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Topic: John Thompson In or Out?  (Read 2266 times)

Offline Bob

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John Thompson In or Out?
on: June 22, 2005, 02:50:38 AM
Is his series still used? 

Are there any flaws in it that have been improved by the current round of method books?

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Offline BoliverAllmon

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Re: John Thompson In or Out?
Reply #1 on: June 22, 2005, 03:56:07 AM
Quote from: Bob on June 22, 2005, 02:50:38 AM
Is his series still used? 

Are there any flaws in it that have been improved by the current round of method books?



it is still out there. I don't like the series though.
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Offline abell88

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Re: John Thompson In or Out?
Reply #2 on: June 22, 2005, 12:18:42 PM
It uses too much fingering, and stays in five-finger positions way too long. Some of the pieces are pretty, though, so if you whited out the fingering you could use it for supplementary material.
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Offline Dazzer

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Re: John Thompson In or Out?
Reply #3 on: June 22, 2005, 02:31:48 PM
heyy i used to use his books :D
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Offline llamaman

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Re: John Thompson In or Out?
Reply #4 on: June 22, 2005, 02:49:17 PM
I used to use those, before I moved to Piano Odyssey, And the RCM books of course.
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