Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner Theory Book 2
$8.00
| ASIN : | 1616774746 |
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| Publisher : | Faber Piano Adventures; Illustrated edition (January 1, 2006) |
| Language : | English |
| Paperback : | 64 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 9781616774745 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-1616774745 |
| Item Weight : | 8 ounces |
| Dimensions : | 9 x 0.2 x 12 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #6,954 in Humor & Entertainment (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 243 ratings |
21 reviews for Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner Theory Book 2
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Concise yet easy to read and understand
This is the perfect book for those who want to do more than just play chords.
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Good for new ones or more advanced
Easy to play notes and chords good for newer one like me.
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Easy for absolute beginners
I have been playing the ukulele for 3 weeks and having never played any musical instrument before in my life – I believe that makes me an absolute beginner. I love how easy it was to start playing the songs in this book. Made me feel like I could actually play something that was more advanced than children’s nursery rhymes. The tabs are a lifesaver and help me out enormously as I struggle to read musical notes. Definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants to expand their repertoire as they learn.
One person found this helpful
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Uke book, for the uke… with fun songs
All the songs in this book fit the uke with its standard tuning of GCEA (high G). Some of the other books I looked at seem to have just taken guitar melodies and then put UKE chords on top, but the melodies then fell off the range of the instrument you have so are unplayable. Not so with this one. Every note is playable on the uke (tabs are provided) and all the lyrics are given. I never saw some of these verses before (btw, turns out that Tom Dooley guy was a jerk after all). This is a great book for sing alongs. Lots of fun tunes: “I walk the line”, “house of the rising sun”, “all my loving”.
8 people found this helpful
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Fun song book
I’m a beginner ukulele player and I’m enjoying this book. The songs are fairly easy to play. The book has both notes and tabs which is convenient.
One person found this helpful
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A great start for new uke players, even better for experienced stringed instrument players.
for an inexpensive beginner uke book, it’s great. There are some really good songs in here and the chord guides through each song and tablature for note playing comes quick, especially if you’ve toyed with guitar for some considerable time. You’ll be playing the uke immediately. A few songs by the Beatles and Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and more. The tablature helps you get the tune if you’re not familiar with a song.
One person found this helpful
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Easy ukulele book
Great beginner’s ukulele song book. Nice large notes and writing.
One person found this helpful
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Nice book.
Great for beginners!
One person found this helpful
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Good but not for everyone.
The Bad: I am a music instructor and try and avoid using TAB with beginners. I try and get them to use the black dots…so, as this book contains TAB I would only use it with experienced students or adults who want to work on melody. Thus, the 3 star rating because I can’t use it for everybody I teach.The Good: The songs are cool! It is a good supplement to the Ukulele Book 1 so if you are purchasing that book, this is a good add on to your purchase. If you are a TAB reader, it is fine.
7 people found this helpful
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This is just right
I am a beginner, and this book is just perfect to carry around with me and practice. I don’t have to worry about charging up my laptop to find ukelele chord music to play outside or in my car or whatever. The only problem is that I have to stop to turn the pages. I don’t have to do that with my laptop. But I like the freedom and light weight of a book. The songs are classic in this book, and great to learn.
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good book
I have the method 1 book and want to continue. Method 1 made it very easy to learn notes and chords
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great
This product it is really helpful, for a beginner UKU player, i really recommend it.I start using it, and is easy, since i got it, i play and play my UKU
9 people found this helpful
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familiar songs. simple to learn.
bought the easy songs and the method books 1 and 2. easy to follow and learn. familiar songs. great price.
One person found this helpful
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I feel it’s a useless book for someone learning tab
I play several instruments, but have never learned a string instrument before, so I decided to start learning the ukulele. The book starts by defining very simple music terms which I found silly (like “verse” and “chorus”), But it gives absolutely NO explanation of how to play the tablature. I have no clue what all the numbers on the four lines listed as TAB even mean. I wish it gave SOME kind of explanation of how it all worked. I feel it’s a useless book for someone learning tab.
2 people found this helpful
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A Great Way to Start!
I bought this songbook for my beginning Ukulele students. I love the tabulature in addition to the notes. It’s a perfect way to learn the fingerings while learning to read the music, words, & chords. The songs are all familiar. I think it is a good supplement to any instruction books.
16 people found this helpful
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Worth picking up
If you are a beginner, this is really worth picking up. Lots of great songs, like “I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry,” (Come back, Hank Williams…)
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Four Stars
My daughter says it could benefit from some more contemporary selections.
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Enjoying This Book
I don’t love every song in this book but I do like most of them. The chords are mostly easy and great for establishing a foundation. This book and the
Makala MK-S Soprano Ukulele
were a gift for my wife last month and she sounds great playing the songs.
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Great beginners guild for learning the ukulele and playing songs
Great beginners guild for learning the ukulele and playing songs. Simple and easy to follow. Don’t give up and you will be able to play fairly quickly. Very fun instrument.
