Music Motivation 100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know: Play the Same Song 100 Different Ways

This book is absolutely Amazing! Every piano player needs this book! There's something in this book for all players of all levels. It's an excellent resource for ideas if you write your own music. It's also packed with the many different styles such as jazz, new age, pop and rock left hand patterns! It's also guaranteed to improve your playing if you accept Jeralds suggestionof taking the patterns through all the 12 keys and to play a song 100 different ways using the patterns he shows you in the book. This is what makes this book amazing in opinion! Most people run a mile when talking about playing in all 12 keys! But jeralds approach is genius because you focus on learning a pattern instead of complex theory you simply take the pattern and move it up the keys a half step at a time. The more patterns you learn the easier it feels taking the patterns through each key! It's brilliant exercise for the hands playing these patterns and is guaranteed to improve your playing especially if your a beginner! before you know it you will be able to play songs in every key with a variety of left hand patterns and different styles. It makes practicing fun instead of boring drills and exercises work through this book! If you want to improvise you will never be stuck again for ideas, simply whip out this book open a page at random and try a left hand pattern to spark something new in your playing and improvising!

I have never been able to play any musical instrument, but I bought a keyboard to help me with hand and finger exercises . I love music and I found I could play simple tunes by ear with my right hand, but needed help with my left hand, which is why I bought this book amd I am so glad I did! It is very easy to follow, even for a beginner, like myself and it has turned the chore of hand and finger exercises into a lot of fun. I will be 80 next birthday and if I can find it easy to follow, anyone can! 10/10

Great variety of Lh patterns and good instructions

A lot of the book contains advertising for the author's other products. Just lists the 100 left hands. Could do with referencing some of the left hands to some of the tunes included.Tunes included are all old American tunes.

Worst amazon purchase ever definately not what I felt I was led to believe.