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| ASIN : | 1616770988 |
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| Publisher : | Faber Piano Adventures; 2nd edition (January 1, 1997) |
| Language : | English |
| Paperback : | 40 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 9781616770983 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-1616770983 |
| Item Weight : | 4.8 ounces |
| Dimensions : | 9 x 0.12 x 12 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #56 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 674 ratings |
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Five Stars
drum teacher recommended the book. very prompt delivery. good product.
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Four Stars
great beginner book! wish it showed rudiments though
Drums
The book was good. Although, there were a couple of symbols that were not explained. That could have been done better.
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
great book
Great book but the book came without the CD
👍👍
👍 nice
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
Five Stars
This is a great book for my 13yr old to help him practice.
Two Thumbs up!
This was a requirement for my son’s private lessons. He seems to love it.
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.
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.
One person found this helpful
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
a good purchase
can’t wait to put into practice
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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Great
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!
Five Stars
Good beginner tutorial
One person found this helpful
Five Stars
Good method
KC
This book was recommended by the instructor. He has beern successful with the lessons. The lessons provide reviews of things practice.
Five Stars
Exactly what we expected and a great price!
a classic
One of the must haves for any student or teacher. Clearly written and well organized, solos keep it interesting for students.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
Received quickly
My 11 year old needed this for school, ordered it Friday got it Saturday in time for his 1st day.
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
Great beginner student book
Suitable for a beginning student that has had some reading experience and is looking to move towards intermediate skills.
It’s really good if your in drumming lessons but a cd doesn’t come with it
I like it
Easy to learn!
Fantastic to reas
Good for beginners
Good drum instruction book for beginners
Good textbook
School required this text.
Good Book
Good lesson
Good book
Purchased this for my daughter.Very good book.
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
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!
2 people found this helpful
perfecto
muy bueno
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
great book for beginners
Great book for beginners. Easy to follow along with and very detailed.
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
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
Small Notation
Text and notation is way too small. Some explinations of notation in the Combination Excercises is missing.
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
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!
helpful book
wonderful for beginners
bien
mi hijo me hiso comprar otro porq este no está completo
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.
One person found this helpful
Four Stars
as expected.
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.
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.
ZHUO RUI HE –
Five Stars
good.
Caligirl –
Five Stars
great
GP –
Super buy.
Great book. Easy to follow.
SM –
V.Good
V.Good
Trish –
Five Stars
Great books, delivered quickly!
Lim, ji hye –
Five Stars
great
Kitty –
she said it is too easy and her recommend a more traditional technique book
My daughter’s piano teacher is using other book from this series but not this book, she said it is too easy and her recommend a more traditional technique book.
Beverly0633 –
Three Stars
good
Amazon Customer –
Quick shipping, quality book
Needed piano books for lessons, these came quickly and in wonderful shape.
mike000mike –
Highly recommended by piano teachers for kids learning piano
This publication house puts out many good prints of these and they’re recommended by piano teachers especially I can note for my kids. The music is Well written everything is good and delivery of instruction is perfect
Kate –
Fun series.
Love using this method. Just needed this book.
X wang –
Great
Great
TL Dyck –
Faber 2A Technique book
Correlates well with the 2A Lesson book.
Nahid –
Good
Good book to practice piano for kids
Nirvan Fadaei –
So good
So good
Natalia –
Aprendizaje de piano para los principantes.
Muy interesante, a los niños les gusto mucho
maria david –
👍
👌👌
Arash –
The best book
The best book for learning piano
Mark –
Can’t go wrong with Faber and Faber.
Can’t go wrong with Faber and Faber.
Luis G. –
Bueno
Bueno
Karla –
Great
Second set of books after completing the red ones
AD –
It’s a good book and it’s fun
We love it the songs are great
M G –
Good book to learn .
I’m 63 yrs old snd this book is good to learn and practice with.
T. Kiyak –
They have worked for us
Great series of books teaching how to play the piano. Our piano teacher uses this series, and I have spoken to at least four more instructors in the area that all use these series to teach piano. Our daughter started with the first book in the series at age 5 and has been going through the books for the last two years. They teach the concepts progressively, with focus on good technique, enough variation, and a good selection of songs. She is never bored, and learns at a consistent pace. The main books for each level are called “Lesson Book”. The “Technique and Artistry Book” for the same level is a companion to help students improve their knowledge and technique about music and piano artistry. So they complement each other well, and we tend to move in parallel in both of those books. We primarily use those two in our classes. For each level there are also “popular repertoire” and “Christmas books” that take well known and liked songs and arrange them for that specific level of learning. We’ve sprinkled these here and there to keep things interesting for our daughter. There are also CDs that accompany the books, but I have no experience in those.
