Reddit reviews The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879307277/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 this will help out a lot.

Take a look at these: this and this. I have a relative who minored in piano in college and who sent me the latter book. Checked and it is still published. Intend to jump into it when I finish my current method book in about 2 months.

Because I am two months away from your point, I would be interested in answers from others too.

EDIT: Forgot to add this series that I found awhile ago. Books 7, 8, and/or 9 might be good as a continuation.

Not a website, but: I'm using The Piano Handbook by Carl Humphries. It's the best instruction book I've ever read. I recommend it highly.

I've also used Fundamentals of Piano Practice by C. C. Chang. It is a comprehensive guide to practice techniques favoured by Mr. Chang and his daughers IIRC. I'm not qualified to say if this is the "best" technique, but it certainly works.

There's more classical sheet music that you could ever want at the International Music Score Library Project.

Good luck! :)

Well, besides getting a teacher, there are a number of books/resources you could get. The problem is that you have holes in your knowledge from not playing so long, and no one knows what exactly you do know and what you don't, so there's no one place to "dive in". You may want to start with the more beginner resources and just skim through the parts you think you already know.

You might want to get a piano method book, which will guide you through beginner concepts to more advanced in a logical fashion. Pianoworld Discussion

Here's a popular beginner method book which is mentioned in the above thread: Alfred's All-in-one Adult Course.

Or if you want a more comprehensive reference that covers a LOT more in one book, a lot of people like this: Piano Handbook: Complete Guide.... But read the lower-starred reviews to see why many people think it's not necessarily a good book for a beginner to use.

See our FAQ links under What to practice for the pianopractice.org link and music theory links and more (You'll want a good grounding in music theory to start learning jazz piano).

Our FAQ has lots of links on getting started with Jazz, and there's an extra link in my comment here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/1kbs7u/best_youtube_videos_for_learning_jazz_piano/

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Handbook-Complete-Guide-Mastering/dp/0879307277

Awesome book for beginner.

Pasted from a similar thread:

I've recommended this to others in a similar situation: http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Handbook-Complete-Guide-Mastering/dp/0879307277

Also here is some pretty easy stuff, most have MIDI tracks to listen to first: http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/freebies.html

I have a book or two I would like to give away but I don't know anybody who would want or need them. Definitely would like to give it to somebody who wants it: one is "The Piano Handbook" and the other is a laminated, spiral-bound edition of the WTC.

I've been reading this book, because it covers theory, piano, and learning to read music, which are all things I'm trying to learn

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Handbook-Complete-Guide-Mastering/dp/0879307277

If you want a book that's focused just on theory, there's Music Theory for Dummies which I've read, it's a very easy introductory book. For more advanced books I'm not sure, I usually just look at reviews on Amazon to try to find something that looks good.

I've also tried to read "The Jazz Theory Book"

https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Theory-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/1883217040/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&qid=1486656226&sr=8-28&keywords=music+theory

but it's way above my current skill level. You might be able to get something out of it though.

Also check out this page, it's actually pretty good. I had forgotten to mention it

http://www.tobyrush.com/theorypages/index.html

As far as you want to go.

If you focus and practice consistently, this is an extremely good book: The Piano Handbook


After practicing for a year, I'm only about halfway through it but already receive lots of praise on my technique and improvements from when I first started. Learning on your own is tough and that book ain't easy, but it will take you very, very far.

If you plan on going the self-teaching way, and want to buy one book that covers a LOT of material and different styles, I suggest getting "The Piano Handbook" by Carl Humphries. Helped me tremendously when I started, and I still refer to it and read/re-read chapters now. It can be found for ~$25 new or $7-10 used on Amazon

It would help if we knew more about your own level of knowledge too. For instance I could recommend Schoenberg's Theory of Harmony or Levine's Jazz Piano Book but those books expect a lot out of their readers, so you may be better off with simpler books.

One book I liked a lot was Carl Humphries The Piano Handbook. It doesn't assume you know much and goes over a lot of material without a lot of depth. It might be a good starting point. It has something to say about pretty much every musical style from 1400 to today.

EDIT: I just reread your post and see you already have the piano handbook.

As a six-month player you probably need to work on physical technique more than anything. And you'll need a teacher for that. :( Can you find one to even meet once a month for 30 minutes?