A carefully graded lesson-by-lesson learning method for the younger student using very easy arrangements of many favourite children's songs.
Introduces five notes on the treble staff, six notes on the bass staff and two full fingered chords.
Written by Peter Gelling and beautifully illustrated throughout with full colour by James Stewart.
Progressive Keyboard Method For Little Kids, consisting of three instruction books and three supplementary song books, has 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 1 with CD and DVD contains very easy arrangements involving five notes on the treble staff and five notes on the bass staff. The student also learns the concept of melody and accompaniment using the chords C and G7 with the left hand. The book includes an introduction to the 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures 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, melody and harmony. New pieces of information are highlighted by color boxes and color illustrations are used throughout to stimulate and maintain the student's interest.
Supplementary Songbook A with CD has been designed to be used in conjunction with Method Book 1. It contains more than 20 additional songs, which are cross-referenced to the lessons in Method Book 1.
