How to play the piano - James Rhodes

'Internationally acclaimed pianist, author and all-round nice guy James Rhodes promises that this book can teach anyone with access to a piano or an electric keyboard and 45 minutes to practice every a day, the tools they need to learn to play Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C Major in 6 weeks' RED MAGAZINE

Learn to play one of Bach's most exquisite preludes in just 6 weeks, even if you have never played the piano before.

An
accessible and inspiring book by the pianist and international
bestselling writer James Rhodes, who promises that it gives anyone with
two hands, a piano or an electric keyboard and just 45 minutes a day the
tools they need to learn to play Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C Major in 6
weeks, even if they know nothing about music and have never even touched
a piano before.

How often do we convince ourselves that it's
just too late - too late to learn how to ride a bike, too late to know
how to meditate, too late to travel the world... As we get older and
time slips through our fingers like water, we become resigned, almost
defeatist, about abandoning our dreams.

For James Rhodes, after
the inevitable "How many hours a day do you practice?" and "Show me your
hands", the most common thing people say to him when they hear he's a
pianist is "I used to play the piano as a kid. I really regret giving it
up".

Where does this mourned and misplaced creativity go? For
Rhodes, it's still there to be tapped into by all of us, at any point.
This inspirational book gives us the means to do this, by breaking up
Bach's seminal Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier into
manageable segments, teaching us the basics of piano playing - how to
read music, the difference between the treble and the bass clef, sharp
and flat notes, how to practice etc.. - and encouraging personal
interpretation in a way that is guaranteed to soothe the mind, feed the
soul and unleash creative powers we didn't know we still had. All of
this will culminate in an ability to perform one of Bach's masterpieces.

"If
listening to music is soothing for the soul, then playing music is
achieving enlightenment. It's going from kicking a ball around with a
few pals to playing alongside Ronaldo."