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title: "Playing the Piano for Pleasure: The Classic Guide to Improving Skills through Practice and Discipline"
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# Playing the Piano for Pleasure: The Classic Guide to Improving Skills through Practice and Discipline

**Brand:** charles cookemichael kimmelman
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Praise for the "Cookbook"
  

*by W***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2012*

I first read "Playing the Piano for Pleasure" more than 45 years ago when I was a college piano major. It was recommended by my professor who affectionately referred to it as the "Cookbook." I have held onto my tattered paperback copy for all these years since it has evidently been out of print for a very long time. Needless to say, I was delighted to find that it is now available again, and for my Kindle as well! This book is a treasure for anyone who has been drawn into the joys of music-making at the piano. It was written for serious amateurs who love classical piano music, but it contains such practical and sage advice that now I recommend it to my own college students. The author's tips on how to practice effectively and efficiently make it worth the price alone since so many would-be pianists end up wasting a great deal of time and effort on pointless practice procedures and are never able to truly conquor a difficult piece. Every page of Mr. Cooke's book offers suggestions worth taking--except for his advice to occasionally take a break and smoke a cigarette! (Of course, one has to remember that this book first came out in 1960...) If one studies and follows the advice in this book along with help from a good teacher and practices piano regularly for only one hour each day, it is truly amazing what an enviable repertoire can be learned over the course of several years. Countless people all over the world have discovered that playing the piano is a rewarding, life-long pleasure and definitely one worth pursuing. I highly recommend this book for students, teachers, and performers for those who are serious about learning to play.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Book for Amateurs
  

*by D***L on Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2013*

This is a great book with specific, workable techniques for improving your piano playing skills.  The way that he outlines how to break down a piece of music and learn it is enlightening.  My question is, why did I not receive this type of instruction when I first learned to play the piano?  This would have saved me years of frustration.  Nevertheless, I have the tools now to improve my playing.I was truly amazed when I looked at the copyright date of the book, 1941!!  The info has been around for decades!!If you like playing the piano for your own enjoyment, this book is invaluable.  Follow his tips and you will see noticeable improvement in your playing within a week.  You must practice faithfully on a daily basis.  His techniques take the boredom out of practice.I immediately went out and bought an abacus to use as my counter to easily keep track of the number of times that I practiced the"fractures"Buy this book if you want to improve your playing, start where you are and go from there.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    highly recommended classic ... takes the pain out of practice by making it very effective ...
  

*by K***L on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2014*

It gets pretty detailed at times, but it is an excellent book for anyone who values their time yet wants to make good progress on the piano. I would presume that even someone bent on attaining the professional level would benefit from this approach to practice. It really taught me to not fear any part of a piece. In fact, it taught me how to attack the hardest parts to smooth out the piece with much less effort than just playing it through a zillion times. What amazes me is how fast memorization takes place using this method. I think of my late-middle-aged memory as sieve-like, yet I have pretty much fully memorized two pieces in only a month and a half (one small part left to perfect in Beethoven's Minuet in G.) I can see how well this extrapolates to larger pieces.

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