All five books of The Complete Piano Player series are published in this single volume at a substantial savings over the price of the 5 individual books. Comes complete with Keyboard Chart.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
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,
By 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.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really Wonderful,
By
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.
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,
By
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.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
This is the first book in an exciting new piano course called The Complete Piano Player. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original hand position, new hand position, pass thumb, wrist staccato, hold pedal, sustaining pedal, hand octaves, ole house, dotted eighth note, allied rights, tune starts, four quarter notes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Division of Music Sales Corp, Dorsey Bros, Richard Rodgers, Music Corp, New York, Oscar Hammerstein, Copyright Renewed, Northern Songs Limited, Los Angeles, Sunset Boulevard, Book Three, Maclen Music, Bang Bang, Book Four, United States of America, Bird Hill, Book Two, Bossa Nova, Howard Brown Photography, International Standard Book Number, Kenneth Baker All, Music Box Dancer, Music Sales Corporation, Park Avenue South, Paul Simon New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
This is the first book in an exciting new piano course called The Complete Piano Player. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original hand position, new hand position, pass thumb, wrist staccato, hold pedal, sustaining pedal, hand octaves, ole house, dotted eighth note, allied rights, tune starts, four quarter notes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Division of Music Sales Corp, Dorsey Bros, Richard Rodgers, Music Corp, New York, Oscar Hammerstein, Copyright Renewed, Northern Songs Limited, Los Angeles, Sunset Boulevard, Book Three, Maclen Music, Bang Bang, Book Four, United States of America, Bird Hill, Book Two, Bossa Nova, Howard Brown Photography, International Standard Book Number, Kenneth Baker All, Music Box Dancer, Music Sales Corporation, Park Avenue South, Paul Simon New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
