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sunshine05 wrote:I'm teaching DS piano myself. He's currently at about grade 2 level.
Any other recommendations as to what books to pick up?
Thanks!
Hi Sunshine05,
I would like to suggest Alfred's Classic Edition Series: Teacher's Choice for the Young Pianist & Czerny op.599 (Practical Method for Beginner on the Piano).
Yes Teacher's choice is good
Also "everyone's favourite piano pieces" for children - many songs inside both classics and favourites
As a piano teacher myself, other than the required exam pieces, scales n sight-reading, I would introduce my Grade 1 & 2 students the Schaum series, Alfred's Basic Lesson Book series, Alfred's Premier Piano Course series, Michael Aaron, and my students' the all-time favourite: Piano Adventure Lesson Book & Performance Book series. To build up students' technique, I would also incorporate A Dozen A Day books and/or Tuneful Graded Study, all depending on the student's learning ability, progress, and the available practice hours at home.
As for Czerny and Hanon, I will introduce them for my Grade 3 and above students. "Piano Pieces For Children: Everybody's Favorite Series" is also a good choice.
As a piano teacher, typically I assign a mix of exam pieces and miscellaneous pieces. There are many good anthologies at lower levels like Hours with The Masters or Keith Snell compilations. They come with CDs and the kids can listen and pick one they like. For sight reading, I find that ABRSM's latest Joining the Dots series is very good and more enjoyable to use for sight reading practice. For technical exercises, there are a few options such as A Dozen a Day, Hanon, or Czerny. I personally prefer Czerny as they more tuneful. Scale books you can either get ABRSM's compilations or if you prefer something more visual can get my visual guide book instead at www.rococo-music.com. For aural unfortunately none of the books in the market are extensive enough yet, but the ABRSM's new ones are decent. For theory, I find Ng Ying Ying's theory books very likeable among kids.
I would say a student will need to be quite above grade 8 to pull off this piece well. In fact, it is included as one of the pieces in DipLCM repertoire list. Far too many students play this piece way too slow (and even some concert pianists too). I personally play this piece and this piece needs very good fingerworks and strong 5th and 4th fingers to do the voicing correctly. But if you are not particular about playing this piece to its maximum potential, I guess a good grade 6 or 7 technique will suffice.
Yeah, a bit under the weather due to increased workload. Don't worry about it :>. Compared to those parents who're going to register their kids for P1 this yr, my stress is nothing.