The Complete Idiots Guide to Playing Piano

You’re no idiot, of course. You know that learning to play the piano takes patience, practice, and a genuine love of music. And whether you wish to play classical or jazz, rock or country, your first step every pianist’s first step—is. to sit on the bench and place your hands on the keyboard.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Playing Piano, Third Edition, shows you exactly how to tickle the ebonies and ivories in no time. In this revised and updated Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get:
• An introduction to notation that will have you reading music in no time.
• Strategies for mastering major and minor scales.
• Instruction on how to use the pedals to produce different musical sound effects.
• Exercises and songs that will make practice sessions a pleasure.
• A CD featuring the music in the book.