Hello,
I learned the accordion by using a ten book method course from a music academy that I took lessons from once a week and band practice twice a month also.
I taught myself the piano the same way using the Michael Aaron method books which had fewer books if I recall correctly. I was 26 when I started to teach myself piano. Now I am recently retired and play on a Yamaha synthesizer.
I would say that I am an accomplished pianist but it took a burning desire to learn. You should learn on a full size 88 key piano. Digital is fine if you use weighted keyboard. Then reason is that you must develop a touch that can play very soft as well as very loud.
Sorry for the rambling, but one book will not do it. I used the same methodology that my accordion teacher used. He graded every exercise and song using the system of VVG for very very good for excellent or VG for very good or G for good. I could not proceed unless you got at least a G.
During the self study I tried to keep the same system.
So my opinion is unless you have some gift like playing by ear, a piano method will work if you complete the entire course and don't skip the hard parts.
Do a lot of reading. Band in a Box is a very good teacher of theory. But give it to yourself after you have reached a goal
Although my accordion experience was helpful, I had a tendency to want to use a "oomp pa pa" bass structure. Also I had very poor knowledge of piano chord structure which is very complex on the piano compared to other insruments, and then the bass was mostly restricted to third, root, major, minor, seventh, dim for six rows across.
BTW,
When I was looking for method books I bought them from a place near my house in the Houston suburbs. I think they now sell on the Web. They are located on Kuykendal road. The are called Spring Music and they have at least one of everything in print.
Good luck,
Frank
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