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Reddit mentions of Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Piano Course Book 1: Book with Media Online

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Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Piano Course Book 1: Book with Media Online
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Softcover177 pagesSize: 12 x 9-1/4 in.Composer: Randall FaberISBN: 1616773022
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Release dateJanuary 2002
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Found 16 comments on Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Piano Course Book 1: Book with Media Online:

u/patrickcolvin · 6 pointsr/musictheory

Here is the book I've used with adult piano students: https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Piano-Adventures-All-Course/dp/1616773022

u/KeronCyst · 4 pointsr/piano

That depends on how good you want to get. Staying free, sadly, won't get you very far, because your hands are not like my hands, or the YouTube self-learn video creators' hands. We also do not know how you learn (whether you're tactile or something else). You would need a teacher to examine specifically how you learn, if even through video-chat.

The problem with the all-in-one adult books is that they don't prioritize hand posture: their stance is that as long as your fingers aren't splayed out all across the keys like a corpse's, then you're fine. That's totally false, though. The wrist needs to stay no higher than where the keys are (too many students keep their wrists too high which hampers reach and dynamic control), and the knuckles need to be typically the highest part of the hand, if examining the hand from a side view. Instead of sticking the knuckles up, too many students crush them down, which results in weak fingers that they can't lift up efficiently.

Many a great pianist has been lost in the vital beginner stages because of little heeding of proper, healthy posture. It also tends to be extremely difficult to teach yourself this (or goad yourself out of it if it's been a bad habit), and even more difficult to reinforce without repeated adjustment (at first) by a teacher who's physically present.

If you still insist, try https://smile.amazon.com/Adult-Piano-Adventures-All-Course/dp/1616773022 but it would be best to save up, get a teacher, and factor in lessons like another monthly bill like your phone cost or utilities.

u/I_like_mangoes · 4 pointsr/videos

I bought this book a while back and it has helped tremendously. It has a nice pace to it. It teaches you something then it'll have a little song that demonstrates what it just taught you. Starts off with just small little basic things and then gets into more complicated stuff later on. You can just go through the book at your own pace. I highly recommend it.


also before I bought the book this nice little website taught me a lot about the basics of reading sheet music.

u/newbdogg · 3 pointsr/piano

While some things translate well it's not as much as you think. You need a method book. Either Alfred's or Faber's

These are the standard methods of learning piano. There are many others, but these are the standard for a reason. They work. Go through books 1-2 then pick a track that you want to learn.

u/larrieuxa · 3 pointsr/piano

I use the Faber Piano Adventures series. I'm following the standard series that children follow since I prefer having a lot more material at each level, but there is also a quicker series intended for adults who want to progress fast.

https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Piano-Adventures-All-Course/dp/1616773022/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=adult+piano+adventures&qid=1567330362&s=gateway&sr=8-1

That is adult book 1, there is also a book 2.

u/vdp08 · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Coordination of both hands at the piano is definitely a tricky thing, and takes a looong time to get together... can help to find a teacher. I've actually just started teaching an adult student, and we just got to the "two hands" thing for the first time in her lesson last week. It's a bit like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time... but I promise it gets easier with time and practice!

There are some great adult piano lesson books that can help, either to self-teach or to work with a teacher (it's always better to work with a teacher if you can, but not an option for everyone...). She's using a book by Bastien, but this one by Faber has come highly recommended by some of my colleagues...

u/tit_curtain · 2 pointsr/piano

B&H has the px160 with stand, pedals, and bench for $450 new.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1376638-REG/casio_px_160_88_key_digital_piano.html

Guitar center has a lot of used digital pianos. They price them to be competitive with used listings on ebay. Looking through listings on guitarcenter and sold listings on ebay might be as close as you'll get to a blue book value.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Keyboards-MIDI.gc#narrowSideBar

PX150 and PX160 have the same action, either would be fine to start on. Getting a yamaha p115, kawai es110, or roland fp30 might be a better fit for some, but the level of improvement is not huge. Unless you really dislike the casio tone, either keeping the px150, or selling it to get the px160 bundle I linked above, would leave you with a perfectly fine instrument to start out on.

A teacher is recommended, but if you go with method books, faber adult all in one or alfred adult all in one are fine to start with.

https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Piano-Adventures-All-Course/dp/1616773022

https://www.amazon.com/Adult-All-One-Course-Lesson-Theory-Technic/dp/0882848186

If you get to the end of the third alfred book and can play through the pieces in the 'ambitious sections' at the end of the book, you might want to consider an upgrade. Until then, don't worry about it. A PX150 is just fine.

https://www.amazon.com/Adult-All-One-Course-Alfreds/dp/0739000683/

u/dryan0 · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Ohh that's awesome! I use this one! I'm almost done with it!

u/AllAboutChristmasEve · 2 pointsr/piano

I know this sub hates it, but I kind of liked Yousician. You don't get much free time per day, but you do make progress.

That said, I got this book this weekend and already made more sightreading progress in 24 hours than the previous 2 weeks using the app.

u/ButtFartMcPoopus · 2 pointsr/piano

The third one is the big one, called Adult Piano Adventures. This is where the bulk of my learning gets done, where I find out what exactly staccato is or what a slur means, etc. The other two I mentioned to you do no actual teaching of what this stuff is, it's JUST the songs/chords. The purpose of them is just to practice and let your fingers and note reading skills get used to what you've learned in the big, main book.

I'm not sure if I would recommend this one though, for a few reasons. The biggest one is that it was obviously designed for a teacher to walk you through, the descriptions and instructions are very minimalist because the blanks are supposed to be filled in by an instructor. Secondly, I think the majority of what's taught in this book could be found for free online or through some kind of instructional DVD or whatever.

I'd recommend either getting a DVD/video download or a 'teaching yourself piano' equivalent to this book, just because having something that takes you through the steps of learning piano with proper difficulty progression and a logical, linear path will probably help immensely.

u/evilrottengrape · 1 pointr/piano

How do you think Suzuki compares to these two?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849773024/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616773022/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.


I just cancelled the Bastien method, kept Faber and am also ordering Suzuki + Hanlon. Thanks for the advice.

u/zenhexzen · 1 pointr/piano

I'd follow this book and supplement it with the youtube resources above, but as a disclaimer I learned with a teacher so I'm no authority on self-taught pianists.

u/emerald447 · 1 pointr/piano

I'd recommend this book as a great starting point. I am 25 and my teacher and I have really made progress :)

u/Enarus · 1 pointr/piano

I guess you are talking about these books? https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Piano-Adventures-All-Course/dp/1616773022/

Do you recommend any other complementary books?

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/piano

Teaching piano is different from learning to play it. I remember [Creative Piano Teaching] (http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Piano-Teaching-James-Lyke/dp/1609040546/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452484768&sr=8-1&keywords=creative+piano+teaching) being a good book from my pedagogy class. Just skip around to the chapter that's relevant for you at the time. Your university music library may have a copy.

As for method books, there are quite a few good ones nowadays. [Piano Pronto] (http://pianopronto.com/method-books/piano-pronto-method-books/) focuses on learning through the use of lots of popular songs, which has some perks. The [Adult Piano Adventures book] (http://www.amazon.com/Adult-Piano-Adventures-All--Lesson/dp/1616773022/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452484994&sr=8-1&keywords=adult+piano+adventures) is a better pedagogical choice but has more original songs that may not be as interesting as the Piano Pronto books. The piano adventures book has a smoother learning curve, though.