Piano For Dummies By Blake Neely: Great Piano Book for Adult Beginners

Most of you may have already heard about the Dummies series of books, which usually target absolute beginners &, to some extent, also those at the intermediate level. And they’re usually quite good for students at those levels. The same applies to the piano book as well.

The bestselling Piano For Dummies book now features a new audio CD.

So have you always wanted to play piano? This revised edition of the popular Piano for Dummies makes it easier and more fun than ever. It also comes with a CD that helps in reinforcing the learning.

If you don’t know how to read music, this book explains in friendly, uncomplicated language all the basics of music theory and applies it to playing the piano.

Though its primarily a beginners book, the book does give you glimpses and few examples of how the pros play.

As I said, if you have already learnt for a few years, chances are you may not find it as useful, or probably limited in scope. But if you have been learning the piano for less than a couple of years, you’ll find lots of good stuff.

The advanced section has some good examples of Intros, fill-ins, endings that you can apply to various kinds of songs. It has examples that explain how you should vary your playing depending on the style (genre) of music, and more.

The only problem is that the number of advanced examples are limited, but then its not meant as a book for the advanced piano players. However, for everybody else its a great book use.
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.

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Main features of the Piano For Dummies book:

• Features fresh and updated practice lessons, teaching techniques, and musical examples, as well as a new audio CD with examples for all pieces presented in the book.
• You get expert information on left- and right-hand piano techniques; playing scales, melodies, harmonies, and chords; and practicing to improve your technique.
• Plenty of popular musical pieces and songs, with companion audio CD to play along with Instruction in playing various musical styles, from classical and rock to blues and country.
• Blake Neely is an Emmy-nominated composer and accomplished pianist who has composed numerous TV and movie scores.

If you’ve always wanted to tickle the ivories, Piano For Dummies is a great ideal resource to have, that is written in a easy & amusing manner! It has plenty of exercises & information that will help you start playing the piano in a matter of a few days.