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Series: Complete Piano Player | Publication Date: January 1997

The best-selling piano method continues to be a teacher and student favorite.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the older person who wants to learn piano, June 15, 2002

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Todd Gack "sizzzzlerz" (Milpitas, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Piano Player: Omnibus Edition (Complete Piano Player Series) (Paperback)

After having been a musician in school many years ago, I decided to buy an electronic keyboard and learn to play the piano. Browsing the beginning piano lesson books, I found too many that were too basic (what is a note?) to too advanced. I then stumbled across this gem and decided to buy it. What a great decision!

The early chapters do present some basic music theory which I quickly browsed through. Later chapters though provided me with enough challenge to push me. When the pieces were mastered I moved to the next. I really felt my skills at the keyboard increase.

What makes this book so good are the arrangements. The songs are, for the most part, pieces I know and like and range from traditional to popular to classical. The structure of the arrangements provides a pleasing sound yet aren't terribly difficult to master. Even though I have moved beyond this book, I still return to it on occasion to replay pieces that I really enjoy ("This Nearly Was Mine" still gives me chills when I play it).

I highly recommend this book to the older person who has some musical training, however rusty, and would like to extend it to playing the piano.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Wonderful, January 29, 2001

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Shachii Manik "s_ruby" (Mumbai, India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Piano Player: Omnibus Edition (Complete Piano Player Series) (Paperback)

I think this book is absolutely wonderful. I have been wanting to learn to play the piano, but hven't got a chance to take lessons. This book takes you step by step, from the extreme basics of piano upto a level where you can play some popular songs. It is a must-buy for all aspiring piano players.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well thought out lessons to help gradually gain piano skills, October 29, 2006

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N. Shih "na" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Piano Player: Omnibus Edition (Complete Piano Player Series) (Paperback)

I began learning the piano at the age of 5 and stopped at 10 to give time to the clarinet. Since then I have lost my coordination between my left and right hand. This book recomposes a lot of familiar, old classics (ob di la was my favorite and brought back so much memories!) in varying skill progressions so that each new lesson is a build up of a previous lesson. In just a month, I am already in book 4 and loving how the book guides one through a bit at a time. I have observed improvement in the coordination of my 2 hands and relearning how to be more familiar in reading the keys in treble clef again. I have been going through this book so fast because I can recognize each song and thus find enjoyable to play -- I have to say, I have a bit of a knack for sight reading though.

Some of the pieces I thought were strangely composed though; but perhaps it is just my lack of appreciation of the esoteric beauty of la musique.

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