Progressive Keyboard Method For Young Beginners Books 1, 2 & 3 have been designed to introduce the younger student to the basics of playing the keyboard and reading music. To maximize the student’s enjoyment, the books use contemporary original material along with a repertoire of well known children’s songs. All have been carefully graded into an easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson format which assumes no prior knowledge of music.
Book 2 contains easy arrangements involving one octave on the treble staff and five notes on the bass staff. The student also learns the concept of five finger positions and a new F chord to go along with C and G7 from Book 1. Eighth notes are introduced, making it possible to play a greater variety of songs. Original material has been used to add a contemporary sound to the material, particularly through the use of 12 Bar Blues in various styles.
Rhythms such as the dotted quarter note are introduced along with the expressions legato and staccato. New pieces of information are highlighted by color boxes while color illustrations are used throughout to stimulate and maintain the student’s interest.
Supplementary Songbook B contains an additional 22 songs which are cross-referenced to the lessons in Method Book 2.