4 people found this helpful
JPal –
Part of a very comprehensive set
We bought these books at the prompting of a woman who was going to teach piano to our daughter. It turned out she was unable to teach her and the new teacher had never used these books. After going through level 1 books, we decided these books were very thorough and we liked how they progressed through teaching piano. We had a few other level. 2 books we planned to use, but they did jot follow the same sequence of teaching, so we bought these books again. We really like the songs they use for the lessons and they provide many duets to play together. The duets are not only fun, but they sound really good!We included this book I. The level 2 books, but the entire set of books is a little too much to get through in a 45 min. Lesson, so we cut out the Performance book, sight reading and added in Classicss and Hymns
4 people found this helpful
JPville –
Piano students learn to build a relationship between their body and the piano
I love teaching from this series, using the Lesson, Technique, Performance and Theory books. All the units move forward together and each book offers a different sort of challenge. The technique book is the one with the deceptively repetitive exercise-like pieces, with an emphasis on mastering physical motions. It makes me smile when students return after a week on a piece thinking that it was “easy” due to the repetition…and not having practiced it all week because they achieved the correct notes in the first practice session. It’s the second week with the piece where you show them all those lovely motions (for the second time!) and the light bulb goes off.. Students learn to focus on connecting with their body, arms, wrists and fingers early on in their lessons, and learn to appreciate the zen of the physical connection to their art.
2 people found this helpful
Mel Aguon Chaney –
Great!!
My daughter is doing virtual lesson right now because of the pandemic. It was great to order the books her instructors are using. It was shipped and came in two days. My daughter says she likes to play these books. They are easy to read and fun music.
One person found this helpful
evie barton –
I love the Faber series and use it for all of …
I love the Faber series and use it for all of my piano students. I use the full series, (Lesson book, Theory book, Technique and Artistry book, Performance book, and Sight-Reading book.) I appreciate the fact that the Faber series gets students playing the full range of the keyboard right away, with different finger combinations, that it trains students in the art of listening, and playing MUSICALLY, and that the Fabers write wonderful teacher-student duets. Very good and valuable series. I’m grateful for it!
Asish Kumar Ghosh –
Very nice Piano series book. My daughters is using since age 4 and started with Level 0.
Very nice Piano series book. My daughters is using since age 4 and started with Level 0. She moved into Level 2A and started using it.I was expecting Scale technique using hand move over technique rather than 5 fixed fingers. I believe it’s better to learn right technique in one go rather than learning 5 keys only (without move over technique).
Amazon Customer –
For people that like to be self taught
My piano teacher got me started on these books. For people that like to be self taught, I believe they are excellent. Of course we often need the experience of a wise teacher to catch our faults. There are three to four books in the series and even if you have some experience, start at the beginning.
J. Philip –
… music books game so fast and the curriculum is great for my son
The music books game so fast and the curriculum is great for my son.
rdandkids –
Great Series
Arrived on time and in perfect condition. Great series for piano students. I have used these from the beginning with my kids and find them very easy to follow. They have very nice songs, and have a diverse collection of music.
Scott –
Five Stars
Love this book. Best piano book I’ve tried so far!
JAW –
Good book
The book was in excellent condition, was brand new. This was bought for piano lessons for my child, it was required material and amazon was the best price.
One person found this helpful
Deb –
good
just what I expected
S. Kumar –
Recommended by The Piano Teacher
Recommended by the Teacher who teaches piano to kids.
JenGV –
We love this series
My daughter has used this series since she began piano lessons. The technique book has some good short exercises done in a fun way. They are like short songs. The book is colorful and holds a child’s interest.
One person found this helpful
Relentless Gardener –
Recommend by Teacher
As described
Mahesh Nattanmai –
Great book
This piano book is very great to learn from. It is good to learn from. This book doesn’t rip at all!
Glaser family –
Five Stars
great
One person found this helpful
Ingrid –
My 9 year old loves this Piano technique book, …
My 9 year old loves this Piano technique book, even thought she is not a fan of piano lessons.
Nicholas –
My kids have been using this series for years, …
My kids have been using this series for years, so I knew what to expect. Many piano teachers use this series
One person found this helpful
MB –
Great!
This is what my son’s 2nd piano teacher use for teaching and he’s a really good musician so this must be great. My son started with the Alfred’s piano books and I love that too. The delivery is fast and the price is just right.
One person found this helpful
Brian –
Good
I lile it
Anouk Van Ryckeghem –
Perfect
Exactly as advertised
Eliu –
Incomplete
The book was incomplete.. how can o received another one
Rishika –
Very useful
Very useful
Lacy Range –
Glad they could use it
Got these for a piano student a long time ago. They did well with this series. Glad they could use it.
Annie –
Helpful book
Good book,cheaper book
The Buzz –
Great book!!
Easy instructions
Soohyun Son –
LOL
not fake
Michelle Soverall –
Piano Techniques
This book was a great help for my child, who is in her second year of learning the piano pieces.
2 people found this helpful
Cassandra M. Driver –
Love it!
I learned through this piano series, and now use it with my students. Love it!
marie davis –
Super
Super fast shipment!! I love these piano books! They are incremental and coordinate well within the series. Excellent price and value.
PGTips –
the best.
the best.
Elizabeth Pugh –
Great
I use this book to teach with at school. It is great for my private piano studio and helpful in teaching the concepts it covers.
LauraPolyglot –
Piano music book review
This is the series our Britsh-based piano teacher recommended. Our three children have used it and continue to progress with it. I’d like to see more theory practices and minuets for finger fluidity. However, this is not a book to be used for self-teaching.
One person found this helpful
voxsusana –
Excellent piano method
I love this piano method. It allows you to integrate the theory and lesson material seamlessly. I wish it was around when I was a kid!
One person found this helpful
Home Chica Mama –
Variety and Style
Great Method Books and Variety of styles to keep the kids excited!
One person found this helpful
bowl beeC7 –
Five Stars
Great book to learn with