Now that I found your channel, I will have a lot of fun in playing piano. I am a restarter after 30 years....and I fall down from intermediate to almost beginner level. And your tips helped me a lot. I love Burgmüller studies! Now I know for which grade they are good for and what technique they improve.🎉
Excellent thanks,one of the best I have seen. I am a 74 yr old ,I’ve passed grade 5 practical and theory. Trouble is I’m finding the grade 6 work a bit tough at the minute. These intermediate book ideas are just what I need
Brother Im from Hindustan india who is learning Piano on self teaching myself. Ur Books of Czerny & Burgmuller Really works for me. Thank you. Im Following u Seriously.
Hi. I am an early intermediate Piano player. I am very happy to have met you. Your guidance is very precious for me. Piano teachers generally focus on beginners. I learned a lot from you concerning the materials. I am at a level where I know what I dont know. Thanks again. I am a self learning person. I have the method books Alfreds and Adventure. Those videos are very interesting and beneficial too.
A good selection of books. I need to avoid the temptation to buy them all. While many of the classical pieces can be found in the public domain, they are quite often in small print. The books are often easier to read. A couple more books to suggests: Jazz, Rags, and Blues by Martha Mier. These pieces are really enjoyable to play (for me anyway) and often appear in the ABRSM exams. Book 2 is about Grade 3. Another one is the ABRSM Core Classics - I am on the Grade 3-4 book. One to avoid is the ABRSM Pop Performer Book. The arrangements are awful. Neither my piano teacher or I liked it. It is really hard to get nice arrangements of pop songs. I have loads of pop / rock songbooks. Some don't have melody the in the RH, which fine if you can sing (which I can't), others try to squeeze too many parts from the original song into the music and can be impossible to play as written.
I'm hoping to be a beginner level soon. But I'm playing Moulin de Ville and the C Major Prélude. But I've transposed the Bach and numbers 1, 2 and 4 into Thoroughbass and play them in all keys. Actually, up to 3 sharps and flats to start.
Very precisely explained contents. I think I finished this leve with a piano teacher previously l, but now I would like continue by myself. What dou you suggest?
Would these Books work specifically for someone who has finished Faber adult piano adventures one and two? Apologies if you said it, and I missed it. Also, in fact, wondering, is it possible for one to complete all the 8 levels of the Trinity without the help of a teacher? Thanks a ton.
Thanks for explaining, but have you seen or looked over the "Piano Pieces for Children (Everybody's Favorite Series, No. 3)? In your opinion, what book should I get after completing that book? It is quite a good book. It covers many different types of classical composers.
What irritates me about the graded pop books, and I've specifically experienced this with the Faber supplementary books, is songs in bad keys for singing, and also songs that are incomplete. I just bought the Adult Faber book Popular Favorites Book 2, and it's so disappointing to have this treatment of songs I was looking forward to. I would like to know who puts out good, early intermediate, to intermediate collections of popular songs in singable keys, including the entire song.
Method books will always simplify pop music because the rhythms are way too complex for beginners. Best place to look for good pop music is musicnote.com or sheetmusicplus.com but there are a few collections by hal leonard like the Phillip Kevern series
@@pianotips2623 simplifying is ok. Doing a hatchet job, leaving you with a partial song, and putting songs in bad singing keys? Not ok. I think it's downright lazy and worthless. I am not talking about the method books. I'm talking about the supplementary books. But I will check out your suggestion. Thanks.
I have come to the conclusion that this guy owns a music/clothes shop. He appears to have unlimited access to music books and fancy hoodies. And does he ever actually play that expensive looking piano. Just asking.
I'm sure a lot of people found this analysis of the various available intermediate level piano books quite useful. People can certainly make better, and more satisfying, buying decisions from what is a daunting array of material by watching this video.
@@conniejacks7485 I am. Are you? 🙂It's no criticism of the pieces, but calling pieces without words songs means that there is then no way to distinguish between pieces with and without words.
Now that I found your channel, I will have a lot of fun in playing piano. I am a restarter after 30 years....and I fall down from intermediate to almost beginner level. And your tips helped me a lot. I love Burgmüller studies! Now I know for which grade they are good for and what technique they improve.🎉
Excellent thanks,one of the best I have seen. I am a 74 yr old ,I’ve passed grade 5 practical and theory. Trouble is I’m finding the grade 6 work a bit tough at the minute. These intermediate book ideas are just what I need
very inspiring for us older learners. How long are you playing?
Me too 76 soon!
Well done
Brother Im from Hindustan india who is learning Piano on self teaching myself. Ur Books of Czerny & Burgmuller Really works for me. Thank you. Im Following u Seriously.
Are there good piano classes in India that teaches you proper western classical music? Not the sa re ga ma pa types
Hi. I am an early intermediate Piano player. I am very happy to have met you. Your guidance is very precious for me. Piano teachers generally focus on beginners. I learned a lot from you concerning the materials. I am at a level where I know what I dont know. Thanks again. I am a self learning person. I have the method books Alfreds and Adventure. Those videos are very interesting and beneficial too.
Thanks. Every else seems to just focus on beginner books, early method books or childish pieces.
Nice to see videos like this. Well done
Dude, ive just discovered you and your channel is great. You've given my tonnes of handy tips and recommended great books for me!
Great suggestions! Happy to have found your channel!
Such a great selection of suggestions, I'll definitely be looking up a lot of these books in the future to expand my options! Thank you!
