Piano for Dummies by Blake Neely Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Piano for Dummies
Book Review: A Total Waste of Money
Summary: 1 Stars
I wish they had a zero star rating, but I was forced to give at least one star. This book is overly lengthy, boring, condescending, and not even appropriate for a five year old. I wish I could send mine back.Book Review: A solid choice for a disciplined student
Summary: 5 Stars
You may not like the sense of humor, the book may not cover every little nuance of proper piano technique, and yes, it has that annoying word "dummies" in its title. Agreed.
However, try this on for size: I'm learning to play the piano and I can attribute that directly to this book. I found this book more accessible than three other piano books I checked out in my library; the pace and organization are just right; and there's a helpful accompanying CD that lets one measure up to "the real thing."
I've had very little musical experience in my life, but thanks to this book I can play quite a few songs after only a month and a half and I'm confident that I'm on the road to being a pretty darn decent pianist. Assuredly, I expect that at some point I'll need a real human being to steer me along, but at this point there's no need to spend $30-$40 an hour to learn musical fundamentals that can easily be obtained in a book.
I can confidently recommend this book.
Book Review: An easy way to learn...
Summary: 5 Stars
It's very easy to learn piano with the this book and it's really funny. You learn without the stress of a regular "learning manual".Book Review: Awful CD
Summary: 2 Stars
The book is an okay way to learn about the piano - but I would go with the Idiot's Guide to Music Theory or the zillion other books on music theory. The CD that comes with the book (along with the examples IN the book) are no more complex than the built-in songs that come with most low-end keyboards. IN FACT, most of the songs sound like they've been produced by some $39 Casio keyboard made in 1987. I would look for books that teach theory and back them up with longer and more complex classical pieces or at least better produced music. You'll come away with knowing more than "Little Brown Jug".Book Review: Condecending, patronising, badly edited, impossible to read.
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is aimed at the LOWEST possible common demoninator. I certainly won't be purchasing any more dummies books. Filled with pathetic one-liners and bad analogies, any useful content is obliterated by forced gags and the consistent ending of every paragraph with a bad pun. This is not only the worst edited book I've ever seen, but it also failed to introduce all musical notation before presenting it on a score, leaving me wondering what I'm supposed to do when I reached certain symbols (ie: the rest symbol). Not reccomended at all.