Lesson One To Grade One: 120+ progressive pieces and exercises for piano (Complete Beginner to Grade 1 Standard)

Book was suggested by my daughters piano teacher and seems to be helping with her progress.

Easy for a novice and builds up.

A very good selection of tunes with a good progression of skills. I think someone learning without a teacher will need to do some looking up on the internet. For example, for the first tune you need to know what/ where 'middle C' is, what and where the other notes used are, what the numbers above the notes mean, how the shape of notes indicates how long they last, and about bar lines, counts and rhythms (4 counts in the first piece, 3 in the second). Many free videos about these, but this is not a good book for people who think they will have difficulty learning music notation, and best as a second book for people learning by themselves. There are several blank pages at the back. What a pity not to have used them at the front to show notes in relation to keys, finger numbers, and counts in relation to bars.

This is the book I always wanted when actively teaching, suitable for all ages. The important bit is that because so many of the tines are well- known, no keen player would want to stop the course until it is completed, and in doing so would be at grade 1 level. The amount of teahing needed for an intelligent person age 10 upwards would be confined to technique and musicality.

Not the clearest instructions for beginners

I’ve been a piano teacher for 11 years, and in that time I’ve had over 80 young people and like to stick to my regular method books.I bought this after seeing a few pages and tried it on my own child before teaching with it, and I can honestly say that she is the BEST I’ve ever had at note reading and I believe it is due to this book! The pace is wonderful so the children can recognise their own progress. My daughter is 6 and is moving beautifully through the book with note recognition & is noticing and playing the correct intervals due to the methods used within this book. I will be using this for every single student I have from now on, I love it so much & cannot wait for more!! Can we have a grade 1 to grade 2 book next please! 🥰

I'm a self-learning adult beginner and I'm using this book alongside 'Daily Drills: 100 to master note reading on the piano". Really liking this book, it seems very well organised, and I'm much preferring it over Faber Adult Piano Adventures, which seems all over the place, despite being the most often recommended. This book feels better paced, with lots of practice at each little additional step. Only problem is I don't know what book to go onto after this, as there isn't a follow on book (yet).

Great selection of well known pieces included, so instantly appeals to beginners. Unfortunately incorrect rests in many of the pieces is unacceptable. Beginners need to see basic music correctly written from day one!

Certes, le livre commence bien par la découverte des notes : do, ré, mi en clef de sol et do, si la en clef de fa.Puis des notes sont rajoutées (clé de sol, clé de fa) et illustrées par des extraits de chants américains.Mais dès le quatrième morceau, il y a des croches. ( sans avoir au préalable expliqué " rondes, blanches, noires.....)..... à chacun de se débrouiller !!..... Un débutant est donc déjà perdu à la sixième page.... (sauf s'il connaît les mélodies !!)Rien n'est expliqué sur les mesures à 2/4, 3/4, 4/4....... Quelqu'un qui débute aurait grand besoin d'uns explication !Comme le titre du livre portait la mention "exercices", j'espérais trouver quelques exercices utiles aux débutants..... Mais les "exercices" ne comprennent que 3 mesures !!! - voir photos -....Les morceaux proposés sont tous des thèmes américains célèbres mais tellement simplifiés qu'il n'y a plus aucun rythme,Par contre, tout à fait à la fin du livre, il y a 3 "gammes" (sur une seule octave) majeures ( gamme de do, de sol et de fa), mais par contre, pour les gammes mineures, l'auteur donne les notes des gammes mineures naturelles, harmoniques et mélodiques !!........ Je plains les débutants qui voient des mots comme ceux-ci sans explication !!!Peut-être un livre à utiliser avec un professeur ( qui devra faire preuve de beaucoup de patience et de savoir-faire pour tout expliquer) ??En tout cas, à la fin du livre, on n'arrive pas au niveau 1 promis.... à moins d'avoir su deviner ce que signifiaient les termes musicaux écrits au fil des pages......Juste pour les complets novices qui ont envie de s'amuser sans rien comprendre !!