Accelerated Piano Adventures: Lesson Book 1 | International Edition Sheet Music for the Older Beginner | Beginner Piano Method for Grand Staff and Rhythm Fundamentals | Faber Piano Method Book

A great book for beginners.

Such a great book for learning! My daughter loved it and has come a long way in a short amount of time!

My daughter’s Piano teacher recommended this book.

Absolutely perfect and is exactly what I wanted!!! Fast delivery and easy setup!!!

Perfect for a beginner, loved every page, very detailed if I had a friend who wanted to learn i would get them this book!

If you are practicing under the tutelage of an experienced piano player and you are indeed an adult, then this book is for you. I did not have a choice as it is required for class, but it turns out to be a wise choice all the same. The progression is fairly simple and easy to perform after enough practice, but also tricky for beginners who must develop left/right brain coordination to play more complicated pieces. This book will take you there in simple terms of learning how to play the piano without dumbing it down to child like prose and unnecessary repetition as children often need to keep their attention. The practices are short and sweet, and prepare you well in their simplicity. You may not know it from the first week of practicing, but by the end of the book you will know a lot of music theory and technique to take you to the next (in my case class) level. My only gripe is that other texts use darkened/filled keys representation for tricky fingering techniques like hand shifts, and some illustrations of these would ease the practice part when the teacher is not there to correct me easier. Other then that, great textbook.

I'm an intermediate pianist and people sometimes ask, "how are you able to understand this music?" I bought this book as a guide to help teach some curious listeners the basics of piano theory. I chose the accelerated lesson book instead of the adult all-in-one because it is more organized and slower paced. It is slow enough to help someone retain all the information accumulated but fast paced enough to keep a student engaged. This book is also very classical focused. I also like that it is designed for older beginners or adults instead of young beginners. I think this would be an exceptional book for an older beginner pianist with a tutor/teacher. I don't know how well it would do as a self-learning piano book.

I normally love the Accelerated "for the older beginner" book to start with anyone 7 years and up, HOWEVER, I did not realize I was ordering the "International version". It's going to be okay--the songs are the same, but they call whole notes "semibreves", half notes "minims", and quarter notes "crotchets", for example. It has the terms we use as Americans under it, but unless you are from a country that uses those other terms, why confuse new students with foreign terms? My review for the non-International version would be: I have taught piano for over 20 years, and Faber's Piano Adventures is my favorite series I've ever taught out of. The only book in the series I'm not thrilled with is their primer book, so unless my student is very young, I use this Accelerated version "for the older beginner". I use it for first or second graders even. It gets you into reading notes on the staff by the second lesson. It's very well done and the songs are as musical as they can be at the level. I highly recommend this for a new student unless they are very young.

Una pena porque el libro está bien. Lo pedí para otra persona y me ha costado una explicación al haber bajado de precio dos veces en menos de una semana.

It's a nice book for begginers

A really good book for those who want to improve their early learning experience.

Bery useful

My daughters piano teacher recommended this book, and she has been using it for a while now—it’s incredibly helpful! The lessons are well-structured and easy to follow, making it perfect for older beginners