Bursting with life and humour, My First Piano Book flaunts the piano in all its glory to inspire a new audience. With real passion the author describes how piano music can sing, dance or paint a picture as in by Clair de Lune by Debussy.

It is always a pleasure to review her publications because they have clearly been tried and tested in practice. Written for the young beginner student ages 5-6, My First Piano Adventure captures the child’s playful spirit with five “friends at the piano,” charming songs, and rhythm and technique games. My First Classical Music Book is a delightfully colourful introduction to classical music, designed to fire the imagination of children aged 5–7 years. Many pieces have simple teacher duet parts to encourage ensemble playing from the start, and the book is illustrated throughout in the charming Get Set! The author’s tried-and-tested progression covers note learning, theory, aural and composing through a.The first book is about teaching children familiarisation of the keyboard, counting one, two and four beats and difference between treble/bass clef with a series of visual simple pieces. These friends at the piano introduce basic rhythms, white key names, and a variety of white and black-key songs that span classical, folk, and blues. Three distinguishing features of the Lesson Book A make it unique and effective for the young 5-6 year old beginner. The polyphonic twenty-key piano promotes creative education through playing with any of the 10 popular kid’s songs along with 6 changeable musical instruments!

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. This is the second lesson book of this series and goes with the writing book, which has fun reinforcement activities.This is an absolutely fantastic Book of the Week for little ones who are just taking their first few steps in learning a musical instrument…an original and vibrant introduction for children to one of the world’s greatest musical instruments. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Each of these pieces represent one of the cast of animal characters featured in the book’s illustrations. Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente.

There is humour in the text and the illustrations too, I loved the monkey playing so fast he seems to have eight arms. A strong focus on technique embedded in the book through playful technique games, chants, and carefully-composed pieces that gently lead the child into pianistic motions. The Lesson Book introduces directional pre-reading, elementary music theory and technique with engaging songs, games, and creative discovery at the keyboard.My only criticism is that it is American so uses different terminology but I just change quarter note to crotchet etc. My First Piano Book opens a door to loving the sound of the instrument and becoming a pianist: it connects the discovery of brilliant piano playing (Part 1) with that very first go at pressing the keys (Part 2, which contains practical guidance). While there will be some who lament the lack of piano-specific technique, a strong grounding in musicianship is something to be welcomed.

The books are designed to introduce young children (from the age of around five) to the piano and music-making through ‘fun activities, rhymes, songs and pieces. The book introduces musical vocabulary, concepts and skills including pitch and melody, rhythm and notation. Although the idea is that children work through this with a parent or teacher, the CD includes a helpful and clear commentary from the author, which is also available online. Then, each of the major composers and musical instrument families are introduced and brought to life in a vivid and enchanting way.The audio becomes a ready-made practice partner that guides the student and parent for all the pieces and activities in the books. This is the most exceptional book of its kind, providing an absorbing experience for both eyes and ears.