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Piano Music Books - I know you have already spent a lot on the instrument and now you need to shell out money on books as well. But that is how new things are learnt (may be sports is an exception, though not completely). If you are a beginner then you have lots of options, just visit any music store and pick up a beginner piano book; it should keep you busy for a few months.

But as you progress, you will need books which will help you in your areas of improvement or may be you will need piano music books that have pieces based on the style that you like. In either case, it is better to do some homework before you buy or else you may be disappointed with the contents later.

Books for Beginners
Teaching Little Fingers to Play: A Book for the Earliest Beginner by John Thompson - This is a wonderful first piano book for kids. The songs are arranged in the perfect order of difficulty and each song teaches something new to the student.

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course by Willard A. Palmer - This is a great ‘beginner piano book’ irrespective of whether you are an adult or not! You can also look at the other Piano books in the 'Alfred' series of books.

Piano for Dummies by Blake Neely - Gives you a good overview on Piano/Keyboards. It is suited more for adults than for kids. Written in a humorous way but does not contain lots of exercise/songs!

Books for Intermediate to Advanced Players
Advanced Piano Solos Christmas Encyclopedia - Very good collection of solo piano Christmas music! This book is more for intermediate level players (difficulty wise) than for very advanced players.

The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano by Carl Humphries - Another great book for advanced players! It contains information on all aspects of piano - history, brands, theory, styles, etc. It also gives you hundreds of songs to play.

Dan Coates Complete / Advanced Piano Solos by Dan Coates - Most satisfying Piano music book for advanced players. The songs are challenging and contain some beautiful arrangements.

Style based Books
Once you have gained some mastery over the Piano, you would also want to have a look at style based books to improve your playing further. These are some of the books which you could go through. Of course, at this stage it should be comparatively easy for you to decide if a particular book suits you or not.

The Pop Piano Book - by Mark Harrison
The Jazz Piano Book - by Mark Levine
The Library of Piano Favourites - by Mark Harrison
Funk Piano Method BK/CD: Beginner to Intermediate - by Peter Gelling

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