How To Play The Piano

Product Description

Learn to play one of Bach`s most exquisite preludes in just 6 weeks, even if you have never played the piano before. An accessible & inspiring book by the pianist & international bestselling writer James Rhodes, who promises that it gives anyone with two hands, a piano or an electric keyboard & just 45 minutes a day the tools they need to learn to play Bach`s Prelude No. 1 in C Major in 6 weeks, even if they know nothing about music & have never even touched a piano before. How often do we convince ourselves that it`s just too late
- too late to learn how to ride a bike, too late to know how to meditate, too late to travel the world... As we get older & time slips through our fingers like water, we become resigned, almost defeatist, about abandoning our dreams. For James Rhodes, after the inevitable ” How many hours a day do you practice?” & ” Show me your hands”, the most common thing people say to him when they hear he`s a pianist is ”I used to play the piano as a kid. I really regret giving it up”. Where does this mourned & misplaced creativity go? For Rhodes, it`s still there to be tapped into by all of us, at any point. This inspirational book gives us the means to do this, by breaking up Bach`s seminal Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier into manageable segments, teaching us the basics of piano playing
- how to read music, the difference between the treble & the bass clef, sharp & flat notes, how to practice etc..
- & encouraging personal interpretation in a way that is guaranteed to soothe the mind, feed the soul & unleash creative powers we didn`t know we still had. All of this will culminate in an ability to perform one of Bach`s masterpieces.” If listening to music is soothing for the soul, then playing music is achieving enlightenment. It`s going from kicking a ball around with a few pals to playing alongside Ronaldo.”