John W. Schaum Piano Course: Pre-A : The Green Book [Paperback]

John W. Schaum (Author), Helen Frank (Illustrator)

Book Description

A time-honored tradition just got better! The John W. Schaum Piano Course has been newly revised with 100 percent new engravings and typesetting, color highlighting for concept emphasis, updated song titles and lyrics, and full-color illustrations. This is the Primer level.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns; Revised edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769236014
• ISBN-13: 978-0769236018
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 11.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Music > Instruments & Performers > Percussion
  • #18 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Music > Instruments & Performers > Piano
  • #21 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Songbooks

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't have a private instructor? Start here!, February 8, 2006

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P. Ramsey "A.K.A potomuss" (Peoria, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John W. Schaum Piano Course: Pre-A : The Green Book (Paperback)

My wife and I purchased this book for our nine year old daughter so she could learn how to play our family piano. We thought we would try a book and let her go at her own pace to see if she enjoyed it. First of all, the kid loves the book. She's stuck with it and loves to show off her new chops. It's been about three months and she playes everything in the book without a problem. Recently, she's started doing it from memory. We're ready for the next volume to see where it goes, but obviously this book does exactly what it says it will do and she's had a great time doing it. It's light hearted, fun, encourages practice and teaches what it's supposed to. Nuff said!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Beginner Book, April 10, 2007

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Cassandra Dickison "New Piano Teacher" (Danville, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this book for a student who was new to the piano and just beginning lessons. She is a month into it now and is excelling, which I believe can be attributed to the excellent style of this book. It eases beginning students into first knowing the proper hand position, then learning note names, and finally learning to read music on the staff. I especially appreciated that the first few "songs" in the book were repetitive finger exercises, yet still helped the student feel as if she was playing music right away. I will be happy to continue using this series.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can follow it and am teaching myself to play the piano, November 17, 2008

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This review is from: John W. Schaum Piano Course: Pre-A : The Green Book (Paperback)

You can follow right along with the books and it is easy to understand.

Don't expect to learn over night. It has to sink in little by little.

Just keep practicing as much as you can while enjoying it.

You can do one or two lessons a day and repeat as much as the old lessons as you want to do. You will be amazed how you improve. What was hard becomes easy.