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There are apparently some pianists who, despite the anniversary, are not devoting them exclusively to Beethoven this year. Anyway, with his Beethoven Journey project, Leif Ove Andsnes has already done his bit, making one of the most beautiful recordings of the piano concertos. For Andsnes, Mozart is currently uppermost on the agenda, even if there is also plenty of Beethoven being played at his festival too. Time for another conversation with the Norwegian master pianist. Read more >>
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Topic: The Leila Fletcher Piano Course?  (Read 2605 times)

Offline vincentl

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The Leila Fletcher Piano Course?
on: October 19, 2010, 03:21:52 PM
Has anyone used Leila Fletcher's Piano Course from book one to book six? If so, was it helpful? Some people suggest that it has too many fingering numbers. And I am thinking of buying the Leila Fletcher books for my cousin who wants to learn piano.
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Offline swilliams002

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Re: The Leila Fletcher Piano Course?
Reply #1 on: September 13, 2022, 06:33:25 PM
I've been wondering about this method as well.
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Offline perfect_pitch

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Re: The Leila Fletcher Piano Course?
Reply #2 on: September 13, 2022, 10:12:06 PM
Given that its been 12 years since the poster originally put his question up - I'll help you out.

I prefer the Bastien series of books for piano students. It will have basic fingering for the start of songs, but they can't become dependent on the fingering and have to think for themselves.

I've been using it for over a decade on new students.
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Re: The Leila Fletcher Piano Course?
Reply #3 on: September 18, 2022, 09:37:58 PM
Is there one series of Bastien books that is THE series of Bastien books? I vaguely recall using one of his books when doing a short stint of teaching children.
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Re: The Leila Fletcher Piano Course?
Reply #4 on: September 18, 2022, 10:22:37 PM
You have Bastien Piano Basics for children and the Adult Piano course for... well Adults.

But yeah, the Bastien series is well known.
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