Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: piano playing sans piano teacher

mr. adams book was a sad disappointment to this adult beginner piano player. his chapters follow the calendar year beginning with the purchase of an expensive piano. for the next 9 months he tries to learn with a computer program and audio tapes and by interviewing pianists and piano makers. perhaps he thought the latter would transmit their skills by osmosis. i wondered after finishing the book if adams, as a successful broadcast journalist, avoided a piano teacher because of the very real terror of failing every week, (so far in my first 3 months)to get anything right. the hints about practise and technique i was hoping for, were sought in vain. as i said a sad disappointment.