Aaron, Michael – Piano Course: Lessons, Grade 1 Belwin-Mills

The Michael Aaron Piano Course Lesson books have been completely re-engraved, expanded (adding more definitions of musical terms and more musical pieces), updated (with modernized artwork), and re-edited (with less emphasis on fingerings and more on note-reading).

Sample Pages

• Introduction to Music, Reference and Review
• The Scale
• Preparation for “First Lesson,” Fingering
• “First Lesson”
• “Up and Down”
• “Two New Notes”
• “Dancing Notes”
• “Up the Scale”
• “Down the Scale”
• “Ding Dong”
• “Diving”
• Note Reading Tests
• “The Grasshopper”
• Rests
• New Positions for the Left Hand
• Progress
• Hand Position for “Sandman’s Lullaby”
• Slurs and Ties
• “Sandman’s Lullaby”
• Note Reading Tests
• Hands Together
• “Our New Horn”
• “The Swing”
• Trill Study for Right Hand
• Trill Study for Left Hand
• The Half Step
• The Sharp Sign
• “Sharpen Up!”
• The Flat Sign
• “Flatten Out!”
• The Natural Sign
• “You’re a Natural”
• The Whole Step
• Major Scale Pattern
• New Position for “Study in G”
• “Study in G”
• Slurs
• Note Reading Tests
• “The Old Mill Wheel”
• “Follow the Leader” (Eighth Notes)
• Dynamics Chart
• “Hunting Song”
• Transposition
• Correct Fingering
• “Boatsman Chant”
• “The Busy Mill” (Dotted Quarters)
• Double Note Study for Right Hand
• Double Note Study for Left Hand
• “Music Hour”
• “Are You Sleeping”
• “Prayer”
• Triads
• Triads for the Major Scale
• The Three Major Triads
• “Evening Song”
• “Chord Study in C Major”
• “The Sunflower”
• New Time Signature
• “In a Canoe”
• Study in Staccato
• “Banjo”
• “Dance of the Wooden Shoes”
• Note Reading Tests
• Finger Study
• “Spring Song”
• “Rockin’ On”
• Chord Study in F Major
• “Wake Up!”
• “At the Skating Rink”
• Chord Study in G Major
• “Fun in the Sun”
• “The Birdling’s Serenade”
• “Evening Chimes”
• Trill Study
• “The Choir”
• Scale Study
• “The Pied Piper”
• Scale Study
• “The Singing Brook”
• “Ghosts at Midnight”
• “Drummer Boy”
• “Chopstick Revels”
• “Jingle Bells”
• The Major Scales and Chords
• The Minor Scales and Chords
• Dictionary of Musical Terms
• Certificate of Achievement

Series: Michael Aaron Piano Course
Author: Michael Aaron
Instrument: Piano
Format: Book
Page Count: 64
Item Number: 00-11001A
ISBN 10: 0-89898-855-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-89898-855-0
UPC: 029156074444