Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Greatest Hits Book 3 (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course) (Paperback)

by Alfred Publishing (Author), E. L. Lancaster (Editor), Morton Manus (Editor)
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Product Description
Alfred's Greatest Hits series has overwhelmingly been accepted by students and teachers. This series combines just the right combination of hits from Broadway, Hollywood, television and recordings! As you might expect from Alfred, this series offers a rare combination of great music arranged with care and creativity. Your adult students can savor the excitement of playing pop music and reap the benefits from making practicing more fun and rewarding.

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073901644X
• ISBN-13: 978-0739016442
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #755,918 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Harder than Expected, March 28, 2008

By	M. Matthews - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Greatest Hits, Level 1 (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Series) (Paperback)

I am using the Adult All-In-One piano course book (which is great, by the way) to learn piano. I bought this book when I reached the point in the course book telling me I was "ready" to play more songs. Wow, this book is much harder than expected. Although the course book tells you which pages you're ready to play, you haven't really reached this ability. It's taken me a while but I finally learned the first song! I wish a CD was available as many of these songs I don't know (yes, the song can be searched online to figure out the basic beat, but a CD would be more convenient and practical). Overall, I was disappointed with this book because I eagerly anticipated being able to play more songs than the ones I had learned in the course book and really wanted to practice before moving farther along. As an adult, it's hard to find books with easy songs that aren't kids songs. I've found a few online, but in the meantime I will keep working with this book as I do like a challenge.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overall a decent product by Alfred's, August 14, 2007

By	J N "Harshrealm112" (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Greatest Hits, Level 1 (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Series) (Paperback)

I had just started learning piano at a late age, with no piano nor musical background whatsoever and the Alfred books make it learning almost effortless. This book is harder than the level 1 adult course book I'm at but I enjoy learning piece #1, Love Me Tender.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars could have better arrangement, January 3, 2007

By	J. Zhao - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Greatest Hits, Level 1 (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Series) (Paperback)

This book contains many beautiful songs, but the arrangement is not that well done. "What a wonderful world" sounded awful here. Some of the better ones are also just OK. I understand this is a beginner book hence the songs are made easy; but I didn't enjoy much learning to play the tunes. My other textbooks are much better.