Piano Book 1 for Students

From the Publisher Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, the Piano Lessons - Book 1 is a truly creative and comprehensive method that delivers great music and solid pedagogy. The Hal Leonard Student Piano Library's creative approach to learning, combined with solid pedagogy and the best music, produces skilled musicians. Great music means motivated students, inspired teachers, and delighted parents, encouraging practice, progress, confidence, and success.

Students respond enthusiastically to the time-tested creative approach with proven results, clear and concise presentation of concepts, uncluttered page layout that keeps the focus on the music, exceptional orchestrated accompaniments, improvisations threaded throughout the series, and MIDI-enhanced book/CD packs available for all Lessons, Solos, and Technique books. The method offers a variety of musical styles and moods, with realistic pacing.

The series, part of the Educational Piano Library, features compositions by Phillip Keveren, Fred Kern, Mona Rejino, and Barbara Kreader. The Piano Level: Book 1 is for Piano/Keyboard, and it helps develop musicianship skills that last a lifetime.

In the piece "Three Black Keys," students use their left hand, starting in the middle of the keyboard and playing the groups of three black keys with fingers 2-3-4, going down the keyboard. In "Merrily We're Off To School," a Whole Note fills the time of four quarter notes, with the count "1 2 3 4" equaling 4 beats.

The "Lines and Spaces" concept is introduced, where some notes are written on lines (Line Note) and others are written in spaces (Space Note). Music is written on a STAFF of 5 lines and 4 spaces.

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