The piano can be one of the most challenging instruments to play. Many people give up shortly after Mary had a Little Lamb , when they see just how complex piano notation can be to read and how difficult it is to get their hands to do two different things at once (like scratch their head with one and rip the pages of their song book with the other). The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Piano Chords takes the intimidation out of learning to play the piano and gives readers a quick and easy method to playing the songs they love. Readers are taught the non-classical method of playing piano and introduced to the basics of keyboard geography, chords, scales, pattern progressions, and reading lead sheets. Readers won t necessarily be able to play Rachmaninov's 3rd Concerto when they re finished, but they ll be well on their way to playing some of the popular songs that got them interested in learning how to play the piano in the first place.