Adult Piano Adventures Popular Book 1

Una manera digerible y entretenida para mejorar la lectura de mis alumnos, va de una manera progresiva y te lleva a entender aspectos teóricos a la par. A la gente le agrada escucharse leyendo ya piezas más conocidas. Muy recomendado

This book is Level 1 for Adult Beginners and I was just finishing the Level 1 method book and the first few songs in this book are very good and easy, I am especially fond of My Heart Will Go On which I learned to play on the Ukulele a few years ago. Then I hit the Downton Abbey them and let me tell you, this is my favorite song I have learned to play in the nearly two years of being a Piano Player. It's also one of the most challenging. I've tried many different exercises and songs from YouTube videos but they were either too complex or just the introduction to a song. And while this is an arrangement made for beginners, it is still a complete song, so it has become my go-to song for warming up and what not. It's also a great song to practice isolation techniques because it is a long enough song with enough variety that when you have trouble with chord changes, or whatever, you can easily isolate those measures or notes. Any way, I have only moved on to the song after this, which is also a very good and challenging (but not too challenging) song for the beginner which is There's No Business Like Show Business. But I am no Piano Teacher so, being self-taught, I have no idea if I should have been using this and the Classics book all along or as I did, waiting to complete the Method Book and then take on these. I actually felt the Method Book gave me enough to do so that I didn't need supplementary material. Now I am using the supplemental books as well as reviewing the chapters from the Level 1 book, mostly the Three Minute Technique pages and theory pages before moving on to Level 2. But I highly recommend this book based on the songs I have played and getting the Downton Abbey theme is worth the price of this book if you want a great song that sounds great. I can't tell you how I travel with the notes as I play this one song. It's so Heavenly. And I have never even watched that show!

Fantastic book for beginners!

This book requires a significant update. The songs included are outdated and no longer resonate with today's popular music trends, making it less enjoyable to engage with. Furthermore, its content is not well-aligned with the accompanying theory book, which diminishes its overall utility. Regrettably, I do not find it to be a useful resource in its current state.

Un libro fundamental para mí como pedagoga del instrumento, sobre todo para niveles básicos. Los arreglos son muy buenos, con acompañamientos sonoros, interesantes y bien elaborados, aunque no hay en todas las piezas. La elección de piezas estupenda, y aunque algunas no las conocen los alumnos jóvenes, la mayoría sí son conocidas. Para mí Randall y Faber son una excelente referencia a partir de ahora. Además tienen indicaciones para los cambios de posición de dedos.