Piano - Primer SKU: KJ.WP470
Composed by Lisa Bastien and Lori Bastien. Piano/Technique. Bastien Essentials: Technic Classics. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WP470. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WP470). ISBN 9780849799129.
Matches method series in which students learn notes from middle-C outward on the grand staff. Gives focus to lifting from the keys led by the wrists as well as shifting arm weight from one finger to the next. Playing melodic intervals and selected harmonic intervals (2nds, 3rds, 5ths) with the building blocks necessary for playing two- and three-note chords. Various note naming exercises are also included. Beautifully illustrated. A total of 26 exercises on 32 pages.