When you want to learn to play piano by ear rather than go down the sight reading route, there’s only really one alternative open to you. And that’s the online tuition systems that are available these days. Piano teachers generally expect you to be able to read music and they teach according to long-established sight reading methods. Teach yourself books, almost by definition, teach you through the medium of sight reading. Books are silent, and can never teach you by using sound examples by way of illustration.

Internet-based teaching systems use a variety of media to get the message across.  

As a result, not only are they easier to learn from, but they’re an awful lot more fun too!