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 Don't have a private instructor? Start here! February 9, 2006
P. Ramsey (Peoria, IL United States)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
My wife and I purchased this book for our nine year old daughter so she could learn how to play our family piano. We thought we would try a book and let her go at her own pace to see if she enjoyed it. First of all, the kid loves the book. She's stuck with it and loves to show off her new chops. It's been about three months and she playes everything in the book without a problem. Recently, she's started doing it from memory. We're ready for the next volume to see where it goes, but obviously this book does exactly what it says it will do and she's had a great time doing it. It's light hearted, fun, encourages practice and teaches what it's supposed to. Nuff said!
Excellent Beginner Book April 10, 2007
Cassandra Dickison (Danville, KY USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for a student who was new to the piano and just beginning lessons. She is a month into it now and is excelling, which I believe can be attributed to the excellent style of this book. It eases beginning students into first knowing the proper hand position, then learning note names, and finally learning to read music on the staff. I especially appreciated that the first few "songs" in the book were repetitive finger exercises, yet still helped the student feel as if she was playing music right away. I will be happy to continue using this series.
Great piano book August 26, 2007
momofthree (TN USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have used this book for about 5 yrs now and I love it. It is set up the way I like to teach. The child starts playing the piano the first lesson. The discount on buying 3 and getting 1 free was great and the delivery was good. Thank you!
Good, basic piano lessons January 8, 2008
Carol L
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I learned from these books, along with the Thompson series. I have been teaching piano now for nearly 30 yrs. and have tried many other series, always coming back to the Schaum books. I find them to teach everything needed, having complete sets of workbooks as well as the lesson books and technic books. They move at the correct rate with songs my pupils enjoy overall. Other series I have tried or pupils have come with have been more frustrating- trying to move too fast for the students to learn well. The old adage "if it ain't broke don't fix it" works here. These worked years ago and they still do. Sometimes "new" isn't necessarily better.
I can follow it and am teaching myself to play the piano November 17, 2008
MomsView-com (EAST ROCKAWAY, NY USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
You can follow right along with the books and it is easy to understand.
Don't expect to learn over night. It has to sink in little by little.
Just keep practicing as much as you can while enjoying it.
You can do one or two lessons a day and repeat as much as the old lessons as you want to do. You will be amazed how you improve. What was hard becomes easy.
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