KJOS Bastien Piano Basics Level One

Bastien Piano Basics is a progressive, pedagogically sound, and easy to follow complete piano curriculum. The series is paced gradually, so that beginning students are successful in understanding musical concepts. Level 1 begins with a review of the primer level along with simple tunes in C position. In this level students begin to play single notes in parallel octaves between right and left hands. Other concepts of Level 1 are: 5-finger melodies in F and G Major, tonic and dominant chords, lines and spaces note-reading in treble and bass clef, damper pedal, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes.