Piano: An Easy Guide (An Easy Guide to)

by Chris Coetzee (Author), JennyStern (Author), Chris Coetzee (Author), JennyStern (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $4.96

  This guide provides an all-in-one approach for adults wishing to learn the piano. It incorporates a brief history of the piano and a look at its inner workings, an introduction to reading music, exercises to develop fingering skills, information on buying a piano and finding a teacher, and explanations of essential terms. The body of the work is devoted to some of the most important periods in music, looking at key composers and the influences that shaped them, and providing readers with characteristic pieces of music for each period, complete with notes to aid playing and interpretation.