What books and software do you suggest to learn piano, reading sheet music, and music theory?
February 17th, 2010 | Author: admin
I try to learn to play the piano. I think the first step is figuring out how to read music. I was wondering if there was a program that allows me to learn the notes on the computer keyboard. So I was hoping to get books to learn to play the piano, in fact, the theory of music, and reading scores. Gracias.Estoy try to learn to play the piano. I think the first step is figuring out how to read music. I was wondering if there was a program that allows me to learn the notes on the computer keyboard. So I was hoping to get books to learn to play the piano, in fact, the theory of music, and reading scores. Thank you. I should also mention that the lack of direct access to a store (I have no car on campus) and I hoped that I can order recommended titles off Amazon or BN.
I’m not sure about softwares but go to your nearest music store and they will 99% have piano books for beginners. have fun~
You’re really best off taking a few piano lessons in person, if possible. All the theory in the world won’t help if you can’t associate the notes to the keys and to the tones. Once you can get a good visual map of what C or F# *looks* and *sounds* like on the piano, then you can start looking at how it translates to sheet music. Once you get to that point, there are a million self-teaching books and videos, and you can pick one that will work best with a style of learing you like.
I think that youre wrong about that first step, your first step should be getting a goog piano teacher. But if you dont want to do that..
There are some keyboards made by casio and yamaha that come with a method, they have a little display with a staff and the keys have lights to let you know which key you should press along with the note being shown on the display.
Ive know many stubborn persons that have learned entire songs with those keyboards, if you are one of them, go get one of those keyboards, they are not very expensive.
try volkwiensmusic.com and you can get books from barnes and noble book store http://www.bn.com