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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Review Piano Online Books

There are number of ways to learn to play piano. You can hire a personal teacher, or go to music schools, or buy piano study books and DVDs/Videos. Whatever your preference is, there is plenty of opportunities for you to learn the piano. Here I would like to discuss and review online piano books that I came across while learning to play.

1. Rocket Piano review
As with any other new skill the best way to learn is from a live instructor. That’s why I prefer online books that are accompanied with video and audio materials. This is like taking lessons with top instructor. Online piano book Rocket Piano was developed by a top piano expert Ruth Searle. She is classically trained to Grade 8 in Solo Piano and has more than 15 years experience playing. So what will you get with this course? The following is in this course
1) 218 lessons in 3 printable E-books
2) 57 video lessons
3) 133 audio lessons
3) Rocket Jazz Piano Book
3) Rocket Piano Gospel, Spiritual and Hymns Book
4) New Rocket Piano Quizzes
5) The Chordinator teaches you to read chords in interactive game format.
6) Jayde Musica Pro is another software game that is cleverly designed to develop your ability to quickly identify the pitch of a note with its musical symbol and its letter name.


2. Piano by Pattern review
This course was developed by Scott Jordan. He also has 15 years of experience. However in his own words “it wasn't until about 5 years ago that I actually was good enough to turn some heads! (The other 10 years were wasted on piano lessons, trial and error, and just plain frustration).” The most interesting thing about this online piano course is that it teaches you to learn playing by ear. In my opinion this is a very important skill for any musician. Here is what included with this online piano book.
1) Video download course that show you how to pick and play any song.
2) The course that teaches you to "play by ear"
3) The "advanced" patterns that that makes your learning experience much more rewarding.
4) Video “Secrets to Explosive Songwriting” that teaches how to write songs using the patterns taught in this course.
5) The book titled “Read Music Now” teaches you the simple way to read the sheet music.

There is more detailed review of piano online books. I believe I found the best ones while was learning to play piano. The techniques in the courses are straightforward. Even if you think you are not talented they will help you to master playing piano. The most interesting part of these courses I found that they require minimum amount of practice time.
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2 comments:

Siladitya said...

Did Steve Harvey copy the book title Act Like A Lady Think Like A Man

and theme from an earlier book?



Book with same title & theme copyrighted and published by Sharon P. Carson in 2003





CHICAGO, IL – Sharon P. Carson the author of the original title: Act Like A Lady –Think Like A Man, watched the February 27th episode of the Ophra show on which Steve Harvey was promoting his book of the same title. She was hoping that Steve would reveal to Oprah where he got the title and the theme for the book. It just seemed odd to her that his book had the same title and theme as her book that was copy written in 2003.



Upon subsequently purchasing the book, she found some interesting parallels and realized that it is not unusual for a high profiled person to take a great title and theme, rewrite a book and use their celebrity status to sell it. This she says happens too often to the unsung poets, authors and entrepreneurs of the world.



Steve wrote in his book that his hope was to “empower you with a wide-open look into the minds of men”. Sharon P. Carson wrote in her book in 2003 that her hope was for women to gain some insight into how men think in terms of relationships. Sharon also noted that in chapter 8 of Steve Harvey’s book titled “Why Men Cheat” he came to the same conclusion that she did in chapter 37 of her book, titled “Why would a man cheat”, and the answer was, “because they can”.



Sharon actively promoted her book before the release in January 2009 of Steve Harvey’s book, and would not like to see her promotion efforts hindered. She feels that her book has much to offer from a woman’s perspective and seeks to empower women to practice self love and tough love in relationships.



Before the publication of Steve Harvey’s book of the same title, Sharon bought the domain name: www.actlikealadythinklikeaman.com from which she has been selling her book. She has also held seminars with women at a Chicago University in promotion of her book, and can be viewed on the following youtube clip as she was being interviewed on a cable television program about her book in 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVVQX15X2Y.



Mindful of all the self - published poets and authors who have a hard time finding publishers for their works, Sharon is currently consulting with attorneys regarding her options, and hopes that her book with the first and original title of Act Like A Lady Think Like A Man will finally receive the recognition it deserves for the wisdom, encouragement, and empowerment that it provides to women.

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