Reviews

Review of Piano Scale Mnemonics by Andrew Eales on the Pianodao website. Andrew is a renowned teacher, mentor, writer and published composer. He is also the administrator for the Piano Network UK Facebook page.

“This book has been a revelation for me. I'm not 'musical' or talented at the piano and I've been really struggling to remember the various scales (only for Grade 3!) and for me, this book is so clever and simple that suddenly it all seems soooooo much easier. Now I can do them without struggling. Even my long long long suffering piano teacher (the woman needs a medal for not shooting me years ago) thinks it's a fabulous book and is recommending it to her other students. After 7 years of weekly lessons I now could be in real danger of actually passing a piano grade......”

Andy (from Amazon.co.uk)

“For my students I previously created a paper template that helped them to find the correct fingering easily when looking at the notes on the piano. I am currently updating those paper charts - I now reference your mnemonics as we use your books to get started. The mnemonics really help and the students love those!”

Maggie (piano teacher)

“I am not a teacher but bought this book and found it really useful.”

Kate

“I’ve been using it a lot! Great to have a colourful interesting scales and arpeggios book.”

Jane (piano teacher)

“Mine arrived, I absolutely LOVE IT.”

Jayne

“This is a fantastic book for memorising and mastering scales in a highly enjoyable, fun and extremely effective way.  The presentation is impressive with clever representations of scales using memorable mnemonic phrases matched perfectly with imaginative and colourful illustrations.  An original and high quality resource which will inspire and which makes learning and remembering scales a joy.”

June

How did people learn scales before this book? Piano Scale Mnemonics is an essential buy for anyone wanting to master their scales. The book offers clear and helpful tips and guidance with the added benefit of beautifully illustrated mnemonics to help you memorise each of the scales. Used by both myself and my daughter it has something to offer all ages.

Katherine

“I started learning piano about 3 years ago and had learned some scales but this new book has consolidated these and has made learning new ones easier and more fun. The grouping and illustrations are a great way to help visualise the mnemonics which are very logical and so good. This is a great book for me as an adult to learn and remember new scales and younger students will equally enjoy and benefit from the fun side of the book.”

Alison

”An incredibly informative book written by a very knowledgeable piano teacher with years of experience teaching pupils like myself who have problems with learning scales! The artwork is beautiful and the mnemonics make such a big difference to help pupils learn. Wish I’d had this years ago!”

Emily

I found this a great and fun aid to mastering scales, arpeggios and broken chords – not something I really enjoy!  A very well laid out book with easy to remember mnemonics!

Marcus

”As a ‘mature’ pupil - I can only rave about this book, after struggling to keep the scales in my head it proved to be a fantastic memory tool. Fabulous resource!”

Barbara

”If you, or anyone you know, is learning piano I'd thoroughly recommend Catherine's beautiful book, plus her Facebook tips and info. My daughter finds the book really helpful.”

Julie

“Piano Scale Mnemonics has really helped me learn the scales. I used to struggle remembering all the sharps and flats for each scale but the book and mnemonics have helped a lot! I would recommend this book to anyone learning piano and the pictures make scales much more interesting!”

Emily

“When I decided to learn the piano I had very limited musical knowledge. This scales book has been incredibly useful and easy to understand, which has and will continue to help me continue to make progress on the piano.”

Colin

“Piano was a completely new instrument to me, but this book helped me navigate the beginning stages of scales and continues to assist my learning with great visual aids and useful tips!”

Caroline

“I have returned to piano tuition after a long time away from it and was quite daunted about having to re-learn scales. This book takes away much of the pain of that, with a simple but yet effective system based on Mnemonics. It is very clearly laid out and I am sure will appeal to learners of all ages.”

Pamela