Alfred's Basic Adult All-In-One Course, Bk 1: Lesson * Theory * Technic, Comb Bound Book

Perfect

Very good book for beginners

Binding is good, helps to turn pages

This is an effective way to get your co ordination and fingering right on the piano from the start, however it does not teach a lot of other techniques, also perseverence is the key since it takes quite a while to get the exercises right. Would recommend picking this up along with the piano4all course on udemy

I like the presentation of the content in this book, very interesting. Multi color print with good quality pages. the comb is also good to use it on piano. Gradually it increases the difficulty level and its good for the learner. Thanks to Publisher and authors of this book. The book came in not so good packaging and its cover page was bit bent. Seller has to take care of good packaging as this is costly book and Buyer wishes to get it in mint condition. though it was arrived on time. In short its recommended to purchase for the effective learning. PS: I received only the book and there was no Audio CD but we can get the pieces on youtube easily. so no need of CD.

I am a self learner of piano from past 1 year and I used this book initially as a PDF but decided to get the hard copy as I found it good for developing proper two hand playing fundamentals and gradually move to more complex classical pieces (and not just play easy pop songs) for which I feel being able to read sheet music is essential and this book does a good job at explaining those concepts.

Follow it page by page....with everyday practice maybe in 3 months you can complete it. Its too too too damn good . 7 stars

I have used this book and the Level 2 and Level 3 books in the past myself, and purchased it again for one of my students. It will not fail to deliver results you expect. Not only does it teach you how to play the Piano, it also teaches you how to read/write music notation, and also the essentials of music theory needed to play. Good luck with your learning!

I'm old now, but in my teens I played flute to grade 3 and keyboard had become a recognised instrument around the time, and I did my grade 1. Meanwhile 30 years passes with no interest in any instrument or need to read music, hence my starting point is having some understanding of reading music but am very, very rusty. Plus, predominantly being used to flute, where you only play one note at a time from the treble clef, looking at the grand staff is very disorienting. I've had this book a few days and it's been quite good overall. A good mix of introducing a concept or chord, then putting it into a bit of practice with a very short piece, small chunks of music theory with some audience participation (you're asked to write in the book to help reinforce and remember concepts), rinse and repeat. I quite like the pacing of it overall, but it does feel a little chaotic. The issues I have with it are that I hate the "finger number" system used, it's completely slowing down learning to sight read and I feel it's a bad habit forming, even though I understand it exists as you do need strategies for where to position your hands on the keys - I just wish it would tell you the hand position at the very start and nowhere else as it's such a massive crutch and a block to learning properly. Another minor grumble is common with most books, in that the music pieces are old stuffy (presumably copyright free) pieces of music that feel quite juvenile, though at least they're not nursery rhymes or anything that bad. I still give 5 stars for this because it's affordable for what you get, there does seem to be method to the madness, and I'm sure going through the book and jumping backwards to try and make knowledge stick (particularly with chords) when you feel you're not quite ready to progress will work in the long term. I have reached a sticking point where suddenly I can't play the piece, but overall the pacing has been good. I would recommend, but I have also recently ordered the "piano adventures" book 1 to supplement this.

Muy útil y práctico para las clases de piano, llega en buenas condiciones. El contenido bastante completo. Obviamente viene todo en Inglés.

This course book has been the perfect way to start learning as an adult. My tutor guided me through it, it is very well laid out and easy to follow. Makes learning as an adult more accessible!

Ho provato diversi libri per lo studio del pianoforte, tra cui lo Stark, Pianorama e James Bastien, ma questo è assolutamente il migliore. La musica è come una lingua straniera, va ascoltata oltre che suonata e per quasi ogni brano c'è un CD (o youtube, un sacco di pianisti hanno riproposto i brani) che riproduce gli spartiti. Lo consiglio

J'utilise cette méthode en parallèle de mes cours en école de musique. Elle m'est très utile car elle me permets de travailler progressivement : exercices des doigts, apprentissage des accords, enchaînement des accords. Tout cela avec des morceaux simples et progressifs en parallèle des exercices.