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John W. Schaum Piano Course: E-The Violet Book

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I used the John W. Schaum Piano Course when I took piano lessons as a child. I think it's a great series. When I returned to playing as an adult, I bought all the books in the series, started at the beginners book and worked forward. I found my recall was enhanced by the familiarity of the book and by the logical steps these books make in teaching piano. I recommend the book and the series to anyone learning or returning to piano.

I learned on these books waaaay back in the early 1960s. They're still a great approach to learning. And now that I teach, I use the whole series - in addition to outside pieces as part of the transition away from them - to expose students to the wealth of music Classical composers gave us, many of which have no contemporary equivalents.

All of John W. Schaum's books in this course are wonderful! The E book is more advanced music, as the course is designed. I grew up on John W. Schaum's course and am so ecstatically happy that I can still use that course to teach my students!

I recently got a piano, and since I haven't played in 30 years, decided to start over with these books I used as a kid. They are just as good as I remember!