The Only Basic Piano Instruction Book You'll Ever Need: Learn to Play--from Reading Your First Notes to Constructing Complex Chords

by Brooke Halpin

Lots of piano books offer either in-depth analysis or quick gimmicks that don't really teach music theory. But The Only Basic Piano Instruction Book You'll Ever Need is different. For students who want to learn the basics and dive right into playing, this book skips all the unnecessary trivia on the history of pianos and avoids lengthy digressions on classical and contemporary musicians. Instead, it focuses specifically on piano instruction and includes the basics of musical terms, definitions, note-reading structure, and time and key signatures; the foundations for chords and more complicated note constructs; exercises and sample pieces of music that range from playing simple notes to combining harmony and melody; and much more! Perfect even for those starting from scratch, The Only Basic Piano Book You'll Ever Need makes learning to play a cinch.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 22, 2006

Reviews

[Alexandra Chauran]

Despite the pompous title, this is actually a really good piano book. I played when I was a little kid and I still remember how to read music, so I flew through the first third of the book before hitting a challenge. The practice pieces are actually quite beautiful, and I believe that I shall make a copy of one that I am on before returning it to the library and will consider checking it out again. Note: I got the Kindle version of this book, and it was well formatted.

[Timothy McElmury]

A decent book that’s a bit dry for me. Not a textbook but close.