2 people found this helpful
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Four Stars
Good song book for Uke
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Don’t get this on your kindle.
I’m a beginner uke player. Some of these songs are easy for me, but others provide a good stretch. However the kindle format means you have to turn pages to play the entire piece. You can make the image larger, but that cuts off part of the page. I suggest buying the book. I do love the Hal Leonard Fast Track books for uke and harmonica. I’m going to order this one in paper.
4 people found this helpful
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A good basic book for beginners
wide song selection. easy to see cheats, Print is very dark and high contrast – you can see all the notes even if slightly buzzed on mai tais. Not all the tunes are going to be your faves but you will probably like half of them. Not bad for a book with twenty songs. With the notation, I expect that this book would be very good for duets, one fingerpicking and one strumming.
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Great for Beginner Uke Players
My daughter loves it and has now learned most of the songs.
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Ukulele book
I bought a ukulele for my grand-daughter. I grew up with the guitar, I don’t know how to play the ukulele, this books has the fingering charts, however, I’m not sure what sounds are correct…so, the book is great, but the player (me), I still don’t know what I’m doing.
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Just OK
This book is definitely for a beginner. You can actually get most of this type material for free on the Internet if you will just do a little searching. But the book does serve its purpose and it is a good purchase if you would rather have a book than trying to find some similar material on the Internet. It also makes a nice gift if someone is receiving a ukulele for the first time.
34 people found this helpful
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The Internet Really Makes This Obsolete
When I bought my first ukulele two years ago, I purchased this songbook. What a mistake. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with the songs. Each title includes sheet music for piano with easy to read ukulele chord diagrams. And the most difficult chord in any of the songs is a B flat–and that isn’t that tough to master. You also get complete lyrics.So what’s the problem? There are only twenty songs, and not a lot of variety: five Beatles songs, two songs each from Elvis, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. Truth to tell, I haven’t opened this songbook since the day it arrived. There are numerous websites where you can print practically any song you want. Why would you spend good money on this? And this songbook says nothing about strum patterns. Overall, it’s just not very helpful. It was a rookie mistake on my part. I wish I had my money back.
3 people found this helpful
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Easy read and to learn the songs
Such a easy to read and learn uke book. I love that’s it tabs. I don’t play often so not good at uke or guitar but this is a book I can play the songs and pick up no matter how long it’s been since playing
2 people found this helpful
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Easy pop tone for uke
Pro – I like the strings with the number of the fret on it as well as the chord bars shown for the songs with the words.Con – It could tell you when to play the chords and with what strumming pattern as well as when the picking comes back on. This could be used as a duet with one person strumming the chords while the other person does the picking.
2 people found this helpful
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I love that this has the tabs
I love that this has the tabs. It makes it easy for almost anyone to pick up and play. The songs are great, a nice variety of genres.
3 people found this helpful
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Ladies and Germs, I present….
Good book. Songs are easy and fun. Hell, if I could play everyone of these songs well, I’d be a hit at any party.
3 people found this helpful
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Not much Popular Songs
I was expecting popular songs – old and new, but it is the kind of a song book that is nice to have but will be not be in use. I wish for song books like this, there is a way to view the lists of songs.
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Loving the Hal Leonard series!
We had such great luck with Book 1, we ordered Book 2 and lessons are coming along wonderfully. I also ordered Easy Songs for Ukulele Supplementary Songbook, which my 11 yo daughter LOVES. These books were recommended by her instructor – highly reecommend!
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Four Stars
Everything we need to learn simple Ukulele and have fun.
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Purchased for Self
I did not recognize too many of the songs, and there was not very much variation to the music being played. I recommend using online music/chords/tabs if you want more popular, up-to-date music, or even easy songs like these in the book
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It wasn’t what I was looking for.
The book is probably a good book but it wasn’t what I was looking for. I was looking for the old folk songs I learned to play on the ukelele on but the songs in this book were too modern for me.
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Four Stars
Still learning to play.
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Good book but not for me (yet)
I bought this thinking I can start learning my daugther’s ukulele that she no longer wants. Boy was I wrong ! This book is great, in my opinion once I find the Ukulele for Dummies or Ukulele 101 book.
One person found this helpful
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Love this book
The little diagrams with the dots above where you change cords is just what I was looking for. You don’t have to memorizethe D cord, or the C cord, etc. Much easier to play songs without much memorizing.
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decent songs
has couple of cool songs in here, tells you chords, not that great of a selection though, but im happy.
One person found this helpful
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Good book
Good book. It has good songs, but I wish it had more classic songs.It also makes u rate the book and you can’t get out of it so I’m giving it a lower score.
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very good
Great songs, but there are easier versions out there. I am a very new beginner and found some of the cords difficult but all in all this is a great book of songs
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Wonderful!
This is the best book for beginners! It has tabs too. It’s got the song “walk the line” and “your cheating heart”
2 people found this helpful
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A beginners delight
This is a very useful book for the beginner.It is written very well with this in mind.I recommend it highly.It arrived in very good time,packed to perfection,and in first class condition
One person found this helpful
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useful for uke players
I enjoy trying popular songs on the ukulele. Especially when the chord diagrams make it easy to figure out how to play the chords on the uke! More like this.. please!
