Piano Book reviews from Reddit

"I'm really enjoying Alfreds Adult Piano All In One Course. I've taken lessons before and am just getting back into it, I didn't know where to start until i found these. Really enjoyable."

"I would recommend that one. Work through every page just to prove that you know it."

"Alfred's for sure."

"I'd say both Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Faber's Piano Adventures are among the best piano books for beginners."

"Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One and Adult Piano Adventures are both good choices for completely beginners."

"I picked up the Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course book and I am liking it."

"You might consider picking up a piano method book, such as Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One or Faber's Adult Piano Adventures."

"Non-simplified material from classical composers that is at a level that's suitable for an early beginner on piano."

"I would suggest Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One or Faber's Adult Piano Adventures."

"This is Alfred's Basic Piano Course: Repertoire Book Complete 2 & 3"

"Faber adult piano adventures. And they’re good. Used by many many teachers, and good for people with no musical background."

"I'd say both Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Faber's Piano Adventures are among the best piano books for beginners."

"Each level has several books: lesson, theory, performance, technique, and sightreading."

"I also prefer the Faber Piano Adventures. I felt they were more intuitive and more engaging."

"I’d personally go with Faber. I found that I was more likely to get frustrated with Alfred books compared to Faber."

"I started on Teaching Little Fingers to play. As an adult I used it too, but I switched to Faber."

"Fabre adventures in piano and Alfred’s adult piano. These are also multiple books and by the end of the series in a couple of years time."

"I taught a college age student with the Faber advanced books and he learned pretty quickly."

"Faber Adult Piano Adventures or Alfred Adult All-In-One. Faber is slightly more focused on classical and Alfred is on pop."

"Faber over Alfred if you are more classically inclined."

"Bach Inventions"

"Bach two part inventions"

"I would rather recommend Bach Inventions"

"Here's a book of beginner Bach music."

"Get a copy of Hanon 60 exercises, it has all the scales, arpeggios and other exercises in every key."

"Get a copy of Hanon 60 exercises, it has all the scales, arpeggios and other exercises in every key."

"Try Hanon and the books for children by Czerny."

"I bought myself the Hanon exercises (with fingerings), which have scales and stuff in the back."

"Bastien also has a great primer book that moves even slower."

"Just wanted to say thanks though as I checked out the Bastien book you mentioned."

"I like the Bastien Piano Literature books."

"For Repertoire, the Bastien Piano Literature series is a good place to start."

"The Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine is always the answer."

"Mark Levine - The Jazz Piano Book."

"Mark Levine's 'The Jazz Piano Book' is a pretty decent start."

"Really impressed by the sound. It is also very light and portable."

"The Casio ct200 and ct300 are also cheap models that sound decent with good reviews."

"The Casio ct200 and ct300 are also cheap models that sound decent with good reviews."

"There’s one called “The Giant Book of Intermediate Classical Piano Music” that has some good and more obscure pieces/composers."

"Really easy arrangements of well known jazz standards."

"I personally really like this book as a starting point particularly for those with a classical background."

"I second the mikrokosmos."

"Bela bartok mikrokosmos has a lot of material of progressive difficulty"

"I just got the Adult Piano Adventures books from Faber."

"I have adult piano adventures by Nancy and Randall faber which is great."

"I've been working through Mikrokosmos, and cannot recommend it enough!"

"I always use mikrokosmos from Bartok for beginner students."

"I've had this one for about 12 years."

"The arrangements in the music books for each individual movie are all really good."

"Get the Henle Album! Wide range of repertoire in intermediate difficulty."

"I also recommend Henle Verlag to find musics (the sheets are paid)"

"Yes, Mark Levine Jazz Piano book will be perfect for him."

"Mark Levine's Jazz piano book really quickly goes through the basics and then gets to jazz-specific stuff."

"Dover's Easy Piano Classics has a big range of pieces from really beginner to roughly late beginner-early intermediate."

"Another option, very reasonably priced, is Dover's Easy Piano Classics."

"Teaching little fingers to play from the John Thompson method is my favorite for kids."

"Check out John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano."

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"You could try Faber piano adventures."

"Faber Piano Adventures. They have different series for different age groups."

"It has an extraordinary curriculum for method and technique and a large library of songs."

"Hal Galper's book Forward Motion, without a doubt!"

"Highly recommend!"

"You could try Play It Again by Melanie Spanswick, specifically written for people returning to the piano."

"I've found I'm learning so much faster with this..."

"I recommend Henle high quality but very inexpensive Piano Album, which contains all-time favourites from the most famous classical composers."

"Piano Adventures Primer Level book is great."

"This one is perfect for 3 year olds."

"Is an excellent book."

"I loved the Denis Agay 'Joy of First Year Piano'."

"The Giant Book of Intermediate Classical Piano Music"

"My favorite is Tim Richard's Exploring Jazz Piano."

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"I love playing Jim Brickman's piano solos."

"My fourth grade private students thrived with this book."

"My favorite for young beginners is Music Tree."

"I really like piano safari!"

"I would recommend Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course LVL One."

"I learned the basics with Schaum's book, others here with Alfred's. Then you move to the more complex one like Duvernoy or Schmitt."

"Some nice pieces of varying difficulty in there."

"They have everything from nursery rhymes to patriotic songs to hymns"

"They both have lyrics and guitar chords too, and they sound like very good arrangements to me."

"If you like playing pop, instead of classical, I recommend pianoforall, it's ~ $10 when on sale."

"My most used piano book is 'The Billy Joel Keyboard Book,' which is billed as a note-for-note transcription."

"You might find Winning with the Slow (but Venomous!) Italian to be interesting."

"It works relatively well. It might be what you’re looking for."

"If you're interested in classical music, I'd recommend Artistry at the Piano."

"They have books from 1 - 6 ranging in difficulty."

"Repertoire: The Real Book to start."

"Teaching Little Fingers to Play!"

"I think this is very nice and easy."

"*Exploring Jazz Piano 1 + 2,* Tim Richards."

"I liked Dan Haerle's Jazz Piano Voicing Skills for some commo"

"Try buying the RCM books starting from level 2 or 3 and work your way up"

"Then get a copy of a hymnal (I'd strongly recommend *Common Praise*, the Anglican one, as it's much"

"I thought they were fine 👌"

"Alfreds and Bastien are both good book sets."

"I like Bastien and John Thompson."

"WunderKeys for Preschoolers."

"IT'S pretty good."

"I'd find a good Sonatina collection book."

"There is a free PDF of the book on 8notes.com."

"Play Piano by Ear. Simon Schott."

"Keyboard Musicianship: Piano for Adults is my favorite."

"Jeremy Siskind just published his new book for beginning jazz pianist."

"I'd recommend Its never too later - Pam Wedgwood."

"Tim Richards's *Improvising Blues Piano* is a great book."

"Teaches classical style and the first few lessons are really easy."