51 is a young end. That's too bad.
It seems a shame that family or someone else close to him didn't continue his site. I would have liked to check it out. The approach in his Piano Pattern course seems similar to Piano4All, PianoGenius, and some other courses that I have seen, where the others differ by using popular music, still teaching with an approach of rhythmic patterns.
Asunder It seems a shame that family or someone else close to him didn't continue his site.
I've been stumped over this also. He knew he was dying. Why didn't he make provision for his legacy to continue? It would have also provided some income for his family. I went through a few of Duane Shinn's pianos courses and he actually died while I was going through his 52 Week Crash Course. I spoke with him a few times via email to get some advice. His son took over his business when he died and you can still get all his material today. Too bad David Sprunger's material died with him because he was a gifted teacher.
God Bless,
David
I finished this course last summer but got lazy and didn't want to record/upload a summary of every lesson. The last quarter of 2025 was very busy for me with a lot of traveling. Here is a summary of the course.
This course is designed for someone who knows nothing about the piano. Someone who can't find middle C. If I was starting from scratch this would NOT be a good course for me because it teaches you nothing about how to build around the melody. This is not a course if you're interested in solo piano. While they are much more expensive, I would recommend courses by Duane Shinn and Greg Howlett for material on how to build around the melody of a song if you're interested in solo piano.
The courses by Duane Shinn and Greg Howett that I've gone through are far more advanced and capable of taking a beginner pianist and imparting the tools to build around the melody and dress up songs with fills, runs, and rhythmic techniques that make piano playing fun. However, like I said, they are much more expensive. I think one of the courses I went through from Duane Shinn was around $1000. Comparatively, ALL 17 of David Sprunger's courses - including this one - totaled under $50. I think that's a great value. 😃 If you're brand new to the piano, this is what you'll learn in the Pattern Piano Course.
You'll always have to sing the melody because the patterns are just meant for accompaniment.
The late David Sprunger was a great pianist, singer, and teacher. I just found this particular course not relevant to where I'm at musically in my journey. I have more of his courses that I'm going to go through because I'm sure I'll learn once we get past the basic pattern piano stuff. This course is marketed for beginners and David says that it provides a good foundation for the rest of his teaching material.
Here is a pattern/song from the course. I decided to upload it because I actually like the song. I first heard it in the movie Tombstone (one of my favorite westerns). It was sung by Dana Delany. I always liked it. As usual I had to transpose it because David's voice is too high for me.
God Bless,
David
Hi, Does anyone have access to these DVD's as they may help some like me who plays guitar and would love to play the piano.
Best rgds.
Tractorbooty15 Hi, Does anyone have access to these DVD's as they may help some like me who plays guitar and would love to play the piano.
I think this course is great for someone that wants to learn piano patterns to support vocal melodies. Unfortunately, I never see his content available anywhere. I originally purchased the digital content (for very cheap comparatively) and even that can only be played on systems capable of 32 bit format.
For the most part, David's material died with David. It's a shame. His his YouTube channel is still up with some content. I plan on going through some of his other material which I purchased along with the Piano Pattern course.
God Bless,
David
Hello, years ago, I purchased the online files to PlayPianoToday.com from David Springer, that includes the Blues and Salsa tutorials, but these files are not accessible anymore. Do you or anyone have the CD set to sell? I know there are some on YouTube but they are limited. I will also consider buying a copy of the DVD since I paid for the files I think is morally ok. Thank you 🙂
Does anyone e have the PlayPianoTodsy.com DVD’s which include blues and salsa ?
Yes, but what exactly do you need as I have the complete course 12 or so CDs (not for me, I gave up, now is for my nephew).
Ok, they can fit in one DVD.
PASHKULI I'm also interested in buying a copy of the CDs if they fit onto a DVD?
I downloaded his material years ago and it's only playable on an old 32 bit Mac mini I purchased for 50 bucks. The files are not playable on newer machines.
Not sure about Mac, mine are for Windows although now am not sure whether it is really only 32 bit.
They are packaged as installers. I will test it on a virtual machine later. I think I tested them on a 64 bit Windows 8 but it could have been 32 bit. I don't remember really.
I had a bundle that included blues and salsa (and maybe more) , but I’m really only interested in the blues and salsa lessons which I started years ago using my internet files which are not functional anymore.
I would gladly it you for a DVD or any type method you can copy it for me ( even if it’s on a memory stick flash drive ).
I am in Alberta , Canada so of course I’ll Kay shipping as well. I really enjoy these videos on the last and I am motivated to start again.
I’m assuming they would on a video file.
Thank you !
My email for direct contact
Got it, thank you. First I have to see whether those files (assuming video) can be self‑contained as the actual course was 'interactive' → you click on menu buttons, etc. → if they can be only on video it won't matter what operating system it is. Maybe only the codecs needed.
I will run it on a virtual machine first (Windows 8 or 10, which I have not done yet) to make sure the 'interactive' setup runs good.
So for you, only the Salsa + Blues lessons. I will try and consolidate them all, unless all become too many to rename and organize as video files.
Thank you!
I would like to ask you for a bit more patience. I am converting all I have (might have lost some) into sorted and categorized video player (VLC, MPC, PotPlayer, any modern video player should play them .flv files, possibly your internet browser too). I can convert them all to .mp4 but hopefully won't need it as they are really compressed already.
@MrKeys Blues (chapters 1 to 15) and Salsa (both volumes) I have them. I run them (install them) through Sandboxie (kind of a virtual machine under Windows 10, so it is a tedious process). Here is a teaser:
Completed.
Oh my 🙂
Let me know how to proceed.
I have a MacBook Pro, but I can have access to a PC as well. I can send you money for the copy and shipping by PayPal, if if you are in Canada - I can etransfer it as well.
I’m glad that there’s a chance for David Spurnger’s great work to still make music 🙂
No money should be involved.
Regarding the files, they should be playable in any video player: Elmedia, VLC, 5KPlayer.
QuickTime probably does not play such older formats (FlashVideo) because Adobe stopped support of Flash long time ago.
I am on Windows 10 and use PotPlayer (with modifications). And Q-dir (my file browser) plays them without hesitation (uses MediaPlayer I guess).
The only one interactive tool you might not be able to use in Mac is the 'Chord Voicings' volume of the lessons. It runs from an .exe program with drop down menu for selecting chords, inversions, voicings, tonality. But the videos are in the 'fscommand' folder so, they all can be loaded in a video player without the need for the interactive interface. Names of those video files are descriptive enough for manual choice.
