Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner Technique & Artistry Book 2
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| ASIN : | 1616774215 |
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| Publisher : | Faber Piano Adventures; Illustrated edition (January 1, 2009) |
| Language : | English |
| Paperback : | 72 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 9781616774219 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-1616774219 |
| Item Weight : | 7.2 ounces |
| Dimensions : | 9 x 0.23 x 12 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #25,328 in Humor & Entertainment (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 112 ratings |
13 reviews for Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner Technique & Artistry Book 2
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Great if you are able to read sheet music
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Alfred’s is a great way to learn
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Five Stars
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Good audio but poor packing.
Good audio but poor packing also no track list.
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Five Stars
Easy to understand..
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Bought as gift for a friend. He loves it.
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This is a great book. I’ve used it with many students
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One Star
Okay to read but learned better through YouTube, will need to take lessons.
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Challenging experience
I bought this book recommendation of my daughter’s guitar teacher. She is starting her fourth year of private guitar lessons (she’s 11) and has gone through the three youth manuals that were available. We got this one just before she left for summer vacation so she’d have something new to work on before she came back to lessons in the fall. Working through it on her own was definitely a challenge for her (she had difficulties playing with the CD, mainly because she couldn’t keep up and she was confused since some tracks have multiple parts being played and she didn’t realize she was only supposed to be playing one of them – she did not have a chance to see her teacher for any instruction after the book arrived) but she made great progress with it on her own during the summer. Upon her return, her teacher explained to her how to use the book along with the CD and she’s made great progress. It has helped her work on all facets of her playing – chords, rhythm, scales, melody, etc.
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Four Stars
The book is most helpful.
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Easy to read
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Good book to learn from
Easy to use
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good basic method
I have already used book 1, but I find some directions a little difficult to understand in book 2. For instance, it is not always clear which part is to be played by the teacher, and which part is to be performed by the student.
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Good book
Good product
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The Next Step
Useful book, written in the same style as Book 1, so if you got on well with that one, this should suit you fine!
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Five Stars
Exactly what was needed.
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Very disappointed the ad was misleading as the book did not …
Very disappointed the ad was misleading as the book did not look like the picture and was expecting a cd with the book
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Bought this for my son at the recommendation of his …
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Great for beginners
Great book for the true beginner. I use it in conjunction with my teacher’s book as an added challenge to what he’s teaching me. Will get you playing the basic rock beats, fills, and some jazz too.
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I am happy with the purchase
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Now to find a teacher to work with this book
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Poor Kindle Version with no Sound Files or Links
This review is for the kindle version of the book – and the review I wish I’d read before I purchased this book. This is a facsimile edition, and none of the pages are dynamic or interactive. Even the table of contents is just a picture of the text from the book. There are no links, there are no sound files for listening to the sound examples, and very little instruction in the text of the book or explanations of the concepts. You need a teacher to know what to do, because the book does not explain things beyond a sentence or two. This book is NOT for a self-learner trying to learn how to play a drum set. This same book thru iBooks is dynamic and at least has has all of the sound files, and costs $7.99 from iTunes. I wish I’d known that earlier, because I don’t want to buy this lame instruction book twice, or pay $10.99 for the CD only thru Amazon in order to hear the sound examples of the lessons. This kindle version is a hack job, and when did they write this and take the photos — 1982? Skip this book and get The Complete Idiots Guide which I am ordering soon.
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You MUST have these books and CDs if you are serious about learning the Drumset!
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Value
Good product fair price.
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good book
good book
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Great for teaching the basics
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It has lots of great exercises, definitely a great way to learn
I’m a new learner, my instructor told me to get this book. It has lots of great exercises, definitely a great way to learn. This book is incorporated with a CD, but it doesn’t come with it. I truly think everyone should not only get the book but also the CD, specially when learning the drum fills, timely is everything, the CD really really helps.
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Boom boom
As described
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Good Book
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One Star
I did not receive the hit hat and crash ride for the drum set
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Lessons
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Excellent Sequence of Material, Great for Beginner and Intermediate Drummers
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One of the best intro books I’ve found
20 yrs teaching. This is one of the best intro to drumming books I’ve found. Does a great job building on each skill as it is learned. Mostly beats; the few fills it has are ‘meh’…but great for learning rock/pop beats.
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Great book!
My son is using this as a beginning drummer, and it’s really working well!
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Five Stars
A must have for learning the drums
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I am happy with the purchase
Items arrived on time. Packing was adequate. Item was as described and a little more than I expected them to be. I am happy with the purchase.
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Gift for my son
He was very excited to get it.
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but pretty solid.
Very basic, but pretty solid.
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Its ok
This book is used widely. The book progresses to fast, and does not allow a more gradual transition through pattern playing exercises. The book is over priced.
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Five Stars
Good tutorial for the novice drummer.
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No Exercises on the DVD
The DVD doesn’t have the tracks for the exercises on it. It just has intro videos. You have to buy the CD separately. I wish I would have saved 10 bucks and bought the book alone.
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Five Stars
Exactly what we expected and a great price
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great book, works well
great book
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drumset method book
This book is really good at showing what to do on a basic drumset. Complex beat and fills are really well-written.
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Five Stars
Very satisfied with the product and service.
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Five Stars
Good beginners instruction
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Great book
Great book! Easy to follow along and learn drumming techniques. My 8 yea told daughter is really enjoying the drums.
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Five Stars
The DVD really helped with my daughters lessons.
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seems great
It was for my 8 year old and it works for him.
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Good begginer book
A good book for learning the basics of kit methods. It’ll get you jump started on some standard beats and fills.
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Two Stars
Did not come with CD as described.
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Five Stars
Perfect for beinner drummers no matter what age!
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DVD does’t Word
Dislike
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An old classic, recommended by most teachers
Best beginner drumming handbook
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Five Stars
Recommended by my Sons Percussion instructor.
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Bucket Man –
Five Stars
An excellent teaching resource.
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Sarah –
This book is numbered incorrectly and is not a complete book – Mispublished
Could I please be sent a correct copy?The pages go…1-20 correctly, then 29, 30-36, 29, 30-44, 37-44, 53-71…The buyer rectified this and sent me another copy that was correct!
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K.W. –
This is a great book for using with older students
This is a great book for using with older students. The excercises are not difficult, but nicely reinforce the concepts being taught in the lesson book.
P.M. Lierman –
This book like all of her piano book I have used are …
This book like all of her piano book I have used are very good. I am in my early sixties and am learning the piano for the first time. I have use other books but I have found the Fabe series to be the best for me.
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Al –
but the teacher says it is the best for me
I am still working through the book, but the teacher says it is the best for me.
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Tallulah 62 –
The piano teacher recommended these books.
This book were recommended for my son by his piano teacher. My son thinks they’re a little boring, but his teacher thinks they’re perfect for review and mastering skills.
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VCAKQAJPC –
Piano teacher recommended.
Piano teacher recommended. Great for mastering techniques and learning new skills. A lot of piano teachers and music schools recommend and have these.
Robert Greer –
but the techniques are good for anyone
The book is very geared to children, but the techniques are good for anyone.
Kathy K –
Five Stars
GOOD
Stephanie Holman –
Great series for older beginners AND for young students who …
Great series for older beginners AND for young students who are very motivated and move through the other series quickly.
zegreek –
great books
my granddaughter plays the piano and i bought her these books as they were recommended by her unique piano teacher.
Glojack –
Five Stars
Good booking
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Arun GopalakrishnanArun Gopalakrishnan –
Missing Pages
I bought this book in August 2020 for my daughter. Today she found that the book has many missing pages. Trying to see how I can return and get a book with all pages.
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