skills. Not only will you be able to apply the improvisation techniques on popular songs and hymns, but on classical pieces as well.

In fact, you'll probably start listening to classical pieces with a new sense of energy instead of indifference.

Playing Rubato

Chopin used this technique on almost every one of his masterpieces. You'll hear me illustrate this concept in the "Popular Song Section" of the course. Before long you'll be a master of piano rubato!

Melody Decoration

Make your melody spectacular! I show you how to remove a single note to create open voicing. Alternatively, by adding a single note you'll create closed voicing.

Learn how to move from one chord position to another - without big hand movements. This skill is important not just for easier hand movement but for smooth voicing also.

Boogie with The Blues and Rock And Swing With Ragtime

Improvising With 12 Bar Blues, Boogies, and Rock, Swing, and Ragtime Styles

These styles have their own rhythm - and these DVDs demonstrate each one for you. If you're willing to spend just 30 minutes a day practicing and learning them - in a few months you'll be playing them yourself and entertaining your audiences beyond imagination!

Improvising Southern Gospel

Sing Hallelujah! My course will teach you how to improvise Southern Gospel. And let's be honest here - if you can't improvise Southern Gospel - you can't really play it as the Lord intended! This section is invaluable for those playing in their church choir. I know - because I do!

Country and Country Western

Have you ever seen a cowboy (or girl) reading from sheet music? Well … why not learn their improvisation techniques! After you've mastered these methods, your listeners won't be able to resist singing along and two-stepping to your incredible music.

Introductions and Endings

Uncover more than 5 ways to introduce and end any song.

In fact, some of the techniques I introduce are totally unique. You'll hear them here for the first time anywhere. These endings and introductions are created using chord substitution and melody improvisation techniques.

Transposing and Modulating

Discover at least 3 ways to transpose a song: By hearing, by looking at the music, or by using the same fingering in new locations on the piano.

Yes, you'll learn the Solfege System as well as the "Moveable Do" technique. You're also going to find out how to use chord progressions to modulate from one key to another.

Here’s a tip for you: The key to modulation is quite simple – it’s the diminished 7th chord.

How to Improvise On Pentatonic and Modal Scales

Impressionistic composers such as Debussy frequently used them. I’ll show you how to make up songs using all the pentatonic scales, major and minor, as well as the many modal scales.

Using Block Hand Style

Made famous by George Shearing, enhance your melody and overall piano playing with his vibrant, exciting style. Fact: Shearing - a living jazz piano legend - had to improvise because he was born blind.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg of what you will discover.

I’ve basically taken my life's work of tested experiments with thousand of hours of playing and put it in a step-by-step easy to comprehend course that will have you playing piano improvisation faster than you ever dreamed.

This Course Is Far And Away The Best And Most Extensive Piano Improvisation Home Study Course Ever Created!

You get a boat load of information that will have you playing at a higher level. You will feel a deeper sense of passion when you play. You will be amazed!

And with the Definitive Piano Improvisation DVD Home Study-Course you have a full-time piano coach at your beck and call. If you have the urge to play at 3:00 o’clock in the morning . . . I’m there for you!

You get . . .

Six DVDs -- Close to 11 full hours of step-by-step easy to understand improvisation tips, techniques and connect-the-dot-instructions that have you playing piano improvisation in as little as four weeks.

One Binder -- 142 pages of improvisation outlines, applications, and exercises you can read when your piano isn’t accessible.

Two CD's -- more than 120 tracks of musical samples you can pop in your CD player while you’re driving.

As you can see, this Definitive Piano Improvisation DVD Home-Study Course has straight-to-the-point information you can immediately comprehend and use right now to help you to play without sheet music.

This course and all its muscle is pretty hard to describe here. And even if I did describe it more, it would not do it justice... it really is filled with power-packed, hardcore information you have to see and apply for yourself in order to realize it.

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This entire course is $235 but available for $199 if you order today!

$199 is darn cheap when you compare that to a piano teacher who’s skillful enough to dispense this hard-hitting level of teaching, knowledge, and experience charging an hourly rate of $75 at the very least. That’s less than 4 hours of lessons . . . that’s like stealing!

This course took years and thousands of man-hours to put together. I didn’t just slap together a bunch of videos and tips. This is a to-the-point, concise and step-by-step home-study course that will improve your playing . . . your friends will notice the difference immediately.

So if you have any interest in picking up your own copy of “The Definitive Piano Improvisation DVD Home-Study Course” you really need to GET YOUR COPY RIGHT NOW…Don’t put it off or you will lose out.

"30 Day Guarantee" Iron-Clad, No Risk Guarantee! Because This Material Just Flat-Out Works! You Get Our No-Hassle Guarantee! If You Aren’t Delighted With This Home-Study Course You Get A Prompt And Courteous Refund.

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The reason why you need to get your copy of this course today is simply this…

Without this vital knowledge, you’re truly “missing the boat” on playing piano improvisation. Without this course you will always need sheet music when you play.

If you truly want to play the piano without looking at sheet music and take your piano playing to the next level then order now.

If money is tight right now, I even offer an easy 3-payment plan (click here for details) to help you out.

You simply can’t pass this up.

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P.S.How can you lose money? In fact, you’ve got nothing to lose except for missing out on how to play improvisational piano if you don’t get my Definitive Piano Improvisation DVD Home-Study Course. I’ve got you covered with my refund guarantee, so if it doesn’t work out, you get a refund.

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Here are some testimonials, there are too many (hundreds of them) to be listed, I hand picked a few:

"Anyone Can Learn From It! " My name is Gordon Clegg. I bought your DVD last month - "Definitive Piano Improvisation Home Study Course". I was so impressed by your teaching style that I wanted to comment on it. Any compliment I come up with would be an understatement. After looking at the DVDs I am really motivated to practice more. I have bought many other videos and learned something from each teacher and have been satisfied. But, I have never seen anyone that explains piano playing as well as you do. You put so much detail in your demonstrations that anyone can learn from it. I have never taken a piano lesson. I am strictly self-taught. I have taught myself with books and tapes. I agree with all your e-mails from satisfied customers when they say "you are the best teacher". I will buy more videos when I master these courses! With appreciation, Gordon Clegg, New Fields, New Hampshire, USA

"I Should Have Taken Up This Course Much Earlier" Hi Yoke Wong: I received the "Definitive Piano Improvisation " course last week and am very pleased with it. I should have taken up this course when I first visited your site in 2004, and if not for the fact that I do not like to order online and have no time to practice due to work comittment I would have. I now reailze that ordering online is completly safe and I will recommend your course to my friends who are interested in this type of piano playing. I have viewed through three DVDs, sort of going through it first before starting the actual practice. At the same time I am also going through the CDs and the manual. Your teaching instruction is clear and easy to understand. Brenda Choo, Singapore

"You Have Made It Clear As How To Improvise!" I have been learning a lot with this wonderful course of yours and practicing as much as I can. I know how important it is to learn and understand the structure of music. I did have a pretty good idea as how to play the melody and harmonize with chords. I did not do much with it because I was not certain and did not want to practice wrong and then have to undo and relearn again. I have been that route in the past, it is harder than to learn correctly at the beginning. I have been having a lot of fun and enjoying my playing. You have made my learning and practicing very clear as how to improvise. I have a so called fake book with 1300 songs and I am doing much better with it now. I love the way you play and teach. Keep up the good work. Thank you so much!!! Jean Mosher, Tampa, Florida, USA

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