Hi Kin
Firstly, I would like to say "Welcome Aboard" this great forum.
Paul mentioned to me that I may want to contribute something to this thread.
First of all I am pleased that you enjoyed my version of "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square".
I dont think I can add anything to the excellent advise given to you by Paul, who is, in my opinion, a first class musician.

Well done to you for your ambition to learn to play. Music is a wonderful, and very rewarding hobby, whatever level of expertise the player has.
I don't know what piano you have, but I expect it will have an accompaniment section( I may be wrong of course). Is it perhaps a Clavinova?


I can read a little, and for playing left hand chords, I read the chord symbols ( C7, Fmin etc) which are usually on most pieces of sheet music, and certainly on Busker(Fake) Books.
Playing chords, whether they be 2, 3 4,or 5 notes will seem almost impossible to start with, but, believe me, "finger memory" soon takes over, and with practice, your range of chords, in different keys, will increase.
I have seen, in some forums, people saying that playing a quick record on a keyboard such as the Tyros, is not using the keyboard to it's full potential. I do not agree, because when I am playing a tune such as "Nightingale", I am playing the lead instrument(s), while the rest of the Orchestra( the ACMP) is playing under my direction(i.e. playing the proper chords).
The only other thing, or two, that I would add is, play the instrument with the emotion that you feel for a particular song, and, listen to cd's and try to get a "feel" for playing different instruments(Voices). I say this because I have heard some midi recordings where a player has played a "run" up 3 octaves the keyboard, using a trombone or a sax, rather than a piano.

I hope some of this will be of help to you, and if not, some of the nice people here will point you in the right direction.
Best wishes and Kind Regards
Andy