(Educational Piano Library). Students join Spike and Party Cat as they explore the sights and tourist attractions in Music City . Their visit includes assignments that help students sharpen their music reading skills, learn to read ledger-line notes, and identify intervals, half and whole steps, and major/minor five-finger patterns. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Books 3 and 4.

(Educational Piano Library). Unit 1 of Book 3 begins by introducing eighth notes in 4/4 and 2/4 time. Swing eighths are also presented in the first half of the book. Folk, jazz, classical, and contemporary selections provide students with an interesting variety of repertoire. The second half of Book 3 , teaches relative and parallel major/minor five-finger patterns, and students learn to improvise their own songs using these basic patterns.

(Educational Piano Library). Students join Spike and Party Cat as they explore the sights and tourist attractions in Music City . Their visit includes assignments that help students sharpen their music reading skills, learn to read ledger-line notes, and identify intervals, half and whole steps, and major/minor five-finger patterns. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Books 3 and 4.

(Educational Piano Library). Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves. Correlates to Piano Lessons Book 1.

Two writing books are available that are coordinated page-by-page with Lesson Books 1 and 2. Writing exercises, fill-in questions and fun-filled puzzles add to the student's education and enjoyment.

Students needing to review and improve their note-naming and interval-naming skills will benefit greatly from these well-prepared Notespeller Books. Each book provides a variety of written activities that reinforce note reading concepts presented in the Lesson Books. Correlates page-by-page with the Lesson Books, but may also serve as an effective supplement to other piano methods.