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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 786.2071 EAN: 9780764551055 ISBN: 0764551051 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: September 18, 1998 Publisher: For Dummies Studio: For Dummies Sales Rank: 15576
Product Description: 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!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great for beginners
I did not have any idea how to play a piano-this book really helps explain in an easy to understand format.
Rating: - really for dummies...
It was my first "for dummies" book and most probably the last. The book is big and empty; the author should have used at most 50 pages. The CD contains short musical clips that you've probably heard before ... Read More
Rating: - Piano for Dummies
I like this book, well organized and easy to follow instructions. Easy to read to. Basic concepts are covered with some expanded details. Definitely recommend to other for its well written.
Rating: - easy to read
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 ... Read More
Rating: - An easy way to learn...
It's very easy to learn piano with the this book and it's really funny. You learn without the stress of a regular "learning manual".
- Great for beginners
- really for dummies...