Piano Book for Adult Beginners

I got this book because my mom was going to give away her keyboard and I took it to my house even though I’ve had no formal lessons. I can read music and play some very basic songs, but with no sense of what I’m actually doing. This book starts at the very beginning and I’ve taken the time to read through every word and watch every video even if it’s something I already know. I’m a little more than halfway through and already feel way more knowledgeable and skilled. I never understood how pianists could play all those notes with just 10 fingers, and figured my hands were too small to ever do it, but I was wrong! There is an art to finger placement, and this book teaches and guides it. The pace of the book is great, it gradually gets more complex, and in an order that makes sense to me. One piece of advice I have for anyone who gets this book is PRACTICE! Sure, I can sloppily get through some of the songs with no metronome, but I won’t move on until I feel like I have perfected a piece, timing and all. I practice every day, and can feel the muscles in my hands learning. Often, I tell myself I’ll practice for 20 minutes, and the next thing I know and hour+ has passed.

After downloading this book, I am very happy to know it’s very simple to read the music! After doing musical threats for twelve years I still never learned how to read music because it was intimidating. Having the videos to follow along with help to make this a new and innovated way to learn a new instrument. This book introduced me to new topics in a very gradual way that make it less intimidating then just reading the music and hoping for the best. The songs are simple and perfect for beginners and helps ease you into more difficult songs over the book. I had fun discovering this book, and am so glad that it was as easy as it seemed. This would also be great for anyone older who decided to brush up on their skills and relive their time playing the piano! It gives me hope as a new piano player, and hopefully in the future, I’ll be able to download another one of their books to further my skills!

Very good for beginners like me. Very easy to read and practice but I’m giving 4 star for the book condition. I always love to read brand new books. I don’t wanna return for this though.

This book is great for Adults learning piano. What I like best is the author’s selection of music you learn to play. There is another book, Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course, that often gets lauded as the better teaching book. In many ways I agree, especially in learning to play by recognizing intervals. Ferrante’s book gives you the fingering throughout, where as Alfred’s teaches you without that and he teaches you more theory, which is better for learning in the long run. And if you don’t mind playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Merrily We Roll Along then go for that book. Ferrante’s book, on the other hand, gives you more inspirational and satisfying songs to play. Yes, they are harder to learn in the beginning, but worth it. Ideally, I recommend getting both books. I go back and forth between the two often. Especially when I get tired of playing kiddy songs.

I’ve tried a few methods to learn piano. So far, this has been helping me significantly with my finger placement on the keyboard as well as slowly progressing me into learning sheet music. With no prior experience of any kind, this has helped me quite a bit. Still working my way through the book and trying to master each page before I move forward. Trying to get all that muscle memory. Once it moves to sheet music and it clicks a lightbulb goes off and it makes reading music so much better. Thoroughly enjoying this thank you

It has been quite a few years since I've played the piano and I decided to pick it back up. There were a few things that I couldn't quite remember that were causing me frustration from the theory and note reading standpoint - this book has solved the problem perfectly for me. There are videos you can access but I haven't needed them yet, the book does a great job explaining note reading, basic theory and hand position with lots of practice sessions to reinforce the lessons. Using this reference as a refresher has increased my confidence and enjoyment playing significantly. I would definitely recommend this item.

I don't particularly appreciate giving things bad reviews, especially if I did learn something from it. So, do I think this is a good book you can learn something from? Yes, there is definitely a lot of good things to learn from this book, But would I recommend it to someone who is just learning to play the piano? NO. The reason for that is that although there are many songs in the book, it would help even more if I had an idea where I could find an example that I can listen to of every song the book is trying to teach me, that way I can practice while I hear them at the same time. I am someone who wants to learn from 0, not only it goes kind of fast, but how could I double-check If what I'm playing matches the real song. That's about my only complaint about the book. Again i don't want to discourage anyone from picking up this book as I do think is good, this is only feedback on the hope that whoever is selling this book realizes what they could do better for those who would purchase this book in the future. I am not getting paid or anything for what I am about to say, I'm just a regular customer but if someone wants to compare this book to another I suggest you compare it to "Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1" That's how I realized what one book is doing better over the other, in Alfred's songs you will find where you can find them in youtube (by name, page of the book in which the songs are located).

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I had a few lessons when I was in infant school then maybe about ten in highschool, but I wasn't aloud to continue. So, now years later, I am suffering with mental health conditions and I read that playing an instrument can help. I decided to get a piano and this book and start again. 100% agree it helps with mental health. This book is so clear and easy to understand. I will be ordering the second book very soon. In a matter of weeks I have found myself back to the standard I was and improving rapidly. I would recommend this book to anyone refreshing or just starting out, I had never played left hand of sharps and flats before now and they are coming to me very easily with this clearly laid out book.

Easy to follow, but still a serious teaching aid.

A great book to come back and relearn lost skills

Indispensable entre los numeros cursos que se ofrecen. Muy completo.