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Good Beginning Songbook
This book has a lot of good eawsy songs for the beginning player. It should be used witth the Hal Leonard Ukulele Method, Book 1 to teach students, or yourself, to read notes (or tabs) which ultimately will lead to a better more advanced uke player. The songs can also be played just with chords.
2 people found this helpful
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The book is okay but the song aren’t all that great
I just wanted to learn to play the Ukulele for fun and bought this in addition to the Uke which came with it’s own book and DVD. This book is okay but the songs are more on the lame side. It was cheap enough but I don’t think I’d buy it again knowing what I know now.
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Starter book
This song book is a little thin on music and chord charts, it was a good starting point for me but i needed several other books to really get enjoyment out of this purchase.
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Easy to follow
This is a great songbook for ukulele beginner; with the pictures of the chords right above the text / notations and the selection of the songs almost “guaranteed you will know”, as a complete beginner I had a blast trying them all on the 1st day I picked a ukulele into my hand
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ukelele song book
I was disappointed that the book was more suited for adults than an 8 yr old child who was beginning to play. The instructions were good, but I did not think I could give it to him b/c of the song selections. Age appropriateness would be good to lidt with this item. Thank you.
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Easy Songs for Ukulele
Came on time and in great shape. Haven’t had a chance to play any of the songs, but looks like great songs. Thank You
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Great for learning!
This was great! Everything I expected. Made a perfect gift for my wife who is learning how to play. It was fun for me too and I already play.
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Good songs
Like the songs good for a beginner like me~
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Perfect for beginners
Ecellent and easy to follow.
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great book
I purchased this book in hopes it would help me learn to play the ukulele. There are a lot of great songs in this book. Now I just have to learn to read and play them.
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Songs that are fun to Play !!!
Great little book that is loaded with songs that are fun to play on my Ukulele.
2 people found this helpful
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Great for the Novice..
This is a nice book to have for your first song book. Call me old fashion but I like a songbook instead of having to hunt songs on the internet. For the money its a good deal.
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Okay
Nice, simple, with the chords, tabs, and lyrics. Don’t like that you have to stop and turn pages. They could have avoided this easily and included more CURRENT songs. Other than that, it’s okay.
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Four Stars
Good.
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Four Stars
Good basics for Uke
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Very Cheaply made but works
I have to leave the back stand out all the time, because it is made so cheaply, however IT DOES WORK, just don’t open and close it to many times.
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Great for beginners!
Bought this for my 11 year old who plays electric guitar. At first I didn’t love that it wasn’t full songs but it’s great for his short attention span. It’s handy for short practice sessions and easy to learn from. Glad I bought it!
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Use for repetoire, don’t use for learning
I’m a guitar teacher, so my review is biased towards music education. My view of this book is that it has good content – if you can already play some guitar and want to quickly expand your repertoire, this book fits the bill. It has a lot of great and recognizable riffs, and you’re likely to find something in here that you don’t already know and can learn quickly to add to your personal catalog. (Note, many of the “songs” are really just a couple of bars with the main riff, but it’s a good starting point to find songs you’d like to learn.) I use many of these riffs in my lessons. But, and this is a big but, the book leaves a lot to be desired as a “method”. It shows you how to play some things, but addresses virtually none of the why. This stems from – you guessed it – not teaching music, but teaching tabs instead. This leaves the depth of music in this book only surface deep – it’s like learning to read a book out loud, but not understanding what any of the words actually mean.So, I’m going to split the bill and give it 3 stars. If you are an intermediate or better guitar player, you will likely find some useful things in here and can use this book to teach yourself repertoire. But if you are a beginner, do yourself a favor and don’t start here – get yourself a book with an actual music method (I like Hal Leonard’s regular guitar method book) and a good teacher to go through it with. Learning to read music is an invaluable skill to have, and will lend itself to understanding what it is that you’re actually playing.
8 people found this helpful
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this is good for the BEGINNER beginner
This was good for me when I knew absolutely nothing about the guitar. Very short snippets to play and you can hear how it is supposed to sound w the tracks online but these snippets are so well known, you won’t need it
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Fun
Most books are boring but this is fun.
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As a gift I was told it was good.
This was a gift
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Fun
This book is a lot of fun to go through. I will admit however, it is not a part of my daily practice routine, but more a part of when I want to just get on the guitar and noodle. It has a lot of short riffs to it that are fairly simple, even for a beginner. For the price of the book, I definitely recommend it.
One person found this helpful
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Very easy to follow
I like the samples. Very easy to work with.
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Kindle Version has broken multimedia – But the content is good !
Really good book BUT! Once I began reading it none of the audio clips would play in my Kindle apps. Not the Android, not the PC version.The audio clips worked fine when I was looking at the book sample before I purchased.Back to the content… Other than the audio clips not working for me… the rest of the content seems to be really good. Three Stars for the bad audio clips.
