There are many types of pianist, but all can be put into one of two main groups:
- those who can read music
- those who cannot read music
If you want to learn how to play the piano and at the same time, learn how to read piano music then this book is for you. Reading piano music is difficult - don't believe anyone who claims that it isn't. It is an intellectual skill and even more than that it is a practical skill. Many people can look at a single note and find it on the piano keys, but the skill of co-ordinating your fingers and mind so that you can read a complex selection of notes on a page and produce music on the piano is another level entirely.
The aim of this book is to give you the skills you need to read music fluently so that you can move onto playing music you love
How does it work?
- Easy to follow with new skills introduced one step at a time and lots of repetition.
- Simple arrangements of well know tunes, so you know what the tunes should sound like before you play them.
- Also includes new original tunes in a variety of styles.
- Written by a piano teacher with over 20 years experience of working with young students - all ideas have been thoroughly tested on real learners.
- Just the correct balance between new material and repetition so that students retain what they learn.
Tunes in the book include:
Lightly Row
When the Saints Go Marching In
Au Clair de la Lune
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Scarborough Fair
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Away in a Manger
Happy Birthday to You
Sur le Pont d'Avignon
Beautiful Brown Eyes
Aura Lee
Jingle Bells
Heather Milnes has been teaching the piano for over 30 and in that time has tutored over 300 successful students. She performs and composes for the piano, flute and clarinet.