Created by Juilliard-trained pianist and composer Heather Schmidt, Adult Piano - Level 1, is the perfect introduction to playing piano. A complete course for complete beginners, it gives you everything you need to get started. There are free video lessons to accompany the book available at www.schoolofthesky.com. By the end of the book, you'll be able to play 20 familiar tunes, including Happy Birthday, Jingle Bells, Yankee Doodle, When The Saints Go Marching In and more. The books covers basic hand and arm position, finger numbering, music alphabet and keyboard layout, basic rhythms (quarter, half, dotted half, whole and eighth notes), basic time signatures (2/4, 3/4 and 4/4), reading music in treble and bass clef, C and G major scales, 5-finger patterns and triads, accidentals, dynamics and more. You'll have a solid foundation in piano playing and be ready for more!
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