John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano: First Grade Book | John Thompson

John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano: First Grade Book | John Thompson | A Classic!

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	John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano: First Grade Book John Thompson Willis Music, 2005 - 84 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Modern Course series provides a clear and complete foundation in the study of the piano that enables the student to think and feel musically. It may be preceded by the Teaching Little Fingers to Play series.

A classic

I actually didn't need this for my 7-yr-old daughter, whom I am teaching piano, because I finally found my old copy from 30 years ago (after I ordered). Doesn't look like anything has changed, which is fine. Easy to see why this book is still in such common use.

A Classic!

I learned to play the piano with the John Thompson series and used it for my students when I was teaching. I just purchased this book in addition to "Teaching Little Fingers to Play" as I am now going to be teaching my son piano. The pieces in this book advance appropriately and are interesting and fun to play. When I received it, I opened it and started to play and took a nice trip down memory lane! I highly recommend the entire John Thompson series.

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good and cheap

I have bought this book because my daughter's piano teacher recommended it. I have to inform you that the french version in Switzerland cost 4 times your price......the book is very good with exercises and practical examples. It is however for someone who is taking courses with a professional.

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.

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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 learn the piano, by hearing the piano piece only being played so I could study it. What did I get? Sounded more like a small band playing the music to keep kids interested. Maybe the book is just aimed for kids more than adults.

Outside the lousy CD, the songs seem to drop the person into the middle-end of the pool right off the bat. How so? Playing with two hands at the same time. I'm pretty sure this is the beginning of the series, and if I'm wrong then I apologize, but I don't think I am.

The songs felt a little too difficult at first, with almost no instruction about how to properly play. This diminishes how well it'd work for learning on one's own.

Do I feel it's an OK buy? Quite honestly, yes I do under a few circumstances:
1. Buy another book too. Personally I got "The Piano Handbook" ([...]) which I find much more helpful for the beginning stuff.
2. Try to find a teacher - especially if #1 isn't met.
3. Be prepared to work through with little use of the CD to gauge your progress. I wish I could say more positive on the CD.

I'm a beginning piano player, only playing for a very short time. If you have some knowledge already, this book may be OK for you then.

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