Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at the piano- Correct hand position- High and low- Loud and soft (forte and piano)- Keyboard topography- Bar line and measure, Quarter, half, whole notes and rests- and Repeat signs. The first pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book, C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are taught with letter notes (the name of the note is written inside the note head). / Piano