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Adult All-in-one Course: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, Book 2 | 
 enlarge | Authors: Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 42823
Format: Large Print
Media: Plastic Comb
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 143
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0882849956
Dewey Decimal Number: 786
UPC: 038081128085
EAN: 9780882849959
ASIN: 0882849956
Publication Date: June 1995
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Product Description
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, the most popular and successful piano course ever written, has just been given a new dimension. Along with the Lesson pages that teach the concepts and fundamentals of music, Theory and Technic pages have been added. Now, for the first time within one book, an adult beginner can learn all that is needed to perform successfully. Lesson pages are designed to provide a basic course of instruction that contains all the concepts and fundamentals needed to perform. Theory pages give beginners an added understanding of music not possible in any other way. Every concept and principle introduced in the Lesson pages is reinforced. Additional drills in note recognition make this a valuable aid in developing reading skills. Important tips are presented that make learning chord progressions easier. Technic pages offer suggestions for the proper care of your hands. Most adult beginners feel awkward at the keyboard because of stiffness in their fingers, hands and wrists. They have trouble with coordination, and they feel they could play much better if the muscular agility and flexibility of their hands could somehow be made to keep pace with their comprehension. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular songs ever written while gaining a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of music.
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 So Glad I Found This Series May 23, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
My efforts to reteach myself to play the piano had kind of stalled but ALFRED'S BASIC ADULT PIANO COURSE has put me back in gear. I kind of dithered between starting with level 2 or level 3 and though the first few pieces in level 2 were very easy for me I soon found I really did need the review offered in level 2 and a quick scan of level 3 shows me I would have soon become frustrated with it without going through this book first. A tuneful selection of folk, jazz ragtime and classical music make up most of the coursework and there is a lot of emphasis on chords and fingering - skills I missed in my piano lesson days of long ago. The book is bound with a sturdy plastic "comb" good for me as I am notoriously hard on piano music. There are pen and paper exercises to review notes and chords as well as lots of beautiful music pieces. If you are faithful in practicing this series will teach you a great deal about the piano and keep you motivated to continue.
 Just so so December 23, 2007
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is well written. However the whole serie book 1 2 3 are too easy for serious adult beginner. Even if you finish all of them, you still cannot play some real piano music.
Great book November 28, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the 2nd in the series and has the same quality and approachability of the first book. I have found these books to be the best self-taught adult piano lessons available bar none.
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