Total Piano Tutor: The Ultimate Guide to Learning and Mastering the Piano

by Terry Burrows

Go from piano novice to classical or jazz soloist in no time with this unique audio-visual crash course. It provides all the guidance needed to develop basic keyboard skills from scratch, or to renew forgotten ones. Exercises are shown diagrammatically in more than 1,000 computer-generated examples, many of which can also be heard on the accompanying CD. By the end of the course, students will have mastered fundamental keyboard theory and skills well enough to perform the solo pieces included.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

Reviews

[J. Bhardwaj · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing! The first book for the Piano enthusiasts!

[Stephen L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's a lot of typos that can confuse the student, but more importantly there are problems with CD that comes with it. The first 16 Tracks are totally useless since the pitch is majorly off, which would baffle anybody trying to learn from scratch.

It concerns me to the point of not being sure if I should continue reading/learning from it... If something as important as pitch is off by a such a great shot, and many words are incorrect, I wonder if more important information within the book is correct.

[Peter Donovan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting biographies of pianist's through the ages from classical to jazz add some flavour to the tedious theory behind learning to play the piano.

[Viv · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has an interactive cd and would be suitable for an adult beginner.

[James Piper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful intro to playing the piano.