How to Play Piano: Beginner Piano Books for Adults

How to Play Piano for Beginners Adults
Our brains are wired to learn by patterns – finally, a music book that teaches that way.

Play piano without the struggle (and without reading music) using the power of chords and patterns! Do you want to accompany yourself as a singer, songwriter, or performer? Have you always wanted to play an instrument but don’t know where to start? Are you a music instructor who is looking for a way to liven up lessons or teach popular music?

Martina J. Hewitt is an accomplished author, educator, musician, school director, and pioneer in the world of creativity and music education. Her more than 50 music books and learning resources have sold tens of thousands of copies and earned her a devoted global following of teachers, students, and musicians.

How to Play Piano for Beginners Adults course is the first and most popular of Martina J. Hewitt’s innovative books, known for its playful attitude and trailblazing “learn by pattern and shape” approach. (And it doesn’t require you to read music!) It’s this unique approach that allows learners to play famous chord progressions within their first few hours of learning and lead sheets to their favorite songs within just a few chapters. How to Play Piano for Beginners Adults has become a hit with self-taught musicians, with music teachers looking to boost progress, and with professional performers expanding their skill set. This makes sense, given the book’s recording studio origins. Martina initially developed this method to empower recording artists who were unable to accompany themselves.

Through simple diagrams and step-by-step instruction, you will learn music’s most powerful and universal patterns, including chords, arpeggios, intervals, Alberti bass, rock rhythms, pop progressions and so much more. Students can then graduate to How to Play Piano for Beginners Adults for higher-level chord theory, including seventh chords and sus chords.

In this book you’ll learn:

• Chords and Arpeggios - the building blocks of music
• Popular chords progressions that will allow you to play your favorite songs
• How to play from a lead sheet
• Music concepts like intervals, major, minor, and transposition – explained simply!
  How to Play Piano for Beginners Adults is a great standalone introduction to playing piano or supplement to any method.