The more I appreciate my A4, the more I feel the need to know more about chords/scales.
I’m currently looking for piano lessons in my area, but with not much success so far (most teacher are focussed on classical music).
In the meantime anyone got some good online courses or books to suggest?
I’m a beginner, not a total noob, so I know how to build a major/minor chord and play a couple of scales…
If you know your music theory, it’s going to be easier…
Otherwise, there’s two methods. The teacher way - i recommend it, it will be gradual, solid and a teacher will correct your errors on the way. Going to a conservatory which is one of the worst time wastes will teach you everything but like i said, it’s long and painful if not dull for the most part. So a personal tutor is probably the easiest most effective way.
I can’t really waste so much time on piano classes so later i started learning by myself. Here i found 2 different methods:
plenty of youtube tutorials - it’s the fastest but it’s not the best - there’s probably not two tutorials about one song that are the same! 
buy music sheet and learn. This is the hardest if you haven’t had a teacher - you have to learn how to read it, interpret it and it never sounded right to me.
That’s why i improvise mostly 
Join a band is another way but not sure of its effectivity.
i keep watching the first 3 or 4 episodes for several weeks now, and I have the feeling i am getting somewhere…
no joke, I keep watching the same things over and over again … i feel retarded…but I get somewhere…
Thank you both!
@MisterX being full time employed a conservatory or a full time class is out of the question, but I am looking for a tutor, I prefer a structured way of learning
@Trabant: I can only be interested in something called Le castlevania!
This has to be the best tuition i have ever seen online.
I am going to do the lessons, as suggested, one week at a time starting… Tomorrow.
Oh dear, thats why i never get anywhere.
“Why procratinate, when you can put it off till tomorrow”
Best way to learn piano = teacher + practice
This!
Additionally, tell the teacher that you are mostly interested in chords and scales for your own music. Classical piano education does contain a lot of scales and chords btw, so don’t judge the teachers by the labels on their doors.
What you need is an open-minded piano teacher, this might speed things up. Maybe he/she’ll - in the end - be interested in making music with you on your electronic devices? 
My last piano teacher had me get this:
He also had me get Level 2 of this series.
I’ve always learned better in the context of songs. Even just simple song that demonstrates the concept is better for me than “Here is a C major scale - go practice it” or “Here are some triads - go practice”. These Alfreds books give you the basic theory but also give you real songs to play. Not the most exciting tunes but good for getting the hang of playing with both hands and understanding what’s going on. Level 3 is optional, imo, because it’s mostly music and not new theory anymore.
After Level 2 you’ll be ready to move on to more challenging stuff.
this is what I used to do… I think its pretty good… Very ‘classical’, but an extraordinary step-by-step method to master an instrument.
Mine is the updated version of yours.
Jazz is the teacher …
Funk is the preacher …
Get a Jazz Piano Teacher, he´ll know everything you need (basics in piano technique / fingering …) and mainly the basic theory you need (chords / scales …).
Youtube videos - most people learn a completely wrong technique, because there´s nobody who corrects them.
I teach jazz piano on a University (Mozarteum Salzburg) and I sometimes have really “spoiled” youtube-learners!
Youtube is good for players who learned classical piano as children and want to learn jazz/pop/chords/scales, because they already have a solid technique.
For total beginners - dangerous.
and prepare yourself for some work - playing an instrument is not like buying a machine and getting to know it in a couple of weeks.
Compared to playing piano the OT is a hands-on machine
We are all getting impatient towards things that need some devotion!
And: buy a piano, at least an electric piano with hammer action, not keyboard action. If you learn on hammer action, you can play all keyboards, including real pianos. If you learn on keyboards, you´ll be lost an real pianos or hammer action keyboards.
So - do it!
Lots of work, but you´ll be rewarded with some insight in music most electronic guys don´t have, and maybe saves you from playing only the same 3 chords all the time (like most non piano players do).
where do you live? maybe I know someone there …
good luck
andajazz
Got my first lesson tonight, I’ll report back, hopefully I’ll find the right guy at the first try…
I generally prefer lessons to Youtube, having a real person available to correct you and point you in the right direction is just great.
I don’t mind putting some work into it, I’m fresh out of bass guitar lessons, so I know the importance of practice.
Excellent! Good luck with the lesson.
My last piano teacher was fine with me having a digital piano instead of a real one, lol