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This is a really good piano book, already being able to read music it takes you through everything and gives interesting exercises to practise. Its probably not best for a complete music beginner but for those who want something straight forward and easy to learn from it is just right.
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Comes to the point a lot quicker than most other courses.
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How did I get to 5 stars, if I still have some negative things to say? This whole course, including three books, is compared to others, the best one I have seen so far. Other books spend up to 20 pages at the start on teaching the reader how to read music. This is very annoying for anybody who can already read music or even play an instrument. In this course you learn to associate the printed notes with the right keys on the piano. You acquire the names of the notes as you go along, so experienced musicians, as well as unexperienced musicians to be, will enjoy this course. This second book deals wiht the major scale, tied quavers and semi quavers. It also, just like book 1 did, explains many useful musical terms and gives practical hints on the right posture and fingering. You will however need all three books to be able to play satisfactory at the end of the course. Furthermore the exercise pieces are very easy and classical pieces are usually shortened and adapted. This however has the advantage that the reader can, from the very start on, play decent sounding melodies. I would still recommend to buy an additional book of classical pieces and practice them independently in order to make a proper progress. This book is very easy to understand and the exercises are kept simple. I personally would like something a little bit more challenging, but as I mentioned above, other piano courses are far worse when it comes to the skill level. This is an excellent book for both, the autodidact reader who will either be happy to leave his/her skills at the level this book provides and also for somebody who wishes to play in a more professional way and is willing to put some extra effort, independent study and self initiative into his/her work.
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