Testimonials

Reviews & Case Studies of Yoke Wong's Piano Courses





 
"Dear Yoke,
I first ordered your Definitive Piano Improvisation Course and your Hands, Runs and Coordination course. I was so pleased that I ordered your Essentials of Great Hymn Arrangement and the Mastering Piano Accompanment.
As a church pianist for over thirteen years I have felt frustrated as I could only play music that was written. I could not transpose, improvise or make the songs from the hymn book sound great. I asked the Lord to help me to learn what I needed to know to make the music sound better. That afternoon the Lord led me to your website and after reading your testimony I knew these courses were exactly what I needed and had prayed for. Just after a few lessons I and everyone else had noticed changes in my music. I am playing more by ear, improvising and dressing up the songs in the hymn book. These courses have helped me tremendously and I am not even a quarter of a way through yet.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and abilities with others."
Wendy Stroud, S. Carolina, USA
 
"Yoke Wong is an excellent teacher. With her training techniques you learn to take the music that's in your heart and transpose it onto the keyboard, even from the first lesson. I am at a mid beginner level and although there are things in this course that, I freely admit I'm not ready for, I'm happy to know that I have this information at my fingertips when I'm ready to use it and I'm not going to "outgrow" the course too soon.
Having said that, there is surprisingly, a lot of information that I DO understand and she has helped me to have an even deeper knowledge of those concepts. I highly recommend this course. It is worth every penny; especially because I know my abilities can grow with the program at the speed that is right for me. If you are stressed out and tired of just playing the same old tunes on the piano and long to play music with freedom and style this is the course for you. I am having the time of my life playing music my way. Thank you Yoke Wong for giving me the tools I need, not just to be a piano player but to be a real musician. If I could give you more than 5 stars in this review I would."
Cynthia Walkers, Texas, USA
 
"You have no idea how wonderful it is for me to be able to read music, hesitantly to be sure, but my fingers are actually finding the keys, and this is after only a week of carefully going through your material.
I’ve actually sat and played a piece I’ve never heard before by sight without having to pick at the keys. For years I’ve felt completely illiterate at the keyboard and actually wondered if it was some form of dyslexia. Now, I’m actually singing the notes out as I see them; my hands are going to just the right place, and I’m just so happy and thrilled I can’t wait to keep on learning.
The other course I’ve been working on, which has given me a great deal of pleasure, is the rhythm course. I’m excited to see the improvement this is bringing to my playing. A few hours of "technical work” a day just flies by, and I’m sorry to have to stop playing! I’ve never enjoyed my piano lessons more, and I wish I’d learned like this when I was younger.
Thank you!"
Mary Lea, USA
 
 
"I took two years of music theory, yet I still felt inadequate. However, since purchasing the sight reading course, I have become much better and faster at recognizing notes and chords. More than that, this course explained the reasons why I should consider analyzing a new piece of music. It’s so much easier to learn that new piece.
Yoke Wong stresses the importance of practicing and constant review. All the advantages are just too numerous to mention here. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve his or her sight-reading skills."
Donald Gibson, USA
 

"Yoke Wong and her staff are truly the kind of professionals one would like to deal with in all businesses. I have had to phone and email for information several times, and the response was pleasant and timely. Also, the sight reading course is certainly a lot of great information for the money. A great value.
The sheet music exercises and the CD computer exercises are so very helpful for a beginner or for someone like me who is weak in bass clef reading.
What a blessing to have found this Web site. I am looking forward to reaching a point in my studies when I will have eliminated my present weaknesses enough to order additional courses.
Thank you all."
Genevieve Drape, USA
 
 
"Yoke's teaching is great, always clear and compassionate but also making sure that we understand and not just copy her. My piano playing is improving so much - my hands are beginning to flow all of a sudden and land on all the right notes. I will be purchasing your hands coordination dvd next, then sight reading and jazz improv.
I like your teaching style so much that I can be confident that each dvd will be great, informative and enjoyable - I'm so excited that i have finally found a real piano teacher - I have been self taught all this time - and it just feels great to have exercises to do and watch myself progress - thank you, thank you thank you - and please keep making those dvds - perhaps in the future you might do other DVDs which talk about specifically about composition, song structures, melody, chord progressions in different styles of music. Thanks for the joy you are bringing me!!
Tracy Walker, UK
 
"I am enjoying this piano accompaniment DVD course because I am able to apply your piano techniques as you demonstrate to make music on the piano without reading notes on the staff as I was trained to do. Your courses have taught me to think about what chords and inversions that I am actually playing without reading what to play.
This course has taught me to sing the melody while playing the chords with a rhythmic L.H. beat, like the western or swing rhythm. I am able to pass this information on to my students when they are ready for new ways to play music on the piano."
June Summers, USA