[mrspeaker]

I recently had a short-term stay at a place which had a piano. It seemed like a waste to let it just sit there, so I did a bit o' googling and found this site: http://www.pianobychords.com/

The information on music theory is similar to the post - but it also shows you how to play a few common songs. If you follow the fingering guide and play the same chords with both hands it sounds damn great! I thought only the guitar had that "pick it up, learn a couple of chords and you're good to go..." attitude!

One of the songs on the site was "Let It Be". I remembered that that song was in the Axis Of Awesome song "Four Chords" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBVnMf2t7w - now I know how to play hundreds of party-friendly songs on the piano. Damn satisfying for an outlay of just a few hours practice!

[kranner]

> I thought only the guitar had that "pick it up, learn a couple of chords and you're good to go..." attitude!

Ralph Towner calls the guitar a "portable piano".

[roryokane]

For those curious what a “portable piano” would be like, see the keytar (guitar with keys) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytar.