Book Overview
The long-awaited update to the bestselling Piano For Dummies -featuring a new audio CD Have you always wanted to play piano? This revised edition of the popular Piano for Dummies makes it easier and more fun than ever. 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. 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. This new edition 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. Everything you need to start playing piano today 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 like a pro, Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your ideal resource Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0470496444
ISBN13:9780470496442
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:For Dummies
Length:359 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:9.3" x 1.0" x 7.3"
Customer Reviews
6 ratings
worst book ever
Published by kitty , 5 years ago
not a good book, very little to learn from this
Ok for reference, not for playing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 6 years ago
This book provides a good amount of useful information but I would absolutely not recommend using it to learn how to play. Given that this book is intended to teach you how to play, I would say this book fails to do so. The book doesn't have any practice material that is good for people who are new to the piano, and so if you pick up this book and try to practice with it you will quickly conclude that you must a few brain cells shy of a "dummy." Then you'll give up.
This book makes me think that piano is too hard. I understand the concepts, but I can't play the songs. This book discourages me from even trying to touch the instrument. I then bought a different piano book which provided proper practice material and now piano is fun to learn.
You can buy this book if you want, but I wouldn't recommend it at all. Unless you only want to use it for learning concepts without touching a piano, in that case the book is perfectly fine.
easy to read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
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 dry manner, so if that is what you want, fine, no reason to get uptight about a book that trys to use a more human touch. I want to also make it clear that the book does not tell jokes per say, so you dont have to read through long groaners to get to the material. The author simply interjects personal examples. Its a technique that is used in all the dummies books, if you dont like it, dont read dummies books.
A solid choice for a disciplined student
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
You may not like the sense of humor, the book may not cover every little nuance of proper piano technique, and yes, it has that annoying word "dummies" in its title. Agreed. However, try this on for size: I'm learning to play the piano and I can attribute that directly to this book. I found this book more accessible than three other piano books I checked out in my library; the pace and organization are just right; and there's a helpful accompanying CD that lets one measure up to "the real thing." I've had very little musical experience in my life, but thanks to this book I can play quite a few songs after only a month and a half and I'm confident that I'm on the road to being a pretty darn decent pianist. Assuredly, I expect that at some point I'll need a real human being to steer me along, but at this point there's no need to spend $30-$40 an hour to learn musical fundamentals that can easily be obtained in a book. I can confidently recommend this book.
Rekindled my interest
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I took lessons as a child but had been away from the piano for over 20 years. This book gave me just what I needed to jump-start my piano playing again. It is written with a sense of humor that kept my interest--UNLIKE most books of this type which are written by musicians who take themselves far too seriously.
One heck of a helpful book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
One of my biggest dreams is to be able to play the piano. About 80% of my family can already do so, but no one ever had the time or the patience to teach me. Now I'm well on my way to fulfilling my dream with a little help with this funny and easy to understand book. I love it. I also enjoy playing along with the CD it comes with.
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