Piano Methods for Beginners

Some of the most rewarding In Recital music is here in the final book of Volume One! Melody Bober leads off with a lyrical solo. Kevin Olson then offers a Toccata and Fugue arrangement and later, a ja...

In the Every Day plan for Book 1B, students learn key and time signature recognition; how to count basic rhythms in time signatures of 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4; interval recognition starting on and around th...

In the Every Day plan for Book 2A, students learn key and time signature recognition; how to count basic rhythms that include eighth notes; interval and pattern recognition through major five-finger p...

In the Every Day plan for Book 3A, students learn and practice different rhythmic activities with accent markings, focusing on the dotted quarter note rhythm followed by eighth notes. Tonic and domina...

In Book 3B of this distinctive series, new concepts carefully interweave with reviewed concepts to further the students’ knowledge and hone their sight-reading abilities. Some of the concepts reviewed...

In Book 4A of this outstanding series, Helen Marlais along with Kevin Olson, provide students with creative, structured lessons and activities to further develop their sight reading abilities. New con...

In Book 4B of this outstanding series, Helen Marlais along with Kevin Olson, provide students with creative and structured lessons to further develop their sight reading and rhythm abilities. New conc...

In Book 5 of the Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day series, students learn about compound meters and cut time, chords and their inversions, and new music terms including dolce, meno, and sempre. Also, B...

Book 6 of Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day reinforces previous skills and adds new skills such as reading sixteenth-note rhythms in several different keys and includes combinations of rhythms such as...

Book 1 of In Recital Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a friendly practice guide and schedule, a checklist for playing before an audience, and "Steps for a Winning Performance," as part of...

Book 2 of In Recital Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a friendly practice guide and schedule, an "Imagine Your Performance" feature, and an "After the Recital" review, as part of a continu...

Book 3 of In Recital Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a friendly practice guide and schedule, a "2 weeks, 2 tips" feature, and "Steps for a Winning Performance," as part of an ongoing disc...

Book 4 of In Recital Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a "Preparing for Success" practice guide, a "Creating a Story" feature, and "During and After the Recital," as part of a progressive d...

Book 5 of In Recital Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a "Calendar for Success" practice guide to set goals, performance strategies for before and the day of the recital, and "Practicing wi...

Book 6 of In Recital Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, advice on "Managing Performance Jitters," the "Bull's Eye" practice strategy, and a guide to "What Makes a Performance Stellar?" as pa...

Keys to Success integrates technique, improvisation, transposition, ear training, sight-reading, and original repertoire into the study of each key. This book is arranged in fifteen units (one for eac...

Designed to help the teacher motivate while also providing a wonderful collection of Christmas favorites, In Recital with Christmas Favorites, Book One covers quarter, half, dotted half, and whole not...

Book Two of In Recital with Christmas Favorites covers C major, G major, F major, D minor, and G minor keys-using accidentals instead of key signatures. Students will concentrate on playing tied notes...

Book Three of In Recital with Christmas Favorites, like the other books in this series, complement other FJH publications and will help you plan student recital repertoire for holiday season recitals....

In Book Four of In Recital with Christmas Favorites students will learn to play pieces with numerous changes of tempo, articulations, and moods. This book reinforces octave passages; playing pieces wi...

In Recital with Christmas Favorites, Book Five is designed to help teachers motivate students while also providing a perfect holiday treat. Triplet and sixteenth-note patterns as well as dotted rhythm...

Book Six of In Recital with Christmas Favorites reinforces concepts such as rhythmic patterns of dotted eighth notes, triplets, and sixteenth notes; pieces in simple, compound, and mixed meters, ornam...

Mary Leaf's A Day in the Mountains is sure to pique the interest of pre-reading students. Inspired by the simple beauty and abundant nature found nestled in the mountains, students will love playing t...

As part of the Great Piano Literature series, Focus on Rhythm, Volume 1 is a collection of 32 carefully selected and edited pieces from the four major style periods. This selected repertoire explores...

Book 3 features a wide variety of sacred music from Sunday school songs, hymns, gospel songs, and music for special occasions. In each section students are given a "Key Thought" which highlights an in...