Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Greatest Hits, Level 1 (Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Series) |  | Author: Morton Manus
Creator: E. L. Lancaster
Brand: Alfred
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Sales Rank: 19234
Media: Paperback
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 8.7 x 0.3
MPN: 00-16505
Model: 00-16505
ISBN: 0739002813
Dewey Decimal Number: 786
UPC: 038081176376
EAN: 9780739002810
ASIN: 0739002813
Publication Date: July 1999
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Product Description
This Greatest Hits volume in the Alfred Basic Adult Piano Course answers the often-expressed need for a variety of supplementary material in many different popular styles. What could be more fun than to play the music that everybody knows and loves?When the books in the Greatest Hits series are assigned in conjunction with the Lesson Books, these appealing pieces reinforce new concepts as they are introduced. In addition, the motivation the music provides could not be better. The emotional satisfaction students receive from mastering each popular song increases their enthusiasm to begin the next one. With the popular music available in the Greatest Hits series (Levels 1 and 2), the use of both books will significantly increase every adult's interest in piano study. Two selections from this book are featured on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2007 edition): "The Rainbow Connection" and "Nadia's Theme."
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Great accompaniment to basic instruction June 24, 2009
Aubrey Louw (Chicago)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am using the Greatest Hits book to round out the lessons in Alfred's Adult All-in-One Course. The latter suffers a little from not having enough full-length scores to really practice the material. One or two verse ditties only go so far and everyone else in the house gets tired of Jingle Bells or The Saints Go Marching In much much sooner than the piano student him/herself.
Even though the book claims that students are ready at page 44 of All-In-One to attempt the scores in Greatest Hits, I have my doubts. The opening song is very challenging and I still am nowhere close to mastering it. It is only when I got to around page 72 of the teaching material that I felt comfortable returning to Greatest Hits and trying some of the other arrangements. In particular, My Heart Will Go On is a very satisfying piece; it never really leaves middle C and the basic beat is familiar to most people.
I highly recommend this as an accompaniment to the All-In-One course. I subtracted one star as I think it could have included at least one more easy arrangement at the start of the text. After all, students buy these supplementals to practice, and encouragement - especially for those teacing themselves - is crucial.
Note that the book does not include a CD; even though most of the pieces are well known, it still would have been a nice touch.
 Alfred Adult Piano Books are the best February 12, 2009
Kim McCann (Illinois)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'd ordered the set of three of these books and am very pleased with them. Highly recommended!
Fun Piano Book July 31, 2008
Helen Ghartey
This piano book is helping me try some slightly hard (for me) tunes that I can master. I just love it. The whole series is great (I only have two so far, but have ordered a third.) Adds fun to the hard work of practice.
from Senior Beginner
 Harder than Expected March 28, 2008
M. Matthews
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am using the Adult All-In-One piano course book (which is great, by the way) to learn piano. I bought this book when I reached the point in the course book telling me I was "ready" to play more songs. Wow, this book is much harder than expected. Although the course book tells you which pages you're ready to play, you haven't really reached this ability. It's taken me a while but I finally learned the first song! I wish a CD was available as many of these songs I don't know (yes, the song can be searched online to figure out the basic beat, but a CD would be more convenient and practical). Overall, I was disappointed with this book because I eagerly anticipated being able to play more songs than the ones I had learned in the course book and really wanted to practice before moving farther along. As an adult, it's hard to find books with easy songs that aren't kids songs. I've found a few online, but in the meantime I will keep working with this book as I do like a challenge.
Overall a decent product by Alfred's August 14, 2007
J N (Scottsdale, AZ)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had just started learning piano at a late age, with no piano nor musical background whatsoever and the Alfred books make it learning almost effortless. This book is harder than the level 1 adult course book I'm at but I enjoy learning piece #1, Love Me Tender.
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