Music First! with Keyboard Foldout

Rented this book for my daughter for a summer class. Some practice pages were ripped out that they used for homework. Thankfully the teacher printed extras so my daughter was able to use those. Was our first experience renting a book. Overall much better than buying.

This is a good book, I would not say excellent. I think its cost is excessive. I found online sources with better, clearer and more complete explanations of the topics covered by the book. I have to disclose I only used the book and did not check the other resources tehy list.

Needed this book for my music class and it was very helpful! Although a couple of pages were missing, everything seemed to still be in good shape. So happy I didn't need to purchase the full price! It also came with the keyboard hangout which was great!

All the assignments were already filled out, sometimes with incorrect answers, but it wasn't too bad copying just the hw assignments down onto separate sheets of staff paper.

We're using this book in an entry level music theory type of course. It's a good book, it covers the topics well, has lots of examples, is laid out well to be a good reference later, and has lots of very helpful exercises. In short, it's a very good book for learning how to read and write music, and some basics about theory.The only downside is, omg, this may be the most overpriced book I've ever seen. It's a pretty thin book with a cheap soft cover binding. When you look at the book it is something I would expect to sell for $20 or so. Certainly not 5x that.

I was renting the book and ended up receiving a brand new unopened package of the book. I thought it was going to be used, but everything was awesome! My only gripe is that the full-price of the book isn't really worth it. So it's better to rent it.

Not pleased with this book as an introduction to music. It does not explain concepts very well and the examples are few. Most of the concepts had to be viewed on Youtube before I could understand what the author was trying to say. Besides the book is very expensive and not worth the price. I just don't understand why any professor would require such an expensive workbook with such brief explanations.

I borrowed this book from Amazon and surprisingly got a new book!! Very nice and useful book. Purchasing it is a little expensive but renting price is reasonable.