Bastien Piano For Adults - Piano For Adults - Book 2 (Book Only)

Everything your adult beginner needs in one book! Lesson pages teach the fundamentals of music. Reinforcement pieces apply new concepts and review old concepts. Theory pages instill understanding and appreciation of music. Technic pages develop good hand positions, coordination, and finger independence. Sight Reading exercises build note reading skills. Challenge Pieces inspire students to strive for higher levels of achievement. Historical Biographies provide interesting details about the master composers' music and lives. CD Accompaniments maximize motivation. Answer Keys allow students to correct their own work. Music selected specifically for adult enjoyment. Chord Vocabulary provides a solid foundation for harmonization and improvisation skills. Gradual Pacing for that adults ensures student success.

Standard notation, fingerings and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). To teach piano basics, the Bastiens have created a new, rich course designed specifically for adult beginners. Bastien Piano for Adults is a welcome addition to the best-selling collection of Bastien methods and supplementary materials. Lessons, theory, technic, and sight reading are combined in one easy-to-use book. The series is gradually paced to ensure student confidence and success. The variety of music, custom selected for adults, includes famous classic themes, folk songs, spirituals, ragtime, blues, boogie, jazz, and Bastien originals that teach the basics in a straightforward, yet innovative manner. Accompaniments CDs for Bastien Piano for Adults, Books 1 & 2 were created to musically enhance student practice, thus making piano study more enjoyable. In addition to adding excitement, variety, and motivation for the student, the CDs help improve understanding of phrasing, balance, rhythm, and pulse, Even beginning students can play along with a jazz band, a symphony, or a rock group, The CDs add a whole new, joyous dimension to learning piano and making music.

About Bastien Piano For Adults Everything the adult beginner needs in one book!

To teach piano basics, the Bastiens have created a new, rich course designed specifically for adult beginners, Bastien Piano for Adults is a welcome addition to the best-selling collection of Bastien methods and supplementary materials. Lessons, theory, technic, and sight reading are combined in one easy-to-use book. The series is gradually paced to ensure student confidence and success. The variety of music, custom selected for adults, includes famous classic themes, folk songs, spirituals, ragtime, blues, boogie, jazz, and Bastien originals that teach the basics in a straightforward, yet innovative manner.

Accompaniment CD's for Bastien Piano for Adults , Books 1 & 2 were created to musically enhance student practice, thus making piano study more enjoyable. In addition to adding excitement, variety, and motivation for the student, the CD's help improve understanding of

Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Series: Bastien Piano for Adults

Publisher Item #: KP2B

Composer: Jane Smisor Bastien

Instrument: Piano, Piano Method, Piano Solo, Level: Late Elementary, Format: Collection / Songbook, Sheet Music

Ensemble: Piano Solo