Learning from home courses. What would really help you?

[benzwm02]

Hi, for those interested in learning piano on their own from a course at home, what exactly do you want in the course?

Would you want to learn popular music, video lessons, just classical music?

I'm a piano teacher thinking about creating something, but am curious to see what it is students are really after and what can help them the most.

I understand not everyone has time or money to spend driving to a qualified teachers home, but still want to learn piano.

Thanks! and feel free to PM me if you want to chat in private and I can help you get started. 

[popcornn]

As a music student I learned to play my instrument (physical technique) and learnt how read music I managed to get music theory grade 5. BUT I still don't feel I understand music more than the rudaments. Take for example plaisir d'amour, It was being played on a movie series, Band of Brothers and afterwards i sat at the piano and started to play it. Well everything went swimmingly, that is until I hit the second part where the harmony was no longer Tonic, Sub-dominant and Dominant. This happens to me all the time, harmony in music starts modulate and my ears can hear it (And I can often fumble my way around until I my fingers find what my mind is hearing, but I feel it's time to expand my understanding to be able to grasp these modulations when I hear them. The major and minor chords with modulations to dominant & sub-dominant has covered quite a few years of enjoyable playing by ear but I'd love to take things further. So what am i looking for? a tutoring course, perhaps online or on DVD which will explain some of the more complex movements in chord progression, so that when I hear pieces like plaisir d'amour, I can figure out what is going on.
Thanks for you help.
Best wishes, Peter (Popcornn)