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As with most books in the series the shortfall is dated material and a approach that really dozen't lead where most want or even need to go. The Good News is: This isn't a bad place for a younger student to begin learning to read notes. However, this method should really be used with a teacher as there are tons of places that need filling it and lots of things that can go wrong right off the bat. Not the fault of the book so much as fault of the advertising not stressing enough how important a teacher can be when first starting out. Its biggest weakness is very little attention is placed on the actual technique of playing. The book also tends to jump through the notes quite quickly (again another place where a teacher can supplement the information). The book's approach to chords is severly lacking and dated as most players won't be required to actually read the chords off the staff as much so as an actual chart. The whole second half of the book is simply not that useful for what most students want to learn. I'm not saying there is no value in some of the information, it's simply not what most want to learn and dozen't necessary lead them down the path they want to go. And as far as covering that type of material the Berklee Modern Method Books are far more complete and organized. There is a updated expanded version of the book that I'd Much Prefer to use with a student than this one. Again not bad for reading notes but really not meant as a stand alone study course. Having said all that, this book is as good as any for starting a student out reading music. It's not really all that different from the other methods from other publishers along the same lines. I would strongly recommend bypassing this version in place of the newer expanded version.Read full review
