The Piano Scale Book

Selected and Reviewed by Andrew Eales
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In my review of Ben Andrew’s first three graded Piano Scales Books, I concluded:

“Ben Andrew and Hal Leonard must surely be congratulated for bringing so useful and innovative a new approach to a crowded market, and one which so uniquely supplements those already available… I suspect that for many beginners, Ben Andrew’s Piano Scale Books could transform the early stages of scales learning for the better.”

Now Hal Leonard have published his complete version of The Piano Scale Book, a manual that applies his unique visual approach to learning scales and arpeggios across every major and minor key (up to six sharps and flats).

To understand his method, you need to read my main review here, and I won’t repeat the same content again. Rather, in this review I will look specifically at the new complete manual and comment on anything that is new or different…

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Ben Andrew’s Piano Scale Books

Selected and Reviewed by Andrew Eales
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The name Ben Andrew will ring a bell with many, due not least to the inclusion of his beautiful piece Snowflakes in The Joy of Graded Piano grade one book (find out more), as well as his Grade 5 theory workbooks from Hal Leonard.

Ben Andrew’s latest is a set of three scale books for players at Grades 1 to 3 levels. Yes, you read that correctly: scales books.

But stick with me, because these surprisingly affordable but gorgeously presented full-colour books offer a complementary approach that may well help elementary learners over the initial hump of learning basic scales, and might just make scales and arpeggios practice more enjoyable for all…

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