4 people found this helpful
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Different from other HL guitar books!
This book takes the beginner approach from their other books and turns it upside down. The “riffs” all start from the lowE string vs starting on the high E. The riffs are easy and mostly well known and fun for the student. The only problem is that they only learn the riffs and not the whole song. The images are all in “tab” orientation and look upside down in the book.
2 people found this helpful
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Tab Method Warning!
Get this. Better on computer or iPad as the music is embedded. If not the included CD has it all. Great way to learn and to learn short riffs.This should be a book anyone starting to play should get. The warning is you’ll wind up buying them all. :-)Fun way to learn.
2 people found this helpful
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Excellent
I would recommend this to others. The audio and text combined make the book very easy to understand. Well done.
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Four Stars
Not all songs complete.
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Four Stars
Great book now why does this one come with a CD but the acoustic one doesn’t?
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Four Stars
Guitar teacher recommended. Was a clean book in great condition.
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Good one.
Good one.
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Three Stars
As expected.
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Great product
Best learning book yet easy to follow and not under done or over your head makes it easy to learn
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No audio/video with Kindle edition
No audio/video with Kindle edition; I am using iPad.
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molto bello
libro molto ben fatto e indispensabile per muovere i primi passi con la chitarra!esercizi carini e divertenti!si imparano i riff più famosi!è scritto in inglese!
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Good book for beginners
I am new to the guitar. The book walks you through it slowly. It’s a good way to start learning small parts of some popular songs you know.
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Great music book
Excellent beginner guitar book
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Good for acoustic or electric beginners
This is a good method for beginning acoustic or electric players wanting to learn TAB. Lots of short snippets of famous tunes in TAB format.
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Four Stars
great thanks
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Recensione Hal Leonard Guitar Tab Method Book One
The author takes us by the hand and guides us step by step through the fantastic world of music, in this case specifically centered on the instrument that, more or less, we all have, at least once, tried to play the guitar!Just an excellent job that the author did in preparing this manual. Inside, many tips, explanations and practical explanations on how to get started, well presented even for a neophyte like me. I was afraid in too difficult a reading and that it would discourage me, but the guide is gradual and helps to make progress starting from the basics.There are tips on how to choose the guitar, what it is made of, how to tune it, the posture to use while playing, scales, chords, etc … It also suggests some techniques for playing without a pick, to embellish the songs, to improvise, in short, a small bible to devour !!!!
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enfin une methode pour les debutants
superbe methode pour apprendre les bases de la guitare a travers de morceaux connus tres bonne pedagogie pedagogiea achetez sans hesiter
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Great for beginners!
Easy to learn, great for beginners.
One person found this helpful
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Love learning book
Lovely book to learn for the beginner guitarist. A must buy and highly recommend one 👌
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Probably best used with instructor, but can also teach yourself with it
My daughter has been using the Hal Leonard Guitar Method books (she’s on #3 now) in conjunction with regular in person lessons. I’m toddling along behind her now, using them on my own. Obviously regular practice is what makes the most difference, but the book walks you through the basics clearly, helps you build strength and dexterity at a reasonable pace, and is easy to use. Would recommend it if you’re not starting from “0” in terms of your music knowledge or if using them in conjunction with regular lessons from a teacher.
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good
i mean it does what it’s supposed to but it’s very very basic so if you know the basics i say get the next one
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Valuable book for beginners
Great book for beginners. Plenty of exercises to compliment you in person lessons.
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Good book
I got this book for my 13 year old daughter because she is trying to teach herself the guitar, but only 1 hour she got it she came to me saying she was very confused and she was only on the 4th page, this is a nice learning book overall but I wouldn’t recommend it for younger kids or teenagers who dont already have a little bit of knowledge on how to play the guitar
2 people found this helpful
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One of the better beginner guitar books.
I have been a guitar player-teacher for over 60 years. In the old days we had students struggle through antiquated beginner books. Then came the Alfred method that we used for many years until Hal Leonard came out with this one. Students seem to make good progress using this well laid out book. Highly recommended with or without a teacher. The pages are laid out in good order with new skills presented then a page of two of reinforcing exercises. Remember if you try to teach yourself your teacher will not knowany more than you do. Find a good teacher!
5 people found this helpful
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Teacher’s Favorite Teaching Tool
.I’ve used several methods for teaching beginning guitarists and I like this Hal Leonard Book 1 the best. The print is big and clear. I like that it begins with teaching the individual notes showing them both on the scale and on the guitar.
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It is what it is
Easy to order. Had a hard time finding this book locally so had to turn to Amazon.It’s moderately priced but I’ve seen cheaper. Plan accordingly and you don’t have to pay more, lesson learned.
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I bought this because I want to work somewhere that uses it
The chord chart is at the back of the book by the way. This book is based around the idea that you are learning while having someone teach you, which is okay for the purpose I needed, but I don’t agree with material designed like that specifically for “beginners”. If you’re going to buy a book as a beginner, you are probably looking to learn on your own. If you are buying a book where it is only most useful if you have a teacher, you are probably a teacher.
