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Reddit mentions of Piano Lessons, Bk 1 (Faber Edition: The Waterman / Harewood Piano Series)
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Reddit mentions: 2
We found 2 Reddit mentions of Piano Lessons, Bk 1 (Faber Edition: The Waterman / Harewood Piano Series). Here are the top ones.
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- Faber Music Ltd
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It's going to sound like a joke, but Piano Lessons Book 1 by Fanny Waterman is an excellent starting point. You might want to buy book one and two depending on your age (there's a lot of pretty basic stuff in book 1 but NOTHING skippable, however you may be able to get through it pretty quickly as an adult).
Edit Source: It's how I started out when I was 7 and it set me on the right path for a lifetime of learning with the piano.
I would agree with this assessment.
Czerny is rather dry and dense and very much in a kind of "classical music by numbers" style. But, you can learn stuff from it. Modern courses are more progressively paced and have more fun and variety of music, but can be a bit babyish esp. at the beginning.
In the UK this series might be a half-way house. It is still very oriented to the baroque and classical, but with more interesting pieces than Czerny and more agressive pace that modern courses. It doesn't seem to have ever been popular in the US though:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Lessons-Book-Waterman-Harewood/dp/0571500242