Piano and Keyboard All-in-One For Dummies

by Holly Day

Piano And Keyboard All-In-One For Dummies will encompass everything you need to get started on the piano, or even build upon the current skills you have. This all-in-one will include content from:

Piano For Dummies Piano Exercises For Dummies Keyboard For Dummies (releasing November 2013) Music Theory For Dummies Music Composition For Dummies Songwriting For Dummies Classical Music For Dummies Jazz For Dummies Blues For Dummies

The multimedia component for this title will be hosted at Dummies.com and will include companion audio tracks that will demonstrate techniques and sounds found in the book, helping readers to better understand concepts and examples in the text.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference, Education

841 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2014

Reviews

[Pieter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was better then I anticipated. I have to say that I see myself as an intermediate piano player. Like a lot of people, I used to have keyboard/piano/organ lessons when I was a kid (for quite some years) and I picked it up a few years ago.

I expected this book to be very basic, at the brink of being useless for an intermediate player. And to be honest, it started off this way. I don't need tips not to connect too many electrical devices (instruments in this case) to the same socket....
But then it got into music theory, styles, technique. And although basic, it is very thorough. The part with the technique exercises is actually not that easy. All styles are being treated equal: pop, rock, jazz, blues, ragtime, classical...
To me it was a breeze of fresh air and I wished I was taught like this 35 years ago.

Can one play a piano or keyboard after reading this book? Of course not, but I dare to say, if you actually learn and practice what is being preached in this book, you will be a better player then many, many people who have had lessons in their childhood for over 5 to 10 years.

I can highly recommend this one.

[Laura Cushing · Rating 4 out of 5]

Parts of this were too advanced for me as an absolute beginner but it did help some

[Ben Lobaugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting back into piano after a several year hiatus and wanted to review the music theory I used to know. This book is a typical Dummies book. Easy to read and packed full of useful information for the novice and returning musician alike.

[Emillio Adolf · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's just a basic, not for me

[Michael Harston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for beginners

I am a beginner and I wish this book was around when I was a child where I could learn to play a piano.

[Pearl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just testing out