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The Hobbyist's Guide to Playing the Piano.(Book Review)
by Marjory Frances Brown-Azarowicz. Vantage Press, Inc. (516 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001), 2003. 198 pp. $18.95.
Marjory Frances Brown-Azarowicz offers a calico-quilt of information about playing the piano for those who have decided it is that time in life to "take up the piano" as a hobby. The book is divided into sections to accommodate different readers--those who are just beginning lessons as a teenager or adult, those who have just started lessons and those who have been taking lessons for several years. Chapters answer basic questions ranging from choosing a piano and an appropriate teacher and how to sit at the piano in the first section, to ideas for memorization, explaining score structure and setting goals for competence in the last section.
The book's format hits the mark with its intended audience--each short chapter clearly answering basic questions that easily could be posed by someone eager to learn the piano but ,rot knowing where to begin. The writer's style is friendly and conversational, filled with personal anecdotes from her thirty years' teaching experience. I found this especially effective in the opening section, coaxing the reader to take the plunge, and explaining you are not too old to learn: "The act of learning knows no age barriers--open the door, share the joy, fulfill your dreams!"
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Source: HighBeam Research, The Hobbyist's Guide to Playing the Piano.(Book Review)