Kids Keyboard Course: Bk. 1: E-Z Play Today

Well what can i say arrived 2 days before estimated time It is as described Bought for my daughter as she wants to learn to play a keyboard, she does a little at school well i say a little, I saw she had some keys written down approx 8 of them, my oldest got a guitar so i bought my 11 year old a keyboard and this book. The keyboard not arrived yet so I downloaded a piano on the Ipad and with in 3 hours she mastered London Bridge is burning without using the book. She is in the lower class at school so that tells you how easy and understanding this book is. So proud of her she don't get the music side from me

Bought 3 for our grandchildren. I have played both piano and keyboard for a number of years now. This book is very colourful...and atractive with excercises. For the younger child aged 5 onwards...the stickers within the book to place upon a keyboard for note guidence, will require an adult, to read through the instructions - in order to place them upon the correct keys. A little one to one... may bring rewards for the younger child to tap out simple tunes...with the help of colour coded stickers, that will help a beginner adult even at first. As when you progress through the book - it deals with auto accompliment - i.e (how to play along with your own backing band) with a suitably equipped K/B...but that will require cordination; as You'll need to practice with the right hand melody without auto accompliment -(Treble Clef) - in hitting the right notes and basically counting correctly the RH/Melody note values/timing )...then LH WITHOUT accompliment (practice going through cord/and finger spans).Afterwards practice/SLOWLY building up the tempo counting with the auto accompliment on with Left hand only. eventually depending upon practice, etc. slowly building up tempo- with both hands together. The book may provide a stepping stone...into a treasure chest of songs available in other music books. Hope this has been of help.

The book looks great, but didn't come with stickers so limits it somewhat. Don't want to go through hassle of returning it so looked for replacements. It seems like the colours used in this book aren't standard so not easy to replace.

The good thing about the book is that there are tunes you can play early on in their learning so acts as an incentive to learn more.

Incredible. Stickers included worth the buy in itself. The music is colour coded to the coloured stickers so the child can read the notes and follow colours. Really built up daughters confidence. Recommend for any beginner. Thank you

just ok... It has some useful stuff in it and the stickers alone are worth the price, but it makes some huge assumptions about the abilities of the keyboard you own - not least that it has 'auto accompaniment' (auto 1 key chords). If your keyboard doesn't have these then roughly half of the book is useless. Most Casio keyboards in the UK do not come with auto accompaniment so you are likely to be disappointed.

Great book, helping my step son read music and he loves it. It is colour coded aswell to stickers to put on the keys. I recommend it, I can read music and I feel as if I'm not needed anymore!

The super keen will be able to work through this as it is so clear. Be warned, carers of the less than super keen, you will still need to be there to guide and encourage. Loved the sticky notes to put on each key and very systematic. Hard to think of a simpler, clearer approach.

Easy to use, well planned piano learning book! A youth could self teach with this book, very helpful exercises presented in easy to understand examples! Fun known learning songs with footnote helps when needed building upon skills as the book progresses. Also included are key decals to make learning even easier . . . this book is a keeper and will help this Grandma learn while helping an interested grandson too!

Below average

I bought a keyboard for my nephew for Christmas and got this book to help him learn the keys and notes. He was playing a song within 20 minutes of starting to work with this book. Very easy to follow for kids. I would highly recommend this as a starter for your kids to see if they like playing the keyboard before investing in formal lessons.

Really love the book. Unfortunately, stickers were not included in my copy. Fortunately, it is so simple to learn which keys are what, my 8 yo has no problem following along. He was able to play songs the first day using his new keyboard and book.

My 6 year old daughter is starting to get really interested in playing the keyboard. My wife had one that she gave to her and she has been taking to it very quickly. We purchased this book to help encourage her and keep her interested. So far, she loves it. There are easy songs in the book to build her confidence and the included stickers that you place on the keyboard keys are really cool. This has been a really great purchase, especially at such a reasonable price of less than $7. Highly Recommended if you have a child just getting into keyboard playing.