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With over 1 million books sold, Rolling Stone Magazine recommends piano professor Damon Ferrante's piano books as the #1 Best Piano Books for Beginners! Based on over 30 years of teaching experience, his easy-to-follow method is used by over a million piano students and teachers. This new edition book and 20 streaming videos provides a complete foundation for learning piano chords, scales, arpeggios, how to read music, piano technique, and basic music theory! This excellent, in-depth book starts at a beginner level and ends with intermediate and advanced concepts. It is a companion with Piano Book for Adult Beginners, Piano Book for Kids 5 & Up, and Beginner Classical Piano Music (all also by Damon Ferrante).No music reading is required. You will learn how to read music with this book and video course!Piano professor Damon Ferrante guides you through 140 step-by-step lessons (for beginner to advanced levels) and 20 streaming video lessons. The video lessons demonstrate piano technique, how to read music, and music theory. You will learn all of the major and minor chords (and inversions), scales, and arpeggios in all keys. The fingerings are all included. As you progress through the book, step by step, you will learn more advanced concepts, like seventh chords, cadence patterns, the modes, and harmonic minor scales.The equivalent of several years of piano lessons, this book and video course will greatly improve your piano technique, music reading, and understanding of music theory. Whether you are teaching yourself piano or learning with a music instructor, this book and streaming video course will take your piano playing to a whole new level!Ask yourself this:1. Have you always wanted to learn how to read music, understand music theory, and play piano scales, chords, and arpeggios, but did not know where to start?2. Did you start piano lessons once and give up because the lessons were too difficult?3. Are you struggling to follow online piano lessons that seem to jump all over the place without any sense of direction or consistency?4. Would you like to expand your musical understanding and learn how to play the piano through an affordable, step-by-step book and streaming video course?If your answer to any of the these questions is yes, then order your copy today and start your exciting piano journey! You will join over 1 million piano students who are making their piano dreams come true!The following materials are covered in this book and streaming video course:* Piano Technique (Beginner to Advanced Levels)* How to Read Music* Music Theory* Major Scales in All Keys (One and Two Octaves)* Minor Scales in All Keys (One and Two Octaves)* Harmonic Minor Scales in All Keys (One and Two Octaves)* Melodic Minor Scales in All Keys (One and Two Octaves)* Major Chords in All Keys* Minor Chords in All Keys* Chromatic Scales* Dominant 7th Chords in All Keys* Minor 7th Chords in All Keys* Major 7th Chords
As a former preteen piano student (who spent long afternoons getting slapped on the back of the hand, playfully of course, by her no-nonsense Russian piano instructor) I was surprised to find that I was starting to become incredibly upset with my former self's lack of persistence. I shouldn't have given up!The book is fantastic.The index terrified me at first, but I realized that it was because it is concise, mature, and easy on the eyes. Rather than learning by a book that oozes kindergarten ABC lessons, the layout of the book and the production of the instructional videos gives more of a serious feeling of educational value and time well spent.I had an overwhelmingly delightful fit of nostalgia throughout the eBook's lessons. Despite my earlier comment, my Russian teacher was a wonderful woman with a terrifying sense of humor, yet there were some things that were missing in our lessons. For instance, within the first minute of the first instructional video, I learned something incredibly important about the very first step of piano playing; form.The position of the camera and the instructions in the videos are flawless. Sitting side by side with an instructor can be difficult, awkward, embarrassing, and you can't really rewind her over and over again. I really enjoy the thought that if I make any mistakes, only I will know! What really caught my eye was the very beginning and the very end of the book. In particular, I wanted so bad to skip past and find out about lesson 36. Aside from lesson 36, there are many more lessons that sneakily teach music theory, your Major and Minor chords, and if you've ever wonder what those black keys are for, well that's in there too!O.K, before I get too carried away, my all time favorite part, the most captivating, I-must-succeed-in-mastering-this-instrument-type of part was the mention of improvised piano playing. Can you imagine being able to read a language of symbols and have that knowledge surge straight from your brain down to your own two hands that then begin constructing beautiful melodies? It's a surreal idea that I suppose a non-musical person, as myself, finds astounding from every angle.And lastly, I'd like to mention that this eBook is going to be the most practical and thoughtful father's day gift I have ever had the opportunity to bestow upon my Papa. He's been playing piano for nearly 40 years.
