By Dennis Alexander, Gayle Kowalchyk, E. L. Lancaster, Victoria McArthur, and Martha MierPiano Book & CD
Beautifully presented and intelligently paced, the Lesson Book combines unusually attractive music and lyrics. The book features note reading, rhythm reading, sight-reading and technical workouts. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo. The Universal Edition is designed for all English-speaking countries outside of the United States, including Canada, the U. K., and Australia. This edition uses the British system of terminology for rhythmic values such as "crotchet" for quarter note. This book is supported by a Theory Book 1A (Universal Edition) Alfred Item #23869.
Contents:
| Title | |
| A Note to Teachers | |
| A Note to Students (and Parents) | |
| How to Sit at the Piano | |
| The Secret to a Good Hand Position | |
| Notes | |
| Crotchet | |
| The Keyboard: Two Black Keys | |
| Rests | |
| Crotchet Rest | |
| The Keyboard: Three Black Keys | |
| Bar Lines and Bars | |
| Minim | |
| Dynamic Signs (f and p) | |
| Semibreve | |
| Time Signature (4/4) | |
| Sustain Pedal | |
| The Music Alphabet | |
| Keyboard Anchor: D | |
| Dynamic Sign (mf) | |
| Keyboard Anchors: G and A | |
| Semibreve Rest | |
| Step | |
| New Time Signature (3/4) | |
| Dotted Minim | |
| The Stave | |
| Bass Clef Treble Clef | |
| Reading Middle C | |
| The Grand Staff | |
| Minim Rest | |
| Bass F | |
| Tempo | |
| Semibreve Rest in 3/4 | |
| Treble G | |
| Landmark Notes | |
| New Note G (Bass) | |
| New Note E (Bass) | |
| New Landmark Note: Bass C | |
| New Note D (Bass) | |
| Stepping Up from Bass C | |
| New Notes D and E (Treble) | |
| New Note F (Treble) | |
| Stepping Up from Middle C | |
| New Notes B and A (Bass) | |
| Stepping Down from Middle C | |
| Skip | |
| Skip Up from Middle C | |
| Skip Up from D (Treble) | |
| Skip Down from B (Bass) | |