Progressive Electronic Keyboard Method for Young Beginners, consisting of three instruction books and two supplementary songbooks, has been designed to introduce the younger student to the basics of keyboard playing and reading music. This book is suitable for all types of keyboard.
The instruction and supplementary songbooks are co-ordinated to provide the student with an extensive repertoire of well-known children’s songs. All the songs have been carefully graded into an easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson format, which assumes no prior knowledge of music or the keyboard by the student.
Method Book 1 incorporates very easy arrangements involving five notes on the treble staff (C, D, E, F, G) played with the right hand, and three chord (C, F, G) played with the left hand (one-finger and fingered). It introduces the student to * and ^ time, incorporating quarter, half and whole notes and their equivalent rests.
Only the white keys are used. The student is taught how to read music, and introduced to basic terms such as barlines, repeat signs and lead-in notes. A suggestion for a voice and rhythm selection is given with each song as a guide to help the student get the best possible sound out of the keyboard.