One person found this helpful
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Good Start–individual notes as well as beginner chords
I actually bought this book because it helps teach the individual notes as well as chords. Eventually, the path between classical guitar and pop (or rock) Rhythm, or lead, this book is a good start.
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Lo ayudo mucho
👍🏻👍🏻
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Do the job
The. I’ll do the job…
One person found this helpful
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It’s a very useful tool when learning and practicing guitar 😊
Light and easy to carry!
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Needs the CD in order to hear the note and chord properly. Otherwise, a very good book
A very good educational book for beginning guitar students.
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Quick and easy results
I’ve seen several books, but this one is easy to follow and learn the notes quickly. I love how they do one string at a time, so that it builds your confidence. Also, watching my daughter bloom has been most satisfying to watch.
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Learn to read music
Perfect for new or intermediate players who want to learn to read music.
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Really good book
Really good book. I like the provided music in it and the range of difficultly levels of the pieces. I taught myself with it. I have a music background and play the flute so it was easy to understand the theory of it. That may be the only issue for others but you will catch on or not play.
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Builds on skills nicely and in a very logical and easy to follow manner.
Great book for a beginner. I am using it to teach two people how to play the guitar and it is flexible enough to accommodate different skill levels as well as has a nice flow to the increasing level of complexity.
2 people found this helpful
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for beginners
This is a good book to use
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Not my top pick
I was looking for a book to use for middle school, guitar class. I decided not to use this one, after checking out about 4-5 guitar methods. The kids version of this one has many more popular songs int it and I am keeping that, but in the end, I ended up going with the Ernie Ball method. I liked that one because it is broken down very simply, has larger print, is easy to read, and includes better site reading practice, also, it has more tabs, and breaks down nicely.
9 people found this helpful
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Great book to learn guitar.
Easy to follow and to use. My 8 year old daughter’s teacher recommended this book for her to use s a practice guide at home. Because she is young, I do need to help her read through the exercises. This was easy to do even though I do not have any guitar playing experience or ability.
3 people found this helpful
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Perfect for a beginner
Perfect for a beginner.
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PRICE
COOL
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Great learning book but did not have audio access
Great book for learning but did not have audio access.
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Good ole Hal
It could teach on a more basic level.It skips over basic symbols and terms a beginner does not know and then doesn’t introduce them and expects a student to somehow know. A beginning student doesn’t even know the definition of a note.
One person found this helpful
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Guitar lessons
My daughter learn to play the guitar with this book. She brought it again after so many years to learn again.
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Beginner book
Good beginner book for guitar
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If you are looking for a good basic beginners book this one is highly recommended
This is the book which I have been seeking. It is very similar to the one I used when I took lessons as a child. If you are looking for a good basic beginners book this one is highly recommended. It will not make you a rock/country or Christian recording artist overnight, it will give you a firm foundation for reading notes and learning the strings.
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Very basic.
If you’re learning to play guitar and learn the basic notes and chords then this book is what you want. It’s very corny and the songs are outdated but it sure does train you what you need to learn.
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Excellent book. Kinda nice that they teach you the …
Excellent book. Kinda nice that they teach you the notes on a string one at a time. However right after you learn the 4th string it skips to a couple chords and then resumes to learning the 5th string about 10 pages later. Just make sure you use the table of contents. You need to skip around at times for a more logical flow. Also, it would be nice if scales were in the book which incorperated what you learned thus far. I got these from my guitar teacher. I feel the book is really good but it is missing just a little something. I would still recommend it over other books I have seen.
6 people found this helpful
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No tabs, goes straight to staff notation
I didn’t do the “peek inside”; too bad for me. This book teaches you the staff notation (aka reading music). The problem is, the tab notation (which this book doesn’t use) is so much easier for a new guitarist to learn and be able to play something.Sure, being able to read music is all good and everything, but it can also be a turn-off for kids who are just starting out. I think tabs and guitar go together really well for a beginner.
One person found this helpful
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Good practice
Good book, just be aware that this is not the one with the CD
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Goo lesson book
I got this for my 13 year old daughter. She likes it. She’s going through the lessons with a teacher. It’s a great way to learn.
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Lo que esperaba
Lo que esperaba
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Great beginner guitar book
Great beginner guitar book. Clearly written and easy to understand. Good for a beginner or refresh if you haven’t played in awhile.
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Not for beginners
If you want to learn how to play guitar 🎸 this book is not the best!! Unless you have someone experienced that can teach you how to read it.
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Nice
This is the book that was recommended by my son’s guitar teacher, and so far he is loving it, very easy to follow along with.
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Good for starting out with a program or alone.
See title.
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Good starter book
I teach from this book. Great for students
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Great book, especially for beginners
I’ve been teaching guitar for about 8 years now. This was the first book I used for my students and I’ve stuck with it for all these years. The book has a good method for teaching the student to read music, the songs are good and the cds add another demension to the lessons, asa whole. I only wish book one got into chords a little more in-depth but I have found a way around that issue.
