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How to Play the Piano Despite Years of Lessons: What Music Is and How to Make It at Home (Paperback)

by Ward Cannel (Composer), Fred Marx (Composer)
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This method is a truly entertaining approach to learning how to play the piano. Written by Ward Cannel of the Piano Consortium, the method breaks down music theory into visual concepts which are fun and easy to grasp, so you can learn to play the music you want to play! Perfect for those piano lesson dropouts!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great...., July 17 2004
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A very simple, easy to use introduction to music. I found this and Ariella Vaccarino's "Voice Lessons to go" series the two best purchases I have made this year. American Idol here I come!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not an easy read for a beginner, Jan 21 2004
By John S. Buchmann (West Chester, pa United States) - See all my reviews
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I am a total beginner when it comes to playing the piano, so I found this book very hard to read. I think it assumes a certain level of knowledge on the reader. However, I did understand alot of it because I read basic piano theory from the book called "Play Piano in a Flash". That book was over simplified, but it taught me enough to understand alot of this book.

There are some major problems that I found with this book. First, all the diagrams are hand-drawn. I found it very distracting to read notes that are hand-drawn... sometimes very sloppily. And many of the weird piano symbols are hard to make out because of the sloppiness. The book was written in the 1970's so that helps explain why it's hand-drawn instead of a nice sharp computerized graphic.

I also found that the explanations of the diagrams were not good. Some chord notes that were drawn didn't seem to be in the right place... either there are lots of mistakes, or i'm just not understanding things. This added to the frustration.

The sample songs are just not familiar to me. Maybe if you're 50+ years old you would know the songs, but not if you're younger!

I actually did learn things in this book... that is why i gave it 2 stars.

Maybe I would like this book better if I alreay had lots of piano experience. I don't know. I'm totally frustrated with this book. I'm going to buy a similar book called "How to play from a Fake book". Hopefully that will be better for me.

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4.0 out of 5 stars very useful and unique for those who know a little piano, Jan 16 2004
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This book is the most unique and pragmatic approach to learning piano I've ever seen. I had a few years of formal/classical piano lessons when I was young and forgot almost everything. But it felt like this book was written with people like me in mind. I'm still in the middle of reading the book, and it's already opened my eyes to how music in general is put together. It demystifies what I've seen a lot of classical composers do while also giving me confidence to go ahead and start making music on my own.

The only criticism that I have about this book is that the music samples are really old. It was published back in the 70's and uses pieces that are copyrighted anywhere between the 1920's to 1950's. So if you want to try out some of the techniques that this book talks about, you should have some idea of what types of songs you'd like to try out on your own (unless you're familiar with the samples of music in the book). I personally was interested in learning church praise songs on piano and had my own resources of songs (w/ chords) to choose from, so this book worked out for me.

Also, if you're interested in really understanding music theory, don't let this be your only book. It's a good start, but there are better books out there for that (or even free web sites where you can learn that stuff).

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Goldmine!
This book literally changed my life. I cannot keep my fingers off the piano now. As a kid, I took six years of lessons, and I continued to play a few favorite songs on occasion... Read more
Published on Dec 16 2003 by keats

5.0 out of 5 stars This is actually a cookbook
Many of those who have reviewed this book here mention that it is a book on music theory. Yes there is some theory in this book and some of it is hard to find in other beginning... Read more
Published on July 16 2003 by Photoguy

4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Book
This worthwhile book, while not a beginner's book (as the title tells you), is packed with detailed information not found in other books. Read more
Published on Jun 24 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Very different...
Being a person that fits the title rather well, I was browsing through amazon for some good books to get started playing piano/keyboard again. Read more
Published on May 21 2003 by Jo Totland

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT "How to play..."
A useful book if you want to learn how to play keyboard from a "fake book" (meaning: not with a grand staff notation, but with the melody in G-staff and chord letters). Read more
Published on Oct 29 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Badly needs updated example songs.
I won't belabor the point that this is an excellent book. Completely readable. I checked it out from the library a few years back and didn't quite finish it - too bad, because... Read more
Published on Aug 1 2002 by E. Anderson

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
This book will tell you how to play the music you like, rather than leaving you stuck in the piano lesson hell of listening to your teacher say "no" when you hit a wrong... Read more
Published on July 14 2002 by stature

5.0 out of 5 stars Get. This. Book. NOW...
There are some books that are so good, that you can't help but sound like a brainless, gushing idiot when praising them. This book is one of them. Read more
Published on May 25 2002 by NYC_Babe

5.0 out of 5 stars Great all-around musical theory book
This is simply a wonderful book. It is marvelous instruction material no matter what instrument you intend to play (guitar in my case, not piano). Read more
Published on April 4 2002 by bjs53

5.0 out of 5 stars De-mystifies without trivializing
As I read this book I was amazed at how many things I learned. I am coming back to learning the piano and I already know the basics. Read more
Published on Feb 28 2002 by jplortie

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