Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Prep Course Lesson Book C: For the Young Beginner: BK C

My 6 y.o. DD has just started taking piano lessons. I have purchased these books from A to E. The main advantage of these books is that they start teaching the black keys first, which is amazingly easier than to learn the white keys first. Each note is then given a name(e.g. a C note is Cat and it leaves in a Cat's house which is just before the two black keys). My DD followed these explanations with no problems and learned all her keys in 2 lessons. In my view, the children would find learning music and play piano fun with these books. Also, the songs choices in these books are great.

This series is excellent for young ones of all abilities going at a very easy pace to suit the youngest and not the brightest. However, with good pupils I often just get them to sight read the next piece and then skip learning it if they can do it with minimal help. Love the big print, very suitable for early readers.

Good for students

My little boy used this to learn piano at 4. Easy to read and good tunes for young learners

My daughter needed this for her school piano lessons - came promptly at a good price - would recommend it

Good learning books

just the job

good

Very pleased with the product and the delivery. It’s an excellent book for starters and it’s recommended by a lot of music schools.

Good book for my little 6 years old. He is doing well with the big page and colorful book.

My 7 year old follows this piano lesson books religiously. The availability of these books could be made better as I checked a no of times before saw it here

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I’m a big fan of this series for my 4 and now 5 year old daughter. She was reading music on the staff at 4 and 4 months and we sang all the songs. I like that there are multiple books for each level so that she can keep learning songs at the same level. Other method books add new complexities in each song to the point that a child gets stuck or is afraid to try new repertoire. This series allows for you to switch between books at the same level so the child can master a variety of repertoire without getting bored. I’ve been pointing at the notes while she plays, singing the fingerings, singing the note names, and finally singing the lyrics. This way, repetition is never boring.