Bring Mozart and Beethoven to life with this pedagogically sound method! Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts   -   Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk & E. L. Lancaster   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Book 1) Basic Library Join Mozart Mouse, Beethoven Bear and their music friends as they learn about music. Follow their adventures from the Play Room and the Music Room to their Piano Lessons, their Music Class at school, the....More info Complete Editors' Review
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Basic Library
Join Mozart Mouse, Beethoven Bear and their music friends as they learn about music. Follow their adventures from the Play Room and the Music Room to their Piano Lessons, their Music Class at school, the Talent Show and a Trip to the City. Written to provide appropriate piano instruction for 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds, this series is a comprehensive approach to musical learning that develops singing and listening skills simultaneously with an appreciation for a variety of musical styles. The materials in the course combine to create an exciting and imaginative atmosphere both in the lesson and at home. Book 1 gives children a carefully paced orientation to the keyboard: low and high sounds, up and down the keyboard, and an equally careful presentation of groups of two and three black keys, left and right hands, and finger numbers. White key letter names are gradually introduced with letter names in note-heads. Children generally play one repeated note or two note melodies in one hand only per piece and learn the first three notes of middle C position for each hand by the end of the book. The Starter Set includes a vinyl bag printed with the name of the course, a music activity board (magnetic and dry erase), and two stuffed animals, Beethoven Bear and Mozart Mouse. The Deluxe Starter Set includes everything in the Starter Set plus Music Lesson Book 1, Music Discovery Book 1, Music Workbook 1, Lesson and Discovery CD 1, and Flash Cards for Book 1.

Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts   -   Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk & E. L. Lancaster   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Book 2) Book 2 continues with pieces dedicated to one hand only. The first half of the book provides pre-reading pieces with letter names in note heads, gradually introducing the child to all the notes in middle C....More info Complete Editors' Review
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Book 2 continues with pieces dedicated to one hand only. The first half of the book provides pre-reading pieces with letter names in note heads, gradually introducing the child to all the notes in middle C position. The second half of Book 2 gradually shows the child those notes on either the treble or bass staves.

Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts   -   Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk & E. L. Lancaster   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Book 3) The first half of Book 3 has the child playing 4-8 measure tunes on the grand staff, one note at a time, first right hand and then left hand alone. C Major position is slowly introduced. The second half of....More info Complete Editors' Review
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The first half of Book 3 has the child playing 4-8 measure tunes on the grand staff, one note at a time, first right hand and then left hand alone. C Major position is slowly introduced. The second half of this level continues with melodies alternating between the hands and gradually providing pieces where the melody is in one hand with one-note harmony in the other.

Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts   -   Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk & E. L. Lancaster   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Book 4) Book 4 slowly and carefully phases the student to playing in G Major position and introduces staccato, legato, flats, sharps, and harmonic seconds, thirds, fourths and fifths. At the end of the....More info Complete Editors' Review
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Book 4 slowly and carefully phases the student to playing in G Major position and introduces staccato, legato, flats, sharps, and harmonic seconds, thirds, fourths and fifths. At the end of the level, children are ready to progress to Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner, Level C, or enter any series at the elementary level.

Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner   -   Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Level A) Basic Library Alfred's Prep Course is an exciting and colorful piano method for young beginners, ages five and up. The full-color illustrations are delightful and the wonderful melodies and lyrics were chosen to....More info Complete Editors' Review
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Basic Library
Alfred's Prep Course is an exciting and colorful piano method for young beginners, ages five and up. The full-color illustrations are delightful and the wonderful melodies and lyrics were chosen to please very young students, taking into consideration their attention span as well as the reach of their small hands. The basics of music are introduced through the use of tuneful but simple music that advances at the proper speed for small children to comprehend and enjoy. Level A gives students a chance to play tunes immediately, on black key groups and then on the white keys using pre-staff notation (letter names written in notes). The staff is introduced 2/3 of the way through and students play several tunes while reading from either the treble or bass staves. The grand staff is introduced toward the end of the book and the young pianist begins to play tunes in C Major position. Rhythms throughout the book are simple (quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes).

Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner   -   Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Level B) Level B gives instruction with fun pieces that reinforce elementary-level concepts. The pieces are generally in the form of simple, eight measure songs in C and G Major positions. Other concepts....More info Complete Editors' Review
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Level B gives instruction with fun pieces that reinforce elementary-level concepts. The pieces are generally in the form of simple, eight measure songs in C and G Major positions. Other concepts introduced in the Level B book are melodic and harmonic 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, and 5ths; phrasing; and rests.

Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner   -   Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Level C) The pieces in Level C continue to be charming and child-oriented. This level focuses on several new concepts including time signatures (3/4 and 2/4), accidentals, accents, staccato, fermatas, eighth notes....More info Complete Editors' Review
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The pieces in Level C continue to be charming and child-oriented. This level focuses on several new concepts including time signatures (3/4 and 2/4), accidentals, accents, staccato, fermatas, eighth notes and rests. Middle C position is introduced as well.

Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner   -   Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Level D) Level D falls at the late elementary level and features slightly longer pieces, generally 16-32 measures in length. The concepts presented are slightly more advanced than in the previous books and....More info Complete Editors' Review
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Level D falls at the late elementary level and features slightly longer pieces, generally 16-32 measures in length. The concepts presented are slightly more advanced than in the previous books and include tempo markings, damper pedal, and half and whole steps. Tetrachords are used as an introduction to the Major scale. The keys of C and G Major are presented, instructing the student to play them in one octave between two hands.

Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner   -   Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Level E) The varied pieces in Level E highlight a few new concepts, including dotted quarter notes; 5ths, 6ths, 7ths, and octaves; and more about the C and G Major scales, including playing them in contrary....More info Complete Editors' Review
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The varied pieces in Level E highlight a few new concepts, including dotted quarter notes; 5ths, 6ths, 7ths, and octaves; and more about the C and G Major scales, including playing them in contrary motion, but only in one octave.

Alfred's Prep Course for the Young Beginner   -   Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco   -   Alfred Music Publishing (Level F) This final level of Alfred's Prep Course takes the student to the early intermediate level with songs and pieces that reinforce new concepts including ostinato, syncopation, triads, primary triads,....More info Complete Editors' Review
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This final level of Alfred's Prep Course takes the student to the early intermediate level with songs and pieces that reinforce new concepts including ostinato, syncopation, triads, primary triads, chord progressions, I and V7 chords in C Major and G Major, and the D Major scale. Pieces include arrangements of familiar tunes and originals by the method's authors.