- A Self Teaching Piano Method
The Progressive Pianist is a comprehensive piano course that has been used successfully by students around the world for over 15 years. It enables parents with little or no musical background to be able to teach music to their young child; or older students to teach themselves. In three levels, it takes you from beginning fundamentals, to musical competency, giving you the tools to be able to read and play any style of music.
A Comprehensive Course
Music facts are taught in the lesson through a performance piece. Each lesson is followed by the integrated theory worksheet and finger exercises are assigned to stretch and strengthen the finger muscles. Included are studies on the elements of music, the science of sound, piano history and other related topics.
Fully Orchestrated Accompaniments
All music is clearly demonstrated on high quality, digitally mastered recordings. The pieces are first demonstrated with a metronome clicking the duration of the song, and then each piece is repeated with a fully orchestrated accompaniment with which the student plays along. The accompaniments are in many different styles from classical to contemporary and KIDS LOVE THEM
Online Support
We stay with our customers after the sale, and offer online support as they work through the course. Answers to frequently asked questions can be found at our website; any other problems are quickly responded to by our staff of trained musicians.
- Products:
- The Progressive Pianist – Part One (instruction)
The Progressive Pianist – Part Two (instruction)
The Progressive Pianist – Part Three (instruction)
The Progressive Pianist – Hymns (complimentary)
The Progressive Pianist – Christmas Favorites (complimentary)
A Progressive Christmas (selections performed by Joanne Jolee)
Music Lessons (gift book)
2010 Review from Rainbow Resource Center
Updated and revised from the original, this solid program is now even easier to use. The Progressive Pianist is a thorough and complete course for the beginning pianist. In clear and easy-to-understand lessons, children learn how to read and write notes, sharps, flats, and natural signs and also learn about ties, slurs, phrases, rests, note counting, chromatic and diatonic half steps and much more. Each new concept is thoroughly covered so children not only can play music, but so they understand musical theory. The author has composed the performance pieces in each lesson, which reinforce the concepts students have learned. The pieces are often about home, family, good character traits, schoolwork, and so on. There are also exercises for the student to complete, thus making the book consumable. Other pluses are the spiral binding (so the book stays open and flat) and the large, crisp printing for easier reading. So what has changed since the original? Most noticeably, each level is now contained in a single book rather than having separate pieces. The answer key is included right in the back of the student book, and instead of having cassettes with the books the music tracks can be downloaded from a website. This course is pretty self-explanatory for older students, and the instructions and information are straightforward and easy-to-read, so parents don’t have to be “musical” to use this course successfully with their children. With musical concepts, theory, practice pieces, and finger exercises all included in single books of easy-to-use lessons, this course will take students from beginner to proficient.
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