Piano for Dummies

Piano for Dummies
by Blake Neely

Piano for Dummies
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Book Summary Information

Author: Blake Neely
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09-18
ISBN: 0764551051
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: For Dummies
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Book Review: Define "Dummy"....
Summary: 1 Stars

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.
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Summary of Piano for Dummies

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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