Method Book | Method |
'Piano Adventures' | |
'Alfred's Basic Piano Library' | |
'Artistry at the Piano'; Jon and Mart Gae George | |
'Celebrate Piano!' | |
Robert Pace 'Music for Piano' | |
Michael Arron Piano Course | |
Schaum 'Piano Course' | |
stress awareness of pulse and motion when teaching rhythm | |
'David Carr Glover Method for Piano' | |
requires careful preparation, presentation, reinforcement from teacher | |
'Mainstreams Piano Method'; Noona | |
'Hal Leonard Student Piano Library' | |
Duckworth 'Keyboard Series' | |
for individual study, no teachers manuel | |
'The Young Pianist Series'; Noona | |
nominative form of counting with pre-reading | |
Bastien 'Piano Basics' | |
'Creating Music at the Piano'; Willard Palmer; Amanda Lethco | |
| Method Book | Method |
'Piano Town' | |
designed primarily for large groups | |
metrical counting | |
combination of Multi-key, Middle C, and Intervallic | |
Donald Glover Piano Library | |
'Alfred's Premier Piano Course' | |
'Succeeding at the piano'; Helen Marlais | |
'The Keyboard Arts Method'; Richard Chronister, David Krähenbühl | |
sound, feel, sign, name | |
nominative approach to rhythm | |
Bastien 'Music Through the Piano' | |
conceptual learning: experience, discover, explore, analyze, symbolize, create, apply | |
Lynn Freeman Olson 'Music Pathways' | |
teacher training, addressing pedagogical principles of method | |
'Teaching Little Fingers to Play' | |
'Basic Piano Course'; Noona | |
John Williams 'First Year at the Piano' | |
William Gillock 'Piano all the Way' | |
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