Piano for Dummies by Blake Neely
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Book Reviews of Piano for Dummies
Book Review: easy to read
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book for teaching yourself piano. All the reviewers who slam this book for corny humor can go jump in a lake. There are plenty of serious music books that just shovel out the facts in a dry manner, so if that is what you want, fine, no reason to get uptight about a book that trys to use a more human touch. I want to also make it clear that the book does not tell jokes per say, so you dont have to read through long groaners to get to the material. The author simply interjects personal examples. Its a technique that is used in all the dummies books, if you dont like it, dont read dummies books.Book Review: I found this book EXTREMELY helpful
Summary: 5 Stars
I owe this book a lot - this is the book that got me started playing the piano, all by myself.
But, beware, this book is not recommended for everyone - it has A LOT of chit-chat before c'tting to the chase and get that bloddy piece played already, but I found it helpful.
This books gives you some really solid ground to take off from - it covers chords(not only the easy and simple C, F, G, etc...), teaches you notes, rhythm and everything you need to know.
It's not like any other piano book, it has more text in it than notes.
But I loved it.
5 stars.
Book Review: This book ain't no dummy
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is GREAT! It is helpful to have some type of background before reading it but still a very helpful book. It comes with a CD so you can hear what they are talking about in the book -very helpful for those of us who prefer to play by ear rather then read music.The information is short and to the point - stuff, no fluff. The information made sense. I was playing so much better in just the first day of reading it.
Stick with it and read it over and over. It sinks in and makes sense - stay with it.
Book Review: Could not put this book down!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been playing for only 6 months and am taking lessons and found this book a great help in learning about the piano. It is fun to read and has slot of very useful information and ways to remember things about the piano. Some interesting history behind the piano and ways to buy and maintain the piano. I have more pages in the book dog eared than any other piano book I have. You must get this book and the CD that comes with the book is a real help in learning timing and the way a song is to sound.Book Review: Perfect just for beginners
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is perfect if you want to play piano and you don't know anything about it. The book is plenty of jokes and all kind of information but nothing complex that you can't take it. This book is worthy of its title :-P I bought this one because I bought first "The piano handbook" and this one is not so good for beginners, but perfect for intermediate and advance that missed something or what to learn a different scale or style.