Accelerated Piano Adventures For The Older Beginner, Technique and Artistry Book 1
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| Publisher : | Faber Piano Adventures; Illustrated edition (January 1, 2004) |
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| Language : | English |
| Paperback : | 64 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 1616774207 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-1616774202 |
| Item Weight : | 8 ounces |
| Dimensions : | 9 x 0.2 x 12 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #7,368 in Humor & Entertainment (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 304 ratings |
25 reviews for Accelerated Piano Adventures For The Older Beginner, Technique and Artistry Book 1
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Excellent guitar method.
This is a complete down to earth guitar method which I’m certain that a six year old can comprehend, and succeed.
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Guitar lesson for a Senior
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Excellent beginner’s resource!
Solid resource for beginners. Gradual progression in difficulty with popular licks like Greensleeves, Star Spangled banner etc thrown in early enough to keep you motivated. There are youtube support videos for all the tracks that someone has created. All in all a great resource.
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Durable book that is easy to follow
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I play better than prince now.
I bought this guitar book and although I’m disappointed it didn’t include an actual guitar and 30 free hours of instruction for the price, I now can play better than Prince, May he Rest In Peace.
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For every guitar lover
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I have been very busy but the content is good for the money spent
I have been very busy but the content is good for the money spent. I will use it and enjoy the knowledge it can give me.
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Always wanted to play guitar.
Like the spiral binding. Makes it easy to use on a stand. My teacher recommend this book.
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however is great book and I have made much progress in just …
Could be more clear about fret position for self-taught learners, however is great book and I have made much progress in just a month.
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Shown to professional guitar player
I shown this book to a professional flamenco guitar player who is also my Spanish teacher and he said that this book will allow me to go anywhere I want to with this book, whether it’s fingerpicking country songs or heavy metal I’ll be able to branch off from this book alone. He also learned from books so he knows a good book when he sees one and he was super impressed with this one.
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Recommended Guitar Book
This was the recommended guitar book from the music school. We originally bought only book 1, but that went by pretty quick (~2-3months). Recommend to purchase this complete series instead of book by book.
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Best book for beginners with old time ethic.
This is a very comprehensive intro to the guitar. If one were to buy only one book to begin this should be the one. I have gifted it to two others already who were just beginning. For those who do not already read music, this will get them up to primary speed easily. If one were to simply follow this instruction and remain OFF YouTube, they would become proficient. The YouTube gig only complicates the process as well as displays many bad options. Just get a private quiet place and work through it. There is no shortcut, no play in 5 minutes. Just get over it and LEARN it properly. Without that ideal as a guide you will simply have a guitar in the closet somewhere soon. Without the old time ethic of simply settling in to actually learn something students will always give up and drift away from the goal.
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Worked Fantastic For Self Guided Learning
I am using this to learn at home without in person instruction or tabs. The lessons are easy to follow with what feels like a nice pace. Exercises give good tips to pay attention to.
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Essential Book, but get the one with audio files.
Must have book for beginners to learn how to read sheet music. Beware, though, that this version does not have the accompanying audio files which makes things less useful since you can’t see how something is played, particularly for the more obscure tunes. Overall, would buy again if I lost it, it I’d get the one that has the audio files.
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Outstanding method book
This book is outstanding!If you want to teach or learn by method, this book is really hard to beat. By the time you’re through all three sections, you’ll be able to:-Read music-play most any chord in a pop fake book-know more than basic rhythms-know finger picking patterns (including Travis picking)Once done, you’ll be able to pick up just about any guitar songbook and play along.
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Easy to follow
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Not a bad start
This is more for a begginer however its lessons do go from very begginers to the experts. In the start it does tell you how a scale is formatted and notes are counted, does spend time teaching you to read them. However thats what I wanted, yes I know the scale (I played clarinet in school) yes I know how to read notes. I also didn’t know how to play a C on a guitar. This is not really for someone who wants to just play songs on this is more for someone who wants to learn a wide verity of songs, from country to rock, classical to metal. If you want to specialize in one maybe this book isn’t for you. However I like this book because its not just a tab book of here is Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” (its playing on the TV at this time) or whatever song you may want to play.
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Warning – this does NOT come with access to the audio files
Pay attention to which of these you are buying. I didn’t as I assumed they all came with audio access.If the particular version you are purchasing does not specifically state audio access you will not be able to access the online audio files to play along with.Lesson format seems solid – unfortunately I’ll be purchasing a second copy so I have online access.
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Received promptly and without product bloat.
I hate going to music stores: limited choices, inflated prices on materials written decades ago, trying to find options sourced from other stores… Modern music outlets just suck.The fact that I can buy the same book online, minus the triple inflated price point because of DRM coded audio books included, is amazing. Wife and sister-in-law will love using this to learn and for me to brush up on my music reading skills that are lacking.
