> My mom just came back from the library
> with "How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy
> Lessons" for me. WAHOO! See, I'm teaching
> myself to play the piano, and the book I had
> before this one was REALLY confusing. This one
> looks much simpler. The other, entitled "You
> Can Teach Yourself Piano" had a bunch of
> melody/harmony/whatever it's called
> stuff...where your right and left hand play
> different notes at the same time...very
> confusing. This one doesn't have
> melodies/harmonies/whatever it's called stuff.
> Yay and zippity doo da day.

You're using a piano book that doesn't do anything with your two hands doing different things? Not even left hand chords? I wouldn't trust that book. Well, unless it doesn't start out with that but then gets to it. I suppose that's OK. A book that says it'll teach you piano, though, but then doesn't eventually have you using both hands or has your hands playing the same thing should not be trusted.

-eric "Lessons from a teacher are best, although they can be kind of expensive" sleator
Wed 31 Jan A.D. 2001