John C. Connally 
John C. Connally’s Essence of Music 

The book, John C. Connally’s Essence of Music, while not limited to the rudimentary fundamentals of music, presents a thorough concept which will help your grasp of piano and music, in general. While focusing on the actual concept beneficial to your musical progress, and excluding text which would just waste your time, this book will take you as fast as you desire to go.The book teaches scales, chords, rhythm, beats, key signatures, the language of music, the order of sharps and flats, the circle of fifths, and various conceps for your musical intellect.Musical skill does not come by osmosis. It requires practice, and passion. It requires diligence. A great deal of effort is required to excel at music. Someone once said, "Practice makes perfect."But that is not true. Practicing what will be perfect when you master it is what makes perfect. If you don’t know what to practice, if you don’t know how to practice, you won’t achieve your desired goal.This book is a demonstration book. It requires close examination of the detailed information. It requires much repetition of the concepts. I remember when I was beginning and playing with my family at church, I used to say to myself, I don’t want to learn to play songs, I want to learn to play music. The difference being, you can play a song without knowing how to play music, but you can play any song once you learn to play music.John C. Connally’s Essence of Music will teach you how to teach yourself to play music by giving you a thorough foundation.