John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano - First Grade (Book/GM Disk): First Grade - Book/GM Disk @ richardeward.com

John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano - First Grade (Book/GM Disk): First Grade - Book/GM Disk
by John Thompson
from Willis Music

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• The book is excellent, the companion CD is bad
  This book has gained its reputation through the years (since 1937). The method has been proven and the pages of the book have a genuine and attractive old fashion look.
  The songs are progressively more interesting and pleasant, but the companion CD has unappealing arrangements with electronic sound which are in contrast with the book, instead of simply sticking to the piano score and the acoustic piano sound. For beginners, I think that a simple demo of how the tunes should be played is most... more info

• Overall very good
  This book has excellent exercises for finger coordination. It moves along in a consistent manner building upon skills learned as you progress through the book. This book is not for the self learner. I could not use this book without the help of my piano teacher. I use this book along with my kids (14,11 & 8). The skills it teaches are good at any age. My only complaint is that the CD plays way too fast. If I were an advanced player I might be able to follow along, but this book is for beginners like... more info

• EXCELLENT CURRICULUM FOR BEGINNING STUDENTS
  I teach beginning piano students and have found this book to be excellent. It teaches several points of theory along with the songs and everything is done in an easy to understand style.
  This series has been around a long time, I actually studied out of it myself as a child, but it is far from dated. This book and the entire series gives a good solid core in music and piano to the new student whatever the age.

• An interesting book, the pieces are fun, the CD recordings are horrible
  I purchased this book as well as "The Piano Handbook". I don't feel this book is technically "bad" (It's actually pretty decent on what is played), the book - and CD seem to try a little too hard to sell itself as being "fun" at the expense of information and accuracy.
  To highlight the main problem I had with this book - the CD. I listened to the CD and the piano parts were not alone but also included bells, a metronome, and a few other sounds as well - outside just the piano. I purchased the book to... more info

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