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--- In 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 ^=-=^