4 people found this helpful
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best book for beginners
Excellent book for learning or teaching guitar.
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Great method book.
Are use this book to make a tow students.
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really good book , fulfilled my expectations.
Very good for those who played other instruments before and are just new to the guitar!
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Good beginners book. thanks 🙂
thanks 🙂
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Nice book and good price.
In new condition and what I expected.
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I only use Hal Leonard books
They contain everything you need in one book
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Awesome book for learning
Awesome book for beginners
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For beginners!
Just as described, perfect book for beginners.
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Great starting point…
I bought this because my husband got me a guitar for Christmas and I am taking lessons. It is a great book for beginners, teaching the strings and how to hold your guitar and pick, and then progressing slowly through notes on the various strings. The songs that are provided are fun to play. Great starting point for someone who wants to learn the guitar.
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Excellent for beginners
This is a great book for a beginner guitar player.
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Happy with this guitar book
Happy with this guitar book! It’s very easy to read and understand. It’s very basic, so it’s not a good book for an intermediate guitar player. Love how it illustrates the notes on the guitar and the notes on the staff lines. Great tool to learn guitar!
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Love this book. Simple. Good basic song to strum to.
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It mixes fun and function
This is a tried and true method. It mixes fun and function, and is an easy book to follow.
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Good for beginners
Good for beginners
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use it daily to learn chords, notes on strings …
use it daily to learn chords, notes on strings, uploaded the CD to my NAS so I could play the songs we’re practicing from any wireless device in the house.
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Helpful aid
Great book for beginners
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Mediocre
Some pieces for the students to play sounded odd. They were not standard.
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Five Stars
Just as I expected and even delivers earlyMy son is taking lessons and loves this book
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Very fast delivery
Fast shipping. Product brand new.
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Alfred’s Drum Method, Bk 1
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60 reviews for Alfred’s Drum Method, Bk 1
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Five Stars
drum teacher recommended the book. very prompt delivery. good product.
One person found this helpful
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Four Stars
great beginner book! wish it showed rudiments though
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Drums
The book was good. Although, there were a couple of symbols that were not explained. That could have been done better.
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Great book for begining band
This was the exact book my son needed for begining band. My son says it is easy to follow and is happy playing the drums so I am happy too.
One person found this helpful
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great book
Great book but the book came without the CD
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👍 nice
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Go-To Primer for Percussion Students and Drum Corps Members
This is THE go-to entry-level instruction method for students learning the drums. Thinking of joining a drum line? Here is your textbook.
2 people found this helpful
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Five Stars
This is a great book for my 13yr old to help him practice.
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Two Thumbs up!
This was a requirement for my son’s private lessons. He seems to love it.
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great for refresher and beginner
this book is perfect. shows you everything you need to know,from what each drum is, cymbals, why & where, proper way to hold sticks, and wonderful training techniques and practices. I also pull it up on YouTube and play them as well. I also got the drum set method. I recommend it really to all drummers.
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JUST THE SNARE AND BASS DRUMS
I know everyone says you should start here when learning to play drums. I’m not so sure. This book seems to have been written in 1987 for a kid in a marching band who has a music teacher working with him. I’m trying to learn my way around my new drum kit, but this book has nothing about coordination or technique with toms or cymbals. There seems to be almost no explanation at all of what’s going on – just a few pages of reference material then endless pages of sheet music to play the snare and bass drums with increasing complexity. I’m following the book, but without other resources like a real instructor and YouTube channels, this book won’t be much help. In fairness, it was written at a time well before people attempted to become self-taught at anything.
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A very good book for anyone taking drum lessons with a teacher.
For the last 8 years my passion for music has grown so much that I have learned how to play (at least to some degree) numerous musical (Ukulele, Harmonica, Recorder, Flute, American drumming and hand drums, and many other percussion) instruments. Over the years I have taken many courses and purchased numerous books to improve my skill level.I just purchased this wonderful 80 page manual (Alfred’s drum Method book 1 by Sandy Feldstein and Dave Black) which is organized into 39 drum playing lessons. The introductory part of this volume covers the snare drum, getting ready to play, the bass drum, the cymbals and elements of music. The lessons cover a wide range of drum practice lessons but without a drum playing teacher it will not be easy to follow some of the material. They do have a Drum DVD available for purchase which no doubt will help in learning the lessons in the manual.If you are taking drum lessons this book will enhance your drum learning sessions.Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Chair/Seated tai Chi, Qigong and Yoga stretching for seniors and the physically challenged).
8 people found this helpful
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Great way to learn drums
My drum teacher uses this book and helps me a lot so I got one for myself and is a lot of help.
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Good practice drum and music for beginners
My son can play most of the music he started drumming last year. He likes it and took it home to practice where his mom has a snare and high hat in the garage so I’d say he enjoys it more easily than a big set at times.
