Beginners

Piano Safari

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This series focuses on six elements of learning:

1. Reading pieces: students will learn to read music first just using symbols and finger numbers and then transition to notes on the staff. Initially the notes will be in close proximity to one another and then the distances will increase and both hands will learn to play together. 

2. Rote pieces:: these pieces are to be learned solely through the student imitating the teacher. It allows students to play more complicated pieces than they can read as well as developing their memorization skills.

3. Folk songs: when students learn songs they have likely heard before or can easily sing to, it increases the musicality and enjoyment in learning

4. Technical exercises: learning different motions of the fingers, hand, wrists, and arm is fundamental to creating a beautiful sound at the piano

5. Improvisation: opportunities to improvise with and without the teacher are interspersed throughout the book so that students develop their own creativity and are not limited to only reading notation

6. Sight reading: being able to read a new passage of music with minimal preparation time really allows the student to focus on finding the patterns in the notation and strategize through unfamiliar passages

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Learn more about the series by visiting the Piano Safari site

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Below I've listed the required and optional supplementary books at each level in this series.