Piano Forum
Piano Board => Teaching => Topic started by: obliviate on September 03, 2005, 01:42:08 PM
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Hello everyone
I'm a music teacher.
Just want to ask and share... what books do you guys use for beginners (children not adult) and what do you guys want to achieve in the first place.
I'm getting difficulties to find good books for finger exercise
I use various books such as
a dozen a day
leila fletcher for children
john schaum
john thompson
Alfred's Fun Book
Rhythm MP Piano made Easy
thanks
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I find the Piano Adventures series to be the best. Published by FJH (Faber). Aside from the main Lesson book, it has a supplementary Theory book, Performance book, and Technique & Artistry book, for all levels.
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Hello everyone
I'm a music teacher.
Just want to ask and share... what books do you guys use for beginners (children not adult) and what do you guys want to achieve in the first place.
I'm getting difficulties to find good books for finger exercise
I use various books such as
a dozen a day
leila fletcher for children
john schaum
john thompson
Alfred's Fun Book
Rhythm MP Piano made Easy
thanks
ah! i learned a dozen a day and john thompson! now they're practically extinct. those were good books, i thought.
anyway - for my own students, yes, I've found that the Piano Adventures books are a great method. I've had great success with them... haven't tried any other method aside from the one I learned on, but that was back when i first began teaching and didn't know of anything else.
A similar method that I've just been introduced to is the Alfred method books. I'm familiar with the regular Alfred library already, but they've just released a "premier" primer book. It's similar to the Piano Adventures. I went to a workshop where Martha Mier (who helped in writing the method) went through the primer course and pointed out what it had to offer. It has pre-staff reading and begins on-staff notation in the bass clef (as opposed to most methods that begin in treble).