Learn Piano with a Good Piano Book
If you are beginner piano and want to be a real pianist, a selection of good piano books is really a necessity. You can spend as much time as you want to practicing scales, but it is simply not enough. If all that you do is practice your scales, you will probably get bored with playing piano, and when you get bored, your playing will suffer.
Staying interested is a chore but playing music that you prefer makes a difference in the long run. Your piano playing will reflect your enjoyment of what you are learning to play.
There are many good piano books available for piano learning, no matter what kind of music you are into. From classical, to jazz, to rock, to pop, and everywhere in between, there are books on piano available for every genre to keep your interest.
I prefer an assortment of piano books. I have all the classical masters but I also broaden my library to include jazz, hip hop and other more popular songs. I am an entertainer and I must entertain now don’t I. It is really a gas to play at family functions and for friends. It is helpful when they make requests that I know a wide variety of musics.
Don’t shy away from music that you don’t like. You need a wide variety of a styles and genre to be able to please the crowd. Who knows, maybe you will get to like Mamma’s Little Baby Love Shorten Bread! I even own piano books filled with songs that I don’t even much care for.
When you have studied enough books about piano and looked at enough songs you will begin to get that you don’t even need sheet music to play. You develop an eye to go with your ear. You will hear something on the radio and be able to plunk it out before you know it. The ah-ah moment will eventually come for your as it did for me.
After a while music will just play in your head. You will hear a song just once and you will see the notes in your mind. If you want to duplicate what you see in your head then you will need the sheet music. You will be able to visualize how it was arranged by then. But you will probably want to create your own sound. When this happens you will not need your books anymore.
So don’t give up. Dedicate yourself to learning to play piano. It will be well worth it.
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