Carol Barratt Chester'S Easiest Piano Course Book 3 Special Edition Paperback – Special Edition, 2 Sept. 2010

Almost 10 year old total beginner whizzed through the first 2 in 2 months. He's doing his grade 1 soon :) very proud . Good books.

I am giving piano 'lessons' to my son at home using the Chester series. We are now on book 3. Its great. He loves the different pieces, the pace is about right for him, he loves the cartoons and what the characters get up to.I just want him to enjoy learning the piano - grades etc he can decide upon later. But for now this is exactly what we both want and he is very happy to practice using these pieces. would highly recumbent.

Although this book is intended for children learning to play the piano, it was recommended to me (a very mature beginner) by my piano teacher. I have to say the Chester books have been much easier to follow than some of the other self-teaching books I tried. The progress seems very logical and well paced. Very pleased

Lovely illustrations to amuse and spur young people (and older ones) to learn this instrument. However the development stage is most important and I highly recommend this series of books to parents.

My son is working his way through these books as recommended by his piano teacher. Generally, he likes the tunes in book 3; he found some of the tunes in book 2 a bit tedious and underwhelming, which didn't motivate him to practise them as much, but he's much more enthusiastic by the choice of scores in book 3. They are thoughfully laid out and make it easy to progess.

very good to set you up to move onto more complex pieces of music, but further instruction will be needed as there are still elements that have not been covered by the end of the book

Very helpful for my son

My son used this series of books and easily made Grade1 piano (distinction) assisted with with a 30 minute lesson a week with his teacher.Highly recommended