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I use this book often
This is a great book for beginners to intermediate drummers. I use it with my students often. It does jump a litlle bit without explaing some of the notation changes, but overall, it’s still a great resource
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Get it, and don’t call me Sandy.
Alfred is my best friend. That’s truth. I only wish I could Alfred in person, but I have recently discovered that Alfred is no longer with us. He apparently was a man named Sandy. I suppose I would forgo using my real name when writing a book about drum methods. “Sandy’s Drum Method”…. nope, it just doesn’t have the right sound (get it? .. right sound?)Anyway, the book is great for those wanting to learn the basics of reading snare drum sheet music. It won’t make you a master of the drum, but it is a step in the right direction. If you have a yearning to learn drumming, or just want to know why some music notes look so very weird, this book will help you in either case.
6 people found this helpful
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Perfect Teaching Book for beginners
I’ve been playing drums for over 20 years. This is my go to book for teaching. A great start.
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a good purchase
can’t wait to put into practice
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Great beginner’s book
A drumming teacher asked that we purchase this book. We have been using it for about 5 months.Like other Alfred books, the quality of the book is excellent. Staffs and notes are easy to read. The paper is thick and the book stays open well on a stand. We have packed it in suitcase and brought it with us on vacation to practice, and it holds up well.The lessons progress on a logical pace and is just right for the beginner. Sometimes our kids get frustrated easily. With this book, they are making progress and learning about rhythm very easily (there’s still griping about practice, trust me); it makes learning more fun. We practice one page daily and it takes about 20 minutes to do it a few times. Would definitely recommend it.
7 people found this helpful
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right book, reasonable price
My child’s teacher recommended this book, and it helps him play his glockenspiel, even though the book is about drums. I hope it does help him learn his chops!
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Five Stars
Good beginner tutorial
One person found this helpful
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Five Stars
Good method
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KC
This book was recommended by the instructor. He has beern successful with the lessons. The lessons provide reviews of things practice.
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Five Stars
Exactly what we expected and a great price!
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a classic
One of the must haves for any student or teacher. Clearly written and well organized, solos keep it interesting for students.
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Excellent
My son is currently in the beginning stage of drum lessons. This is a required book from his instructor. My son uses this book weekly.
One person found this helpful
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good condition and price
good condition and it only for one year of use, so I would not like to pay full price of brand new books
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drum book
got for school and came quick and is brand new was what we needed and if we need anything again would order again and recomend to others.
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Drummer Songbook
Purchased the songbook for my son who recently particpated in the Indiana State School Music Association – ISSMA comprtition. We saw two other drummers with the same book. My son has been playing just over a year and the Solo #10 he played was challenging and well received by the judge. The songbook was delivered on time and undamaged. I would recommend this song book to other drummers.
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One of the best of over 50 available snare drum books
I’ve examined over 50 books on snare drum instruction and this is one of the top two. (Drum Method by William Schinstine & Fred Hoey is the other.) Good modern quality and sequence of material. 39 lessons and 23 solos. 2-line combination studies for each lesson (good for duets). Counts and sticking indicated in light gray. Nice illustrations for each new rudiment. Roll is introduced in Lesson 17, 5-stroke in Lesson 18, 9-stroke in Lesson 19, 13- and 17-stroke in Lesson 20, flam Lesson 27, drag in Lesson 34, ruff in Lesson 35. Minor nitpick is that you need to skip around to get rudiments in a better order. Also, it’s missing the single stroke rolls and paradiddles! Brief bass drum and cymbal technique. Great value for the money.
20 people found this helpful
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Great book
I’m no Neil Peart but this is a great resource for any beginning drummer. I would love to share with you how much I love the Artisanal cover or the feel of the Gluten Free ink on my hands or how this book improved my dating life but I want to be honest. This is just a good book.
11 people found this helpful
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Basic book
My son has used similar drum books in the past. This is the book his teacher requested. My son says that it is very basic, so if you are looking for basic then this is a good book. However my son has been playing for a few years now and is bored with this book, so I don’t recommend it for experienced drummers.
2 people found this helpful
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Wasn’t brand new
The book was clearly used someone’s name was crossed off and there was a sticker over the bar code which I had to peel off so my son could enter the code on the website for virtual school
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Received quickly
My 11 year old needed this for school, ordered it Friday got it Saturday in time for his 1st day.
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Good starter book
I’ve given drum lessons with various lesson books. This one is highly recommended. It has a lesson for each element so that beginners understand the element well before moving on. It doesn’t go too fast for beginners. I’m using this now for two new beginner drummers and it is ideal for them.
5 people found this helpful
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Great beginner student book
Suitable for a beginning student that has had some reading experience and is looking to move towards intermediate skills.
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It’s really good if your in drumming lessons but a cd doesn’t come with it
I like it
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Easy to learn!
Fantastic to reas
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Good for beginners
Good drum instruction book for beginners
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Good textbook
School required this text.
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Good Book
Good lesson
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Good book
Purchased this for my daughter.Very good book.
