Hal Leonard Kid's Keyboard Course Book #1: E-Z Play Today

Easy to use, well planned piano learning book! A youth could self teach with this book, very helpful exercises presented in easy to understand examples! Fun known learning songs with footnote helps when needed building upon skills as the book progresses. Also included are key decals to make learning even easier . . . this book is a keeper and will help this Grandma learn while helping an interested grandson too!

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Well what can i say arrived 2 days before estimated time It is as described Bought for my daughter as she wants to learn to play a keyboard, she does a little at school well i say a little, I saw she had some keys written down approx 8 of them, my oldest got a guitar so i bought my 11 year old a keyboard and this book. The keyboard not arrived yet so I downloaded a piano on the Ipad and with in 3 hours she mastered London Bridge is burning without using the book. She is in the lower class at school so that tells you how easy and understanding this book is. So proud of her she don't get the music side from me

I bought a keyboard for my nephew for Christmas and got this book to help him learn the keys and notes. He was playing a song within 20 minutes of starting to work with this book. Very easy to follow for kids. I would highly recommend this as a starter for your kids to see if they like playing the keyboard before investing in formal lessons.

Bought 3 for our grandchildren. I have played both piano and keyboard for a number of years now. This book is very colourful...and atractive with excercises. For the younger child aged 5 onwards...the stickers within the book to place upon a keyboard for note guidence, will require an adult, to read through the instructions - in order to place them upon the correct keys. A little one to one... may bring rewards for the younger child to tap out simple tunes...with the help of colour coded stickers, that will help a beginner adult even at first. As when you progress through the book - it deals with auto accompliment - i.e (how to play along with your own backing band) with a suitably equipped K/B...but that will require cordination; as You'll need to practice with the right hand melody without auto accompliment -(Treble Clef) - in hitting the right notes and basically counting correctly the RH/Melody note values/timing )...then LH WITHOUT accompliment (practice going through cord/and finger spans).Afterwards practice/SLOWLY building up the tempo counting with the auto accompliment on with Left hand only. eventually depending upon practice, etc. slowly building up tempo- with both hands together. The book may provide a stepping stone...into a treasure chest of songs available in other music books. Hope this has been of help.