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Pros & Cons
Pros
This book is perfect for absolute beginners. Using this reference as a refresher has increased my confidence and enjoyment playing significantly. The songs are simple and perfect for beginners and helps ease you into more difficult songs over the book... Read More
It's easy to comprehend and feel like you're making progress. Very clear & brief text.
Cons
It's a pretty good book, but it's impossible to magnify the text and sheet music in the kindle app. As an adult over 40 i find that the kindle addition format is impossible to read while sitting at the keyboard. Once you have learned the notes, it is ... Read More
This book is confusing and awkward for a beginner. No practice diagrams or finger setting/placement diagrams. In several measures, the * is near impossible. In some instances, this creates a significant traffic jam of fingers with both hands overlappi... Read More
Too much music theory and description of music terms. Many of the songs just aren’t attractive, with dissonant notes or chords. Another annoying thing is that the music goes from rather simple to rather complicated rather suddenly.
Terrible and frustrating. Very poorly constructed. It is horrible.
Highlights
Quality
Training your right hand to play diverging totally different from the left is hard and the drills in here help
Well organized contents and smart way to convey musical theory instead of stress learners out
Maybe that is cheating but i am old do not have any time to waste memorizing the keys
The different chapters really break down the rules behind playing and understanding music so instead of feeling like you’re jus... Read More
Price
The book is reasonably priced as well
I bought a cheap digital keyboard and ordered this book
But the ring binder style is nice to be able to open flat but it is extremely expensive 30
Competitiveness
Im glad they follow up books are less expensive but they dont have the ring style
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- This product had a total of 8,358 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 16 2024.
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Might as well learn how to play it
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Spiral bind is quality and pages are thicker paper
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But the ring binder style is nice to be able to open flat but it is extremely expensive 30
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im glad they follow up books are less expensive but they dont have the ring style
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I am 75 just wanted to be able to play a few simple songs on the beautiful piano i bought many years ago
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The author starts from the very beginning—locating middle c
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I already bought book 2 for when i finish the first one
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Unfortunately i didnt consider the fact that i already have played other instruments for decades and read music
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