Piano for Dummies |
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| Title: | Piano for Dummies |
| Author: | Blake Neely |
| Publisher: | For Dummies |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 18 September, 1998 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0764551051 / 9780764551055 |
| List Price: | $24.99 |
| You Save: | $11.99 |
| Amazon Price: | $13.00 (via Amazon marketplace seller) |
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Product Description
At first glance, a piano may seem like an intimidating instrument that would be very difficult to learn how to play, but despite what your seventh-grade piano teacher may say, playing piano isn't brain surgery. It just takes time, practice, and patience. Piano For Dummies starts at the very beginning and walks you through everything you need to know to turn that oversized hunk of furniture into an instrument that can make beautiful music. If you don't know how to read music, this book explains in friendly, uncomplicated language all the basics of music theory and applying it to playing the piano. And if you've been playing piano for a while – or took piano lessons when you were a child but haven't played since – you can pick up some valuable tips to improve your playing or use the book as a refresher course. Here are some of the topics you'll find in Piano For Dummies: Buying a piano: Acoustic versus electronic How a piano works, and how to care for one Left- and right-hand piano techniques Examining keys, scales, melodies, harmonies, and chords Plenty of musical examples to play The history of piano musical styles Advice for piano teachers A Top Ten list of pianists you should know about Piano For Dummies also includes a glossary and a free CD, which includes audio of all of the examples in the book so that you can play along. So if you've always wanted to learn to play piano, but you don't have the time to take piano lessons, you can pick up the basics in Piano For Dummies; you'll be tickling the ivories with ease in no time!
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Customer Reviews:
• Insulting To Some
10 June, 2009
I have a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's in piano pedagogy - this book is an insult and very misleading. I can assure you that playing the piano is NOT for dummies, nor is there a magic formula or '12 easy lessons' or any shortcuts to successful playing. It takes committment, discipline and a willingness to learn and practice. This book teaches a few chords and a little play-by-ear technique and some basic theory. If you want to play the piano, go find yourself a good and well-qualified teacher. That teacher will know what he or she is talking about much more than a book written to add to a long series of how-to's,
- Amazon Customer Review
• Piano Lessons
08 July, 2009
Checked this out from the library and realized that I would enjoy having this on my shelf. Some valuable information included.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great Book For Beginners
04 March, 2009
I don't have time to go to a teacher. This book answers all the questions that the other teach yourself books don't answer. The CD that came with it is very helpful also.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great Book For Novice Pianists/keyboardist, Worth Checking Out
20 August, 2009
Okay, I won't lie, I didn't actually buy this book, but rather checked it out and copied a few notes, however, you won't regret your purchase if you buy it, it teaches you all the basics and more. You will be able to play every major, minor, harmonic, and suspense chord as well as scales, recognize every note on the trebel and bass cleft, fingering tricks for easier access to keys, all of the most common articulations and common music symbols, as well as tempo and a lot of basic chord building/rhythm building excercises. It is really useful to read if you are a begginner and teaches you everything basic like you never had any musical experience before, my only problem is it could have had more tips on how to put both hands together more gracefully, as well as more left hand techniques, it seemed to focus more on the right hand. It is worth it and has a few clever pieces that will give you a smile here and there, but if you are an expert or intermediate, chances are you will know most stuff mentioned in this book and will be no help at all. Still, if you are looking to improve your technique and have under a year of experience, it will be well worth the purchase.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Define "dummy"....
25 November, 2009
As a stone cold adult beginner, I thought why not go for the book that sounded as if it was for a stone cold beginner - "Piano For Dummies"?
Well, I certainly am a 'dummy' - shelling out over $20 for this discouraging pap is the dumbest thing I've done in years.
I wrestled with it for quite a few weeks - trying to eke out hard information between the stupid humour and piano facts that I never asked for in the first place, dumb drawings and unhelpful layout. Then I called for a professional, feeling really discouraged. This book doesn't really even let you know at what point you might sit behind a piano and actually try playing? It's that bad.
So I booked myself in with a professional piano teacher who within minutes made me realise it was the book and not me. I showed her the book which she referred to as "dreadful and patronising". She won't even allow me to have it back!
She then handed me these two which are ideal for the older learner:
- Piano For Adults (Bastien) ISBN 0-8497-7300-8
- Accelerated Piano Adventures (Faber) ISBN 1-56939-132-7
The former is my slight preference but both are leagues ahead of "Piano For Dummies". Sorry if that personally offends anyone, author included, but it is truly awful. I've now progressed more in a week than I did in two months with the Dummies book.
Avoid.
- Amazon Customer Review
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