Customer Reviews

KP1B - Bastien Piano for Adults, 1 Book Only: A Beginning Course: Lessons, Theory, Technic, Sight Reading

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Awesome book. I am about a quarter of the way in and have already made leaps and bounds in my ability. This book was recommended to me by a former piano teacher and professional musician and I would make the same recommendation.

ALthough this book starts out slow for someone like myself who had taken lessons as a younger child, it gets harder very quickly and becomes challenging for someone like myself. I would highly recommend this book for any adult lookign to start playing or pick up the instrument again!

I prefer this method for teaching older children. It moves quickly enough to keep them interested, yet is inclusive of theory, technique and sightreading.

I started with this book about 10 months ago as an adult having never played the piano before. The pace of the book is very good, challenging your abilities but not to the point of frustration. Each chapter starts with theory, then some basic pieces to practice the new theory, building up to more difficult pieces that work on technique and dynamics. There often is a sprinkling of additional theory in each chapter, then some review excercises such as recognizing notes and chords, locating notes on the keyboard, finishing musical pieces with chords, and review of important musical terms. I found that the Masterwork Classics by Jane Magrath to be a good supplement to the Bastien book. The Magrath book has a lot of practices pieces (some more challenging than others) and focuses on playing different notes with left and right hands simultaneously.

AMAZING BOOK! When i was younger my piano teacher used the Bastien series, and after reading other reviews I trusted the Bastien series once again in teaching myself how to play the piano. I've moved along easily in the book, and i'm playing the piano at a great beginner level. Can't wait to complete the book! Easy to follow, and great activities that make you actually learn about the notes and play with ease! Highly Recommended!

I have some music background on another instrument, so perhaps that gives me a slight advantage, but this book really is great. I am using it in a piano class at the community college. We are moving very quickly thru the book but I am picking up on all the songs very quickly, the book gets you into playing fast & progresses you thru different songs & techniques immediately.

I purchased this book without the CD that it usually comes with. I don't feel I'm missing out. Maybe if you are a beginner, the cd would help out greatly, but don't sweat it if your book doesn't happen to be sold with CD intact.
Very happy with this book!
You will begin to learn piano/keyboard in the blink of an eye!
Exciting!

this is great for learning, it covers everything needed in the first few pages, then, if you have done your homework, it jumps from telling you the keys to actually reading them and, you didn't even know you are reading the notes!

I am about 3/4 of the way through the book and I love the teaching style. It incorporates theory into the lessons with a good amount of review and practice. My only complaint is that sometime I will get to the chapter review test and there will be questions I never learned the answers to and it will take quite a bit of searching back through the book to find where I missed it. be sure to read every word on every page, even the fine print.

I found this book was useful and easy to understand. I ordered the book from Amazon and it only took two days to get it.

This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn to play the piano. It moves fast and it is amazing how easy it is to learn. I wish I had this as a teenager.