100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know: Play the Same Song 100 Different Ways (Essential Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know by Jerald Simon) Paperback – December 18, 2018

I really like using this book with students more interested in modern music, but it is also helpful for those interested in improvisation. It is not for very early beginners; you do need to know how to read notes. If you can and are interested in expanding your horizons and learning how to play pop, rock, and jazz songs from a lead sheet, you should definitely consider getting it.It starts with simple patterns and, little by little, gets more interesting and creative. It also includes many commonly used patterns, which come in handy when you don't know what to play with the left hand when the right one is playing a melody.I think the only missing thing is that there could be backing tracks (via a link) to make it more fun to practice the songs from part 2 of the book. But I guess it would increase the price, so... Not a big deal.Overall, it's not an anthology of left hand patterns, but it is precisely what it says - '100 left hand patterns'. It's a good start to understanding how to play from a fake book.Try this book if your experience is limited to playing music written traditionally or if you learn it from tutorial videos, but you want a little more. It can sparkle your musical creativity.

This is an excellent book and its unlike any that I have seen. Its great practice to work through the book trying each left hand pattern. I make note of the ones I like so I can quickly go back to work on them more. It had some good boogie woogie patterns that I had never seen.The song section is unexpectedly good. There are a lot of great familiar songs!I'm really pleased with the book. Its worth buying if you have interest in learning to play quickly and you don't plan to only read/play sheet music note for note.I've came along way quickly by learning a couple of nice left hand chord patterns and playing melodies with my right. If you can play other instrument(s) or just have a good sense of timing, this method can have you improving and playing some really great pieces within a month or so.Coming from the banjo and guitar, I'm playing piano better than I ever expected in a short time frame.If you want to improvise, play c, f, and g chord/pattern progressions and randomly press white keys. You will be surprised how good you can sound.

Very helpful for developing your left hand

The book is in a very good condition. I am fully satisfied with this professional seller if i may say.Best Regards,

There are 100 rhythms in the book, but it could have been a lot better if it included more rhythms and fewer nursery rhymes and Sunday school songs.Revising to 3 stars. The rhythms are useful, but could be a lot more if a lot of the fluff was removed.

This book really helped "stretch" my son so he could get some new improv ideas! His piano teacher really liked using this book with him. It gave some structure while also allowing for (and encouraging!) creative freedom. He had years of classical experience before using this book, so it really rounded out his music education

Oh my goodness I just got this book. It shipped on time! I've only gotten to the 11th pattern because I'm having so much fun exploring the songs I already know with them. okay for the review, if you have not already done so go watch his video on Youtube. He gives a very accurate description of whats in the book and what you can expect. If your already a beginner to intermediate piano player this will boost you to the next level. So ive been playing for two years and I mostly stay in the primary cords of C G F major. Jerald explains just move up 1/2 step to get to each chord. So from C to A major is 9 half steps right? So just move fingers 5 3 and 1 9 steps and presto A major. Well I already know my chords but I want to show how beneficial his way of teaching is. The patterns challenged my muscle memory. Especially the muscle sitting on my shoulders LOL. What I do is get a timer for 3 minutes and take my time learning the pattern with the metronome going and then increase the speed until it becomes second nature. This goes pretty fast so I then play in all 12 keys as suggested and lastly I play around with songs I already know just to see how the pattern can be applied. I give the book 5 stars but I'd give it more if I were able to. In sure I could be farther along learning the patterns but I can't stop playing songs. Another thing I've noticed is my dexterity and my confidence in embellishing seemed to just flow naturally following these methods. Kudos to the author Jerald Simon. I'll cherish the book for years to come.

I love this book as it breaks down in an easy-to-read fashion various left-hand options. Especially for those playing chord charts or improvisation, this is a wonderful resource! As a piano teacher, I love this resource as I was teaching by ear ways to add in left hand, but this is so much better to have students get this book to have a visual way to learn.