First Lessons in Bach, Complete: For the Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) [Paperback] Review

Let me start with an embarrassing admission.I've been playing piano for nearly thirty years.I'm intermediate.I can tackle some intermediate/advanced material, like Michael Nyman's pieces from The Piano.But when I took lessons years ago (only four years), I never took scales or classical music seriously.Thus, I can play pop rock, soundtrack music, and certain expressive classical pieces, but solid, finger-strengthening, mind-puzzling classical pieces I avoided.

Now, at thirty-eight, I'm starting over, and I'm embarrassed to say that I really need to practice these pieces!They make my mind work.I need to concentrate on fingering.I'm proud to be humbled because I'd love to work my way up to playing Bach inventions, variations, preludes and stuff, but I never had the background or training.These simple pieces, designed for young pupils, are great for old or young.They are "songs" in their own right, so you won't be bored.And they subtly introduce all matters of technique (stuff that I never got or never took seriously).I cannot recommend more highly this "First Lessons" book as a place to begin.Once you make it through this book (both Book 1 and Book 2), you'll be ready to tackle more challenging pieces found elsewhere.

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Books I and II of this traditional edition in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate pianists.

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