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Drum like a Pro
This is the book my 9 year old’s drum instructor told us to get. Very easy to follow. Breaks down everything nicely. Has really good combinations to practice. With regular practice of the essential drills from this book she’ll be ready to drum anything.
One person found this helpful
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Kudos for such a good entry level book
This beginner’s book is just what my oldest grandchild needed. I am teaching him not only to play the drums, but read the drum score. This will be quite helpful, and he is already getting into it. Kudos for such a good entry level book!
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perfecto
muy bueno
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Great guide
Great book for beginners. My 8 year old is learning to play and her instructor recommend this book for her lessons and home practice. I’ve seen her improve vastly and understand the material with ease. Highly recommended
One person found this helpful
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great book for beginners
Great book for beginners. Easy to follow along with and very detailed.
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Awesome
My daughter just started from lessons he teacher suggested this so far so good she loves practicing at home and trying to read music
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Good resource for homeschool music class
Easy to understand for the most part. Using this book as part of homeschool curriculum to teach my 9yr old son. With a little guidance from my college son who used this same book in elementary public school, my 9yr old is learning well! Alfred’s books are a great music resource for beginners on up!
One person found this helpful
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Small Notation
Text and notation is way too small. Some explinations of notation in the Combination Excercises is missing.
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Great starter book for snare drum lessons
It’s a classic. I appreciate that the book is slow and methodical (great for elementary school kids), and that they emphasize the counting of the beats/subdivisions. It is also written by percussionists (vs. other methods like “Essential Elements” — terrible organization for percussionists, although it’s good for the winds and brass) which I appreciate.
2 people found this helpful
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Super duper standard
I’ve used this book for years with many students. Now my own daughter is using it, too. Progression is a little fast ….wish there were more exercises before the concept moves on but still, a great text!
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helpful book
wonderful for beginners
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bien
mi hijo me hiso comprar otro porq este no está completo
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Great way to start
I bought this book to teach my 7 year old Grandson how to play. You can’t go wrong with Alfred’s methods for any instrument.The basics are explained easily and each lesson builds upon the other.You won’t regret playing the drums and learning how to play correctly.
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Four Stars
as expected.
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Love it. Great pacing and variety to keep students …
Love it. Great pacing and variety to keep students from getting bored. The solos mixed in with the repetition studies break up the monotony and keep the students thinking.
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Great book to learn from
I got this for my son, it was recommended by his drum teacher. He loves this book he’s learning so much from it. Great beginners book! I would highly recommend this book.
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Love Faber and Faber
Great method book for teaching piano
Danielle –
Great Book
I’m using this book for students that are 12 and over that are starting piano lessons for the first time, and it’s fantastic.
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.
House –
Accelerated Piano Adventures, Theory Book 2
Love this book! love the speed it moves along teaching new things. great follow-up to Accelerated Piano Adv, Book 1
James –
Missing pages in book
Book has a major misprint – pages 9-16 and 49-56 are repeated, but pages 17-24 and 41-48 are missing. Check your book when you receive it to ensure yours doesn’t have the same error.
3 people found this helpful
Barbara J McGuire –
Great learning tool
Just as described
Bucket Man –
Five Stars
Another excellent publication.
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.
Efren Medina –
Good theory
Bought for my daughter who lost her bookMany good songs to practice. Very instructional book with lots of theory
Cindy M. Mace –
The next step in my Piano playing adventure
I’m currently learning to play piano and am using Theory Book 1. I should be advancing to this book in the near future.
Roy –
Piano
It came before estimated day
judith avila-garcia –
Very good book to teach. Very thorough.
Easy to use and teach with.
Paola –
I play the piano.
I love these books! I had books1 and they were amazing, too! I’ve been taking my lessons with my piano teacher through zoom, because of her location, and the books are super easy to navigate even when we can’t be in person, so I’m loving books2 as well.
Ruth A. Reece –
Fantastic
I am using this series of books to learn to play the piano. It is designed for the older adult. It is the best series I have found. My piano teacher uses it. It is very easy to follow and repeats itself to facilitate learning. I love this series. Would recommend it to anyone older who wants to learn to play the piano.
Amazon Customer –
Not just for adults!!!
My son is advancing on piano. His teacher suggested switching to Faber adult piano course books. These books were well worth the money. I’m glad we switched to Faber.
Jarita –
As described. Quick shipping.
Exactly what we needed. Ships fast.
Eddie Jackson (MrNetTek) –
Good, but wishlist
All of the books are outstanding. I have all books, levels 1-4. I wish…wish…wish, they came with the CDs. It just doesn’t make sense. The website does have many of the MP3s, however, you have to pay extra for the accelerated series CDs. Come on.
Marie –
Excellent book for my beginner son.
Excellent book for beginners.
TDubs –
Excellent series. We have been using this with our …
Excellent series. We have been using this with our kids. They like the books and they’re doing a great job learning to play.
Kathy K –
Five Stars
GOOD
Ruth Ann –
Five Stars
It was exactly what my student needed as a teenager