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Good for my kid
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So here’s the deal I got exactly what I ordered.There are two versions of the book.One is about 10 bucks more and under the “guitar method” on the front cover, top left, there is (in 10 point smaller type “Audio Access Included”).My book doesn’t have that. I purchased this precisely because the Bass Book came with audio, I just didn’t realise there is a version without the audio. And as others have pointed out, why would you sell a version without the audio.This is pretty scummy, I don’t really mind paying extra (but get this: audio is *free* with the excellent “fundamental changes” books). But having two versions, with no way to get the extra content is just annoying.I went to the Hal Leonard website and there seems to be no option to purchase the audio tracks.Amazon should make it clearer in the listing that there are two versions. So now I am faced with the choice of just using this as is, or returning it (which is a hassle).As the other 1 star reviews might indicate this is just dumb deceptive marketing. Change the cover in a more visible way, or offer the means to purchase the content online. how hard could the latter be? you’d actually make customers happy.Stupid, stupid, stupid.Makes me want to avoid Hal Leonard products in future. And that’s a shame, because the content seems pretty good.
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Helpful for beginners
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Very thorough
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Binding needs to be better quality
The binding is very weak. I had to replace it almost immediately and that’s kind of annoying. Wish they’d fix that as my guitar teacher stated it happens to most of his students.(I’ve purchased both the print edition and the kindle edition when I lost the printed version)
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I would highly recommend this book to anyone that want to learn to …
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that want to learn to play the guitar!!! I have been playing acoustic Guitar for several years using tabs.. I decided i would like to learn to read music and play it on my guitar…. This book makes reading music and playing it super easy!!! You learn the notes one string at a time, at your own pace…. And it don’t stop there you learn chords,strumming(something i had problems with) and more. I have other lesson books that don’t come anywhere close to comparing to this book…
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Great beginner guitar book!
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The Best, Most Complete Basic Guitar Method Book
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okay
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Great method for teachers to use!
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Practice and Self-Guided Studies
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Where the notes are on the fret board.
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technical acuracy
easy to understand. an area that is often not approached by aspiring musicians probably because it can appear daunting, not attractive to the weekender. But can be the most important element for the long term, and rich friendship music can have in store for anyone seeking a buddy.
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Great book for beginner guitarists.
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Excellent quality.
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A must have in your collection
A very complete method, covers a very wide variety of topics, can be used as a stand alone method or can be seen as a reference tool.Amazon didnt provide audio, didnt work, so I contacted Hal Leonard and next day they provided me mp3 files.
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Excellent book for beginning guitarist, and for other players needing music reading practice
This book is good for kids and adults alike. Goes nice and easy, nothing too complicated, but still covers all the basics. Would highly recommend for anyone just beginning to play guitar. It’s also a great refresher for those who have been playing chords awhile, but never learned to read music. I’ve been playing guitar for 8 years, but mostly chords. I never really practiced reading music. My son is now taking lessons, and his teacher uses this book. I’m now learning along with my son. It’s never too late to teach an old dog a new trick!
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All levels of learning
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Great start
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Great book
really useful for beginners
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She says it’s very good and easy to use
Bought as a gift for my grandchild . She says it’s very good and easy to use .
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Otherwise it looked really good.
I had toreturn this item there was no DVD to accompany it. Otherwise it looked really good.
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Money Well Spent!
Awesome! Says its used but looks very new 🙂 On google play book 1 is more than this, and this is book 1, 2, and 3.
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no audio support for this book
there is no audio for this version making it useless. Amazon didn’t make this clear so i bought a guitasr book i can’t learn from
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Well laid out, easy to understand
Easy to learn from
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Great buy! Great Price!
I’ve only been using this book a few days and I’m several lessons, notes, songs, chords and notes in! It teaches you quickly and easily! Having never played guitar before this week, I have complete confidence that this was the right purchase for a beginner.
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Great for a beginner adult
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three books in one
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Amazon Customer –
Five Stars
Great for my 16 year old student that has never had one music lesson.
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Becky Stogsdill –
Five Stars
Love this for my older students.
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Jenny Stratton –
Five Stars
Good, good stuff!
lori –
Five Stars
A great method of teaching piano.
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Five Stars
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Four Stars
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I’m Improved 🙂
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Belén Tuyub –
Libro 🙂
Excelente libro, la entrega un poco tarda pero bien!
lisa –
Good
This is what the piano teacher wanted and it worked great.
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Very, very majestic quality. Comely packaging. Delivery was fine. Recommended
Very, very majestic quality. Comely packaging. Delivery was fine. Recommended
Burton, OH –
Ordered by accident
I actually ordered this accidentally thinking I was ordering the lesson book–which I highly recommend. This is well done. I just find that I would rather have most of my beginning piano students just concentrate on what is in the lesson book so they can progress faster. It’s just me. If you are after a beginning book on piano technique, it’s one of the better ones.
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Evan –
Great fit and proper magnification.
The glasses are perfect. I ordered the set, but obviously can only wear one pair at a time, as I am always losing a pair. Or leaving them somewhere. I am very pleased with my purchase. I like the soft sleeve each pair comes in. Perfect for cleaning and leaving them scratch free.
Mary Belle Rafert –
Help for the advanced piano player
A fifteen year old teenager likes this book for the approach it uses to point out the importance of theory.
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Paul S. Greene –
New student.
Great for new students.
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MontyRT –
Good book.
As described.
Michelle L. Kemper –
I like it and it was recommended by my Piano Teacher
Good for adults
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Maestrazim –
This book encourages creativity
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