Thank you so much!!!!!! I really need this guidance to know what to buy.
Very nice recommendations with explanation. Also appreciate the variety. Thanks a lot.
Great session and info
A good selection of books. I need to avoid the temptation to buy them all. While many of the classical pieces can be found in the public domain, they are quite often in small print. The books are often easier to read.
A couple more books to suggests: Jazz, Rags, and Blues by Martha Mier. These pieces are really enjoyable to play (for me anyway) and often appear in the ABRSM exams. Book 2 is about Grade 3. Another one is the ABRSM Core Classics - I am on the Grade 3-4 book.
One to avoid is the ABRSM Pop Performer Book. The arrangements are awful. Neither my piano teacher or I liked it.
It is really hard to get nice arrangements of pop songs. I have loads of pop / rock songbooks. Some don't have melody the in the RH, which fine if you can sing (which I can't), others try to squeeze too many parts from the original song into the music and can be impossible to play as written.
I'm hoping to be a beginner level soon. But I'm playing Moulin de Ville and the C Major Prélude. But I've transposed the Bach and numbers 1, 2 and 4 into Thoroughbass and play them in all keys. Actually, up to 3 sharps and flats to start.
Faber has Advancetime which seems to be more difficult than BigTime. Will definitely check out the Chester piano graded books.
super informative and inspiring video. thank you for all the information!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. How would you know you are at a certain grade? Or finish a grade and start another?
The Easy Sonatinas and Sonatas is out of print. Can you suggest an alternative?
Loved this - lots of great book covered here, I have played from many of them.
Really great guidance. Thank you!
12:30 pop
Very precisely explained contents.
I think I finished this leve with a piano teacher previously l, but now I would like continue by myself.
What dou you suggest?
Very helpful. Thank you. I assume there isn’t a volume 2 of All In One book by nancy faber
There is a 2nd volume of the faber all in one adult piano adventures, but these would be books for after you completed that.
Would these Books work specifically for someone who has finished Faber adult piano adventures one and two? Apologies if you said it, and I missed it. Also, in fact, wondering, is it possible for one to complete all the 8 levels of the Trinity without the help of a teacher? Thanks a ton.
Thanks for explaining, but have you seen or looked over the "Piano Pieces for Children (Everybody's Favorite Series, No. 3)? In your opinion, what book should I get after completing that book? It is quite a good book. It covers many different types of classical composers.
I want to play Bach little fugue in g minor what book has it?
I assume there isn’t a Volume 2 of All in One books by Nancy Faber. Thank you for this video
Excellent reviews. Have you heard of Music by the Masters? I wonder if you could give a review? Thank yoou.
I will check it out
do you have a recommendation for a method book for intermediate? a lot of the series seem to stop around grade 3 or 4...
What grade Alfred adult book 3 is?
please review on the book "Schaum Fingerpower Effective Technic For All Piano Methods"
I'll have a look
Do you have a vid on books for grades 1-3?
Yes
That's it. I've got almost all of them.
Thanks
Nice one
CAN WE GET A VIDEO ON BOOKS FOR ADVANCED LEVEL..
There are two amazing books called.. The library of the piano classic 1 and 2 are upper intermediate and advanced.
thankyou
What you recommend here is exactly what I've been looking for and it includes all types of books! Thanks so much!
Can send me the Books Name so I can Purchase
Need to pause the display of book selections. The viewer sees only a wave of each sample. Otherwise, the verbal presentation is itself good.
What irritates me about the graded pop books, and I've specifically experienced this with the Faber supplementary books, is songs in bad keys for singing, and also songs that are incomplete. I just bought the Adult Faber book Popular Favorites Book 2, and it's so disappointing to have this treatment of songs I was looking forward to. I would like to know who puts out good, early intermediate, to intermediate collections of popular songs in singable keys, including the entire song.
Method books will always simplify pop music because the rhythms are way too complex for beginners. Best place to look for good pop music is musicnote.com or sheetmusicplus.com but there are a few collections by hal leonard like the Phillip Kevern series
@@pianotips2623 simplifying is ok. Doing a hatchet job, leaving you with a partial song, and putting songs in bad singing keys? Not ok. I think it's downright lazy and worthless. I am not talking about the method books. I'm talking about the supplementary books. But I will check out your suggestion. Thanks.
I hope this is not a sponsored video..
There is a difference between a song and a piece.
Yes, but we all know what I mean...
Where is that hoodie from?
i wished you would show the pieces to us
there are too many to show in one video but I have separate videos with the pieces from many of those books
I have come to the conclusion that this guy owns a music/clothes shop. He appears to have unlimited access to music books and fancy hoodies. And does he ever actually play that expensive looking piano. Just asking.
I'm sure a lot of people found this analysis of the various available intermediate level piano books quite useful. People can certainly make better, and more satisfying, buying decisions from what is a daunting array of material by watching this video.
It's a sick hoodie!
@@sherrybirchall8677what’s your point?
Songs have words. None of the pieces have so they are not songs.
Are you serious?.???????
@@conniejacks7485 I am. Are you? 🙂It's no criticism of the pieces, but calling pieces without words songs means that there is then no way to distinguish between pieces with and without words.
Why so critical of someone who is trying to help?
Your world is gonna be rocked when you learn about Mendelssohn
Ho ho 🙂 @@BrutalSnuggles