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This is a great overall method to get students reading music and understanding basic music theory right away. It is simple, clear and moves at a good pace for weekly assignments.
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Chord Crash is a fun book to get students immediately PLAYING the piano, and accessing more of the piano with arpeggios and patterns - more than they ever could with beginner sightreading skills. It also lets students create their own progressions and have fun learning concepts through a comic book style dialogue. This one is always a hit in my studio.
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Students love playing these fun rock duets. They are easy to read and use similar notes with varying rhythms. Really cool accompaniment parts, interesting to listen to.
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Beautiful, simple pieces with warm-ups before each piece. Play something lovely and minimalistic.