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I Used to Play Piano: for Adults Returning to the Piano and MIDI.(Book Review)
I Used to Play Piano: For Adults Returning to the Piano and MIDI (w/CD), by E.L. Lancaster and Victoria McArthur. Alfred Publishing Company, Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., Ste. 100, P.O. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410), 2004. 152 pp. $24.95.
We've all heard, "I wish I could play, but I quit lessons as a child. Is it too late to start again?" I Used to Play the Piano was written for these students. From the opening pages, one realizes this book is going to be unique in its exacting purpose--to help the adult student return to the world of piano playing.
The book is organized into eleven units of progressing difficulty. Each unit contains: 1) simplified or arranged "classical" masterworks; 2) original "classical" masterworks; 3) "familiar" music; 4) popular styles (for example, rock, ballad); 5) jazz, boogie, blues or ragtime; and 6) technical studies. Students choose several pieces in each unit. Practice suggestions and progress evaluation are geared to the adult. A CD accompanies the text, and a MIDI disk is available from ...
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