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Over 2,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a two million music tuition methods on Amazon.
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Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
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Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world. Greg Howe, Steve Morse, Matt Heafy, Tommy Emmanuel, Josh Smith, Martin Taylor… the list goes on
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
Oz Noy
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First Steps Classical Piano
- Master 3 simple shapes that unlock classical masterpieces
- Learn to read music
- Develop perfect beginner piano technique
Description
Take Your First Steps in Classical Piano Playing
First Steps in Classical Piano is the beginning of your journey to playing beautiful classical piano pieces.
Either as a stand-alone guide, or as a resource to support lessons with your piano teacher, First Steps in Classical Piano will dramatically speed up how you learn to play piano.
You will quickly master excerpts from iconic classical piano pieces, while learning to read music, play scales and develop piano technique.
What you’ll learn:
- • How to navigate the piano keyboard
- • How to read music notation
- • The three major scale patterns that unlock famous pieces by Strauss, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn and Beethoven
- • Perfect piano technique from the ground up
- • How to recognise keys and play in different time signatures
- • How chords are formed and used in classical piano
What’s stopping you from playing classical piano?
- • Have you always wanted to play classical piano but didn’t know where to start?
- • Are you looking for a simple piano method that can help you play recognisable classical pieces quickly?
- • Would you like to be able to play famous piano pieces for your family and friends?
Learn classical piano
If you love the sound of classical piano, but thought it would be too hard to learn, think again.
This book explains in simple language the fundamentals you need to know to play beautiful piano pieces and includes lessons on how to develop correct technique, navigate the keyboard and read music notation.
You will master three simple scale patterns that unlock the melodies of famous classical piano pieces and work towards playing longer pieces by the end of the book.
Here’s what you get:
- • A step-by-step explanation of correct piano technique
- • Warm-up exercises at the beginning of each chapter
- • Carefully chosen excerpts from the best-loved classical piano pieces
- • Learn to read music notation, time signatures, key signatures and rhythm
- • Tips on how to practise and what to listen to
Hear it!
First Steps in Classical Piano includes over 120 supporting audio examples, so you can hear exactly how each technique, warm-up exercise and piece should sound.
Buy it now and take your first steps to playing beautiful classical piano pieces today.
Reasons to Buy From Us
Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.
Over 10,000 5* Reviews
Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
Instant Delivery
Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
