The importance of learning chords in your piano lessons

I can hardly overemphasize the importance of learning all about chords as you take piano lessons. The reason it is so important is because music is largely made of broken chords, partial chords, arpeggions, and block chords. Knowing what chord is in force at any point in a song allows you to not only understand the music better, but also to add to the music as you play.

So when you look for a music lesson teacher, be sure to ask them if they teach music theory (which includes chords).