I once read somewhere that a person who does not read is no better than a person who cannot read.

Virtually everything that anybody wants to know about anything (especially things that people have been doing for a long time) has already been written down in a book somewhere and the biggest indicator of success or failure in any venture is usually a persons reading habits. I believe music is no different and when it comes to teaching or learning music I don’t believe in gimmicks or so-called quick paths to overnight ability. I do believe in good old-fashioned tried and true unpretentious method books and theory books that make no attempt to sugar coat the hard work involved in learning to play an instrument.

This blog site is about learning to play from books. It can be done but only if you want to do  the work. Private teachers are great too but the good ones also teach from books and usually have done quite a bit of reading and hard work themselves to be able to do what they do.