Reddit mentions of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Greatest Hits, Bk 1

I've recommended it before, but when I was a beginner I really enjoyed this book: https://www.amazon.com/Alfreds-Basic-Adult-Course-Greatest/dp/0739002813/ It's great for those who are working through a beginner book and most of the arrangements sound really good.

Yeah that's the one!

I'd say between 5 and 10 most weeks on Average. But some weeks I've not played at all as I've said. I try and do a little bit everyday when I can. Even if it's just a 10 minute play through of a couple of songs, just to keep my fingers nimble. On my days off I try and hit 1-2 hours though.

I won't have much chance to play for the next couple of weeks for example, I've got a lot of work, likely to get a promotion, and I'm moving house so I'll not have as much time. I'm still going to try and find 10-15 minutes each day just to keep everything ticking over.

The one great thing about Alfreds is there's a lot of people who have played through each song perfectly on Youtube for you. So if you're stuck finding the right sound, or rhythm for a song, you can go there and type in "Alfreds Chattanooga Choo Choo" or whatever and there'll be a plethora of results. Some of them go into more depth like this guy too.

If you want more songs to play, I'd recommend this book as an addition to the other Alfred one. A lot of them are simple renditions of well known songs, but playing songs you know (and perhaps really like) can be a great motivator. I learned to play A Whole New World as it's a song I love, and whilst it's an easy arrangement it's nice to just sit and play songs you enjoy.

The book also tells you what page number of Alfreds Level 1 you should be on to be able to have the skills and knowledge to play. If you have anymore questions let me know!