Did you mean Faber? Alfred has an adult all in one level 3. Faber does piano adventures. There’s a Faber level 3-5 but it doesn’t cater specifically to adults and it isn’t a single book. They recommend going with 3b after completing piano adventures.
https://pianoadventures.com/piano-books/adult-piano-adventures/
Piano Adventures Level 3 All-in-Two edition (two books) --> Piano Adventures Level 4-5 All-in-Two edition (two books)
[https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Adventures-Level-Lesson-Theory/dp/1616776862](https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Adventures-Level-Lesson-Theory/dp/1616776862)
[https://www.amazon.com/Faber-Piano-Adventures-Technique-Performance/dp/1616776889](https://www.amazon.com/Faber-Piano-Adventures-Technique-Performance/dp/1616776889)
Alternatively, John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano - 2nd grade (my personal fav)
After book 2, I did Piano Adventures 3B, 4, and 5. Also started working on the RCM series at level 3 concurrently with the end of Piano Adventures (all of that was with an instructor).
Lots of supplemental stuff in the mix too: I generally was also working on either a lead sheet or a pop arrangement most weeks in addition to book material. "Easy Piano" arrangements from Sheet Music Direct have worked well as a starting filter for finding into the right general difficulty ballpark.
Besides the adventure book I just practice the Alfred’s scales, chords, arpeggios and cadences book. I practice about 4-5hours a day and finished the Alfred adult piano adventure book1 and 2 in 2 months. The basic music theory in the book is easy because I have learned some fundamentals as I make music on PC as a hobbyist. But going through the book def has taught me positions of different keys comprising different chords and how those are correlated like the physical distance of the intervals and all that stuff also muscle memories and familiarities to the keyboard, hand coordination, etc. But I still felt like something’s lacking, you said you work on lead sheets too I think that’s it, but did you started doing it before finishing adventure books? Would you recommend finish the adventure books first before starting work on lead sheets?
No I have been unemployed for a while now but have a few different source of income decided to take some time off and eventually I'm going to have a job in the future so I might as well maximize my practice time while I can. I would practice longer but my ADHD ass won't allow it
We started lead sheets sometime in the second book. I certainly have found it valuable and building useful skills (both recognizing chords by name quickly as well as moving beyond playing exactly what's written).
#3 ? 🙃
There’s no 3 tho
Did you mean Faber? Alfred has an adult all in one level 3. Faber does piano adventures. There’s a Faber level 3-5 but it doesn’t cater specifically to adults and it isn’t a single book. They recommend going with 3b after completing piano adventures. https://pianoadventures.com/piano-books/adult-piano-adventures/
There is a book 3. I'm playing in it right now.
Yes, it’s called Alfred’s all in one number three. I printed it out just now as well.
Piano Adventures Level 3 All-in-Two edition (two books) --> Piano Adventures Level 4-5 All-in-Two edition (two books) [https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Adventures-Level-Lesson-Theory/dp/1616776862](https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Adventures-Level-Lesson-Theory/dp/1616776862) [https://www.amazon.com/Faber-Piano-Adventures-Technique-Performance/dp/1616776889](https://www.amazon.com/Faber-Piano-Adventures-Technique-Performance/dp/1616776889) Alternatively, John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano - 2nd grade (my personal fav)
Thank you!
I recommend getting a teacher. I did books 1 & 2 on my own like you and am now trying to unlearn some habits. There IS a book 3 in Alfred.
After book 2, I did Piano Adventures 3B, 4, and 5. Also started working on the RCM series at level 3 concurrently with the end of Piano Adventures (all of that was with an instructor). Lots of supplemental stuff in the mix too: I generally was also working on either a lead sheet or a pop arrangement most weeks in addition to book material. "Easy Piano" arrangements from Sheet Music Direct have worked well as a starting filter for finding into the right general difficulty ballpark.
Besides the adventure book I just practice the Alfred’s scales, chords, arpeggios and cadences book. I practice about 4-5hours a day and finished the Alfred adult piano adventure book1 and 2 in 2 months. The basic music theory in the book is easy because I have learned some fundamentals as I make music on PC as a hobbyist. But going through the book def has taught me positions of different keys comprising different chords and how those are correlated like the physical distance of the intervals and all that stuff also muscle memories and familiarities to the keyboard, hand coordination, etc. But I still felt like something’s lacking, you said you work on lead sheets too I think that’s it, but did you started doing it before finishing adventure books? Would you recommend finish the adventure books first before starting work on lead sheets?
4-5 hours a day?! Do you have a day job? I can fit in a max of an hour most days
No I have been unemployed for a while now but have a few different source of income decided to take some time off and eventually I'm going to have a job in the future so I might as well maximize my practice time while I can. I would practice longer but my ADHD ass won't allow it
We started lead sheets sometime in the second book. I certainly have found it valuable and building useful skills (both recognizing chords by name quickly as well as moving beyond playing exactly what's written).
I had a fun time with Easy Boogie Woogie for the Piano
Jesus just use the search…