Piano Scales, Chords & Arpeggios Lessons with Elements of Basic Music Theory: Fun, Step-By-Step Guide for Beginner to Advanced Levels(Book & Streaming Video)

I got a lot out of this book. It's meant to be used with the online videos available on YouTube. Reading the info and then watching the videos is a great way to absorb the information, the videos give a nice rhythm to reading the book and makes it relatively painless to study for long stretches. I was able to get completely through this book in 3 days. The book progressively introduces topics in small bite sized chunks so you never get overwhelmed and it's easy to absorb each idea.. There is one lesson per page, and each lesson/page is extremely simplified and targeted at a specific idea. If there is an associated video, the lesson will let you know. Not every lesson has a video, so sometimes the book will go through several pages/lessons before pulling it all together in a video. I am using the Kindle Edition, and I was happy with this book. Some books with graphics just suck because Kindle handles graphics so poorly. But the Kindle Edition of this book works really well, I was happy about that. Each page/lesson is formatted to nicely fill just one page, so I never had problems with Kindle doing weird things while trying to format graphics/text. For some reason there are several versions of this book on Amazon, some simpler than others. I suggest you take a good look and make sure you get the one that contains the most information. I also recommend the following books: A Piano Chord Book You Can Actually Use! (has the same type of online video format) The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and Cadences (repeats information in this book, but comes at it from a different angle, the first few pages of introductory theory is pretty good) Practiceopedia (a great way to make sure you are practicing efficiently) Scales Bootcamp (one of the best way to really learn your scales)

As a musician, and an aspiring piano player, this book is really encouraging. It is simply laid out, and easy to understand, which helps get me in the mood to practice my piano playing!! Its has everything you could want in the 140 lessons it teaches, accompanied by 30 video lessons. When I first opened up the book to chapter 1 I was able to get right to work. This piano book has scales, teaches you hand placement and chords. So the beginner really has an excellent time learning how to start out, Each page gets more complex, adding in more layers! The skilled pianist can reminisce over those first chapters and work their way to their own level, maybe learning something new along the way. Wether you start on chapter 1, 32, or 85!! This book is for everyone!!!! One of the things I love about this book though, is that it is accompanied by 30 videos. Each a good length and providing enough info so that we understand what is going on in the book. It's fun to have a visual learning component in addition to the book!! I recommend this book to anyone trying to learn piano!! Or anyone who just wants to have a skills book on the shelf!! It works with Kindles as well, or the Kindle apps on any smart phone!!

Very useful

I was asked to review this book as a person who is not a teacher, but as someone with lifelong experience reading music and playing piano for my own enjoyment. I think this would be a good reference book for someone like me, or for a person who is taking piano lessons, and wants to understand the theory behind what they are learning. I'm not sure how well a child might take to it, but I think it would be quite useful for an adult attempting to learn on their own. As a young child I was shown the basics of harmony and chords and that helped me to learn to play by ear in a way that my regular lesson books did not. The book starts with the basics, assuming no previous knowledge, and the accompanying videos demonstrate what is learned in the lessons. While there is lots of theory, this is really not a book for learning *how* to play piano. It's hard to remember what it was like being a complete beginner, but I would guess that a person with no previous musical experience might feel a little lost and would wish to have a bit more explanation regarding the use of this information before they could really begin playing. However, there are plenty of sources available for that. As a reference book, this would be great! I found that I was unable to increase the font size (probably because images had to be used instead of standard text to represent the music). However, since I have a large size tablet, I was able to switch my view to 'one column' and place my tablet in portrait mode and read it easily at the piano. This would not work as well on a kindle or a very small tablet.

Good book. Helpful to practice piano. It has scales, cords, arpeggios.

I've always wanted to learn how to play the piano. This interactive e-book has finally made that possible with its detailed lesson structure. In just a few days, I feel more capable. Once I finish reading this book I am sure that my understanding of scales, chords and music theory will have improved significantly. It is clear that a lot of time and loving care has gone into the creation of these lessons. I am so glad to have come across this book. It changed my life! Thanks, Mr. Ferrante!

An excellent book for both absolute beginners and advanced players who may need a refresher. It helps with music theory, sight reading and practical methods. You won't be the new Mozart at the end of the book but you will have the necessary tools to progress.

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Really great! Among a lot of material I have already studied, this is the most didatic and efficient. As an introduction both to piano and music theory, this books gives you a good insight on these topics. The videos also helps very much on the process. If you want to learn the piano by yourself, recommend it without hesitation.