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Pros & Cons

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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.

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Highlights

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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

Overview

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    piano, good, great, first and simple.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 8,358 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 16 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Might as well learn how to play it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    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


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I am 75 just wanted to be able to play a few simple songs on the beautiful piano i bought many years ago


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The author starts from the very beginning—locating middle c


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I already bought book 2 for when i finish the first one


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Unfortunately i didnt consider the fact that i already have played other instruments for decades and read music

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