Method Book, Level 1

 

pre-music reading

essential first skills

price  $8.95

An easy and ideal introduction to learning how to play the piano for ages 5 and up.

Extremely easy for teachers to teach and for students to learn.

Beginners easily play fun, familiar songs at the very first lesson.


In this book, the student masters many fundamentally crucial basic skills before learning to read notes on the staff.

Teaches each of these concepts and skills one at a time independently of each other:

  1. curved fingers

  2. keyboard topography

  3. left hand/right hand and finger numbers

  4. music alphabet

  5. white key names

  6. rhythm notation (quarter, half, dotted half, whole)

  7. steady beat and playing with the metronome

  8. looking ahead in the music

  9. legato touch

  10. keeping eyes on page

Teaches familiar folk songs students love to play.

Uses two completely unique and well-designed pre-music reading formats that are remarkably simple for students to learn. 

Includes written theory assignments.

Uncluttered, easy to understand format and page layout.

48 pages.