Progressive Piano Method for Young Beginners, in three books, has been designed to introduce the younger student to the basics of piano playing and reading music. To maximize the student’s enjoyment and interest, the Progressive Young Beginner series incorporates an extensive repertoire of well-known children's songs. All the songs have been carefully graded into an easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson format, which assumes no prior knowledge of music or the piano by the student.
Book 1 incorporates very easy arrangements involving five notes on the treble staff and five notes on the bass staff. It introduces the students to * and ^ time, incorporating quarter, half and whole notes and their equivalent rests. Only the white keys are used. The student is taught how to read music and is introduced to basic terms such as bar lines, repeat signs and lead-in notes.
New pieces of information are highlighted by color boxes, while color illustrations are used throughout to stimulate and maintain the student’s interest.
