I Teach 50 Adults Students, and These Are the Books That Never Leave My Desk 

Adults actually advance quicker than young people when they study and focus. So you can get to level 7 or more at age 40.

I have a few adult students who are in ABRSM Grades 6, 7, 8 and even ARSM. I'm sure you can do it.

Wish you all the best! Love to see adults start and have a goal 👍🏻 I've had piano lessons when I was a kid, never took grade exams and now, after 9 years of break, I just started practicing again. I'm currently trying to figure out the level I was at when I stopped and the level I am at now 😅😅😅

Hi, how are you doing with piano now?

Same, now i want to buy them ;-;

Good question! I'm still working on my first method book and sometimes wondering what to learn next after the basic methods. I plan to take whatever comes to my interest, but if there's a good journey to follow, it would be great to get to know.

Ashley Mone' Hey Ashley, I was wondering the same thing a few months ago. This video really helped me, hopefully it can help you too. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-33rNgjJ7c9Q.html

daniel kushla woooooooaooaaooaoaoaaaah... You’re a bit off here, that’s very difficult

I must add honesty, dedication and expressing emotions gets you a long way.. I think an adult student in reality does not need "absolute perfection" but the ability to convey emotion one is having to the audience is one of the strongest assets one can have..

Hi Temsuinla. Sorry to hear that and that nobody has responded to your post. Are you sitting at the right height? This is really important. You need to sit so your forearm is approximately level to the floor and so that you can use the combined weight of your forearm/wrist/hand as a unit. Fingers need to be able to drop and be active from the main knuckles. If you are sitting too high you won’t be able to use rotary movements of the forearm. We use our forearm to move the unit laterally across the keyboard with the elbow as a level to play up and down and in and out from the black keys. I hope that helps.

@@Sitbon08 thank you so much :) Will take Ur words into consideration

There are probably only two method book series after level 5 (early intermediate, grade 3): John Thompson's Modern Course For The Piano (faster paced, well known pieces) and John Schaum Piano Course (slower paced, much less well known pieces). They go up to advanced level, grade 8.

Amazon.de has some of these

I'm from Europe too and I ordered some of these books from sheetmusicplus.com. They had every book I was looking for. So instead of looking in local music stores or ordering from different sites (and paying shipping costs for each order) I simply put in one order and even with the shipping costs and import taxes it was still a little cheaper than in local music stores. So, it saved me time and little money. Just someting that might be worth checking out!

Usually physical books have fingering, practicing tips and are higher quality than what can be found online.

jake liu it cant :( It is up to you to use it It will not make u a genius just by putting it ther 😂

I second this request please!!

It's in the RCM Piano Syllabus at level 9 (ABRSM grade 8)

I hope she does

Sounds like the same school of thought that's going through the head of your adult students of the past. "I can't, therefore it cannot be done "

I respectfully disagree with your views, Sir. I am 42 and music is my world. Naturally, my life commitments, i.e. my kids must come first but otherwise I am 100% committed; in it for the long haul. I learn all my pieces as fully and properly as I can, including at least 1 hour of quality practise a day... I focus on each bar and painstakingly play it over and over as slowly as required to improve my technique. I am very realistic about what it takes and in fact I have been doing my ABRSM Theory exams since Grade 1, which enhances and improves my journey. I have had 3 Distinctions for all 3 of my Theory exams so far. I am now studying for Grade 4 Theory and performance alongside extra studies to consolidate Grade 3 performance. I know you are not aiming your comment at me personally but tarring all adult students with the same brush is harsh and unfair. I suspect you are doing yourself out of immense reward from Teaching adults with the commitment I have. There are a few of us. Maybe take a chance.

I so appreciate your channel ...the helpful composer reviews esp appreciated! I'm a 73 year old that started at 67. I'm totally in love and practice all the time. Enjoying Schuberts moments musicaux no 2.. I'm very fortunate to have very skilled teachers!

You have to meet them where they're at. Make it fun for them. Give them options and don't try to put them in a box.