Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Piano: Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now! (Teach Yourself Series)

Soon after, Sam retired and Morty became president. When Morty joined the company in 1952, he had recently received a business degree from City College of New York. In the 1980s, two of the couple's sons, Steven and Ron, joined Alfred. Morty met his wife Iris when she was working for Alfred on Saturdays. Publications from the Warner Music Group. Although Alfred now employs 290 people worldwide, it remains a family business. Morty Manus is president of Alfred Music Publish

Alfred's catalog consists of more than 45,000 active titles, making Alfred the world's largest educational music publisher. Lancaster, John O'Reilly, Anna Laura Page and Andy Albritton, among many other talented editors. A clarinetist and pianist who received extensive musical training in his youth, Morty felt inspired by the need for quality music education products. L. Morty is the author and editor of numerous titles in Alfred's catalog, including many books in Alfred's Basic Piano Library. Morty met his wife Iris when she was working for Alfred on Saturdays. Publications from the Warner Music Group. Ron is currently Chief Executive Officer. Drawing upon his

You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, chords and songs, lesson by lesson, key by key, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about how to sit at the piano, fingerings, the keyboards layout, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including Pop, Blues, Classical, Folk, Hymns Spirituals, and Ragtime. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.. Learn to play the piano and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred

"great book" according to TimeTraveler. Great book. I'm 50 and teaching myself to play. This book goes step by step and gives great practice pieces. They may seem so simple, but there is a point behind practicing scales and such. I'm amazed when I can actually play one of their song pieces, and it sounds so pretty. It really is a great teaching book. I ordered this over a year ago, and just getting around to using it. Not sure if it came with the dvd or not. I think it did, but I can't find it. But it is still tea. Linda said Wow!. I am a much older adult who took piano lessons for about six months when I was younger adult, I missed the piano. I now have my mother's piano that I can learn to play again. I love this "Teach Yourself To Play Piano," by Alfred. I have been learning to play as I go, a few minutes here and few minutes there and sometimes longer sessions. I needed lots of learning! I do not know the notes on a sheet of music, I needed something basic but not too basic to bore me to death.The . Wow! Wow! Wow! T. Cavil This book with DVD is absolutely fantastic! I never thought I would be able to learn the piano but this set makes it so much easier! The DVD follows everything in the book, page by page, with the benefit of the piano teacher providing a little more detailed information than the book provides. It's been a pleasure going from lesson to lesson always thinking that there's no way I can play what she just played. With a little time, I'm able to complete each lesson successfully a