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AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Warren Herron
<flibfree@w...> wrote:
> Hello out there in midiland,
> If you want to learn basic (and some not so basic) theory and
to read
> music get this book!!! "HOW TO PLAY PIANO DESPITE YEARS
OF LESSONS," by
> Ward Cannel and Fred Marx. It is THE BEST book on this topic
I have
> ever seen. If you read it, you WILL learn some useful stuff.
Thanks for the book suggestion.
> Most theory books are utter garbage - Expensive for what you
get,
> confusing, miserably boring and obtuse as hell.
Ha ha ha LOL - it's so true. Someone once told me 'learn all you
can about theory - then forget it.'
Some books I've kept around...
'Music Theory' by George Thaddeus Jones (Barnes and Noble
Outline Series)
'Learn to Read Music' by Howard Shanet (Simon & Shuster)
'How to Play Piano' by Roger Evans (St Martins PRess)
'The Keyboardist's Picture Chord Encyclopedia' by Leornard
Vogler (Amsco)
> reading music.. So, I think it really depends on what you want
to get
> out of it. Learning to read music isn't easy any way you look at
it,
> but it can be very rewarding and you will never know how much
unless you
> learn.
>
I'm a parent of a young child who has begun taking Piano
lessons for the past few months and he seems to enjoy it - it's
amazing how quickly they soak it up at that age. I can't tell you
how much fun it is practicing at night - wish I'd proper lessons at
that age...
regards,
Jon
> My two cents...
> Warren ^=-=^