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(Willis). A book for the early beginner combining rote and note approach. The melodies are written with careful thought and are kept as simple as possible, yet they are refreshingly delightful. All the music lies within the grasp of the child's small hands. A best-seller around the world! Teacher accompaniments are available in a separate book - Teaching Little Fingers to Play Ensemble (412228). NOTE The latest reprint (2017) features fewer fingerings and refreshed images.
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"It has worked for over 60 years to teach kids the basics of playing the piano. It still works today."
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Teaching Little Fingers to Play A Book for the Earliest Beginner John Thompsons Modern Course for The Piano John Thompson 8580001046143 Books Reviews :
Teaching Little Fingers to Play A Book for the Earliest Beginner John Thompsons Modern Course for The Piano John Thompson 8580001046143 Books Reviews
- I absolutely love how this teaches note reading from the start and avoids having students get stuck with those blasted finger numbers! How many of us as teachers have asked a student what note a piece begins with, only to hear them plaintively ask... "What's the finger position?". As if the lines and spaces mean nothing.
No matter how hard I tried to teach notes with the "finger position" methods i always got that question.
Thompson avoids that nonsense all together with a firm knowledge of notes.
I use the Schaum Pre A "Green Book" for supplementary music. It also uses the note system from the beginning so it doesn't confuse the student.
I also like the audio included with each piece in 2 different tempos. It helps the student learn to play along with the background music and stay in rhythm when they practice without you at home and also work towards a goal of playing the upper tempo.
I usually move the student to the next lesson when they can confidently play the current one at the slower tempo. As the begin the new lesson, they continue to play the previous one until they can confidently play it at the upper tempo.
Remember to have them play all the earlier lessons! They love playing music they know and it helps them gain fluidity in playing as well as teaching them to transpose by having them change hand position to play an old song in a new key.
Hand position is not a bad thing when teaching transposition especially if you have them play the 5-finger scale of each new piece.
The songs in the book rarely go out of a 5-finger hand position so starting transposition is easy and makes it so simple when the move into the First Grade Book.
And for Heaven's Sake! Avoid that "Teaching Little Fingers To Play More" book like the plague that it is! It is NOT written by Thompson.
There is a Schaum book that is great if your student needs a little more confidence before moving into the First Grade Thompson.
If the teacher moves carefully and spends enough time working hands separately at first, the First Grade Book holds no terrors. - As a piano teacher, I LOVE this book! This is the first book I learned on 25 years ago and this is what I use to teach all of my students. Each page has a new concept to learn and practice. Instead of needing 3 or 4 separate books that some other methods need, the student only needs to keep track of one book. The pictures are colorful and engaging, the songs are catchy, and my students all love that they are able to play songs from the very first lesson. I only use Thompson books for my lessons. I would 100% recommend this method!
- Fun book! Took me less than 30 mins. to get a 6 yr old playing 2 songs. Appreciate the finger placement cues & easy tips for finding "C", works well with ABC keyboard stickers. Simple & obvious hints such as right hand notes have staffs that are up, left hand down, made it easy to get the 6 yr old acquainted with up & down from middle C, as well as using more than the index finger to play the keyboard. Thanks for an easy to use book. I play & read music & had been prepared to make some charts, but this covered almost everything I'd have done.
- I bought this for my 5yo son, who is eager to learn! I personally started from this book and used other John Tompson throughout my piano years. I love his songs- catchy and fun learn. I know many little practice songs by heart simply from playing them so much as a kid. This book has a special way of separating the finger movements which can be a difficult hump to get over as a new musician. With this book, you’ll not even realize when your hands seporated!
- I use this for children up to the age of 16. After that I switch to John Thompsons book for Adult beginners. Children appreciate the larger size of the notes etc. Works well for children of all ranges of skill. I highly recommend.
- My son's piano teacher recommended this book for my 5 year old and so far so good. The first few lessons have helped ease him into playing without the notes written for him and he's doing well. He likes the little songs and usually asks to play the previous lesson after he finishes his homework.
- It has worked for over 60 years to teach kids the basics of playing the piano. It still works today.
- This is the same book I used many years ago, and I use the same book with all beginner students.
