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Re[2]: GG: piano playing
If you already play another instrument and are learning to play
the piano, then an adult method book is probably all you need,
together with some really good music that is not too hard to
play: Handel suites, easier Mozart pieces, etc. etc. Also I
think the red, blue, and gold books from the "Music for
Millions" series (easy classics to moderns, more easy classics
to moderns, and classics to moderns in the intermediate grade)
are excellent repertoire books offering short, easy pieces from
a variety of style periods.
If don't play *any* instrument or read music, and you're trying
to learn to play the piano, I think you could save a lot of time
by making a *separate* study of music theory. That way you
could learn to read at an expedited rate and you could learn
some basic theory and harmony at the same time. I like the
Robert Ottman books "Elementary Harmony" and "Advanced Harmony"
(if I am remembering the titles correctly: the first two books,
I think one is blue and the other is purple, I think . . .)
mw :-)
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Subject: Re: GG: piano playing
Author: Arin Murphy <la_murph@alcor.concordia.ca> at internet
Date: 1/31/97 12:40 PM
Hi Bradley - are we doing this almost simultaneously?
Yes, I know about the John Holt book - I've tried to order it, but it's
a bit expensive. Anyone seen secondhand copies?
There's a similar title for starting the piano as an adult called _Piano
Lessons: Music, Love and True Adventures_ written by Noah Adams. It's
available in hardcover now, but it's being issued in trade paperback in
April, at about fifteen dollars. (I love working in a bookstore -
although it gets a bit dangerous financially!)
Arin Murphy
Concordia University, Montreal
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