Bastien Piano Basics: Piano Primer

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Bastien Piano Basics: Piano Primer

Bastien Piano Basics: Piano Primer

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Alfred’s Basic All-In-One Course interacts with Alfred’s Basic Complete Course. After the first 2 levels are completed students can choose to continue all the way up to Level 6, or can jump up to the next series. Again, this is dependent upon the learning needs and pace of the student. Alfred’s Basic Complete Course: Pre-teens and teens The Bastiens received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Music Teachers National Association in 1999. Pros and Cons: Pros: Beyond the series books there are also supplemental books that focus solely on ear training, note reading, sight reading, as well as repertoire specific books that include collections of Christmas songs, Popular music, duets and more. Alfred’s Adult Piano Course: With a focus on creativity and expression as a pedagogical tool, the Leila Fletcher Piano Course utilizes listening games and improvisation activities. Both of these cornerstones are missing in most other beginner methods.

The supplemental materials for this course contain a combination of repertoire taken from the basic courses supplemental materials, placed in curated volumes. Adult Piano Adventures: Ages 18 and above

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Original music composed by the Bastiens themselves allows for a unique learning experience as well as solid examples of technical ideas. This course is for the later beginner, or especially talented younger students. It moves at a more rapid pace, preparing the student for advanced repertoire. If the pace needs to be reduced, students can move between this and the Basic All-In-One Course. There is one other book in the Piano Adventures library worth mentioning, and that is the Primer Level Teachers Guide. This volume provides understanding and analysis of how the whole Faber technique works and is put into practice. It is recommended reading for all teachers of the method. With this in mind, the Suzuki Method focuses on listening as a primary skill, for in language we learn to listen before we learn to speak. From an early age it is advised for parents to continually play music to their budding musician, as this will feed the subconscious with the raw materials of musical language. When the student performs their assessment, Repertoire is weighted most heavily, Technical Requirements second and Musicianship third. A stark contrast from the Suzuki Method, the RCM system values note reading and full piece performance much more than it does listening skills.

Bastien Piano Basics is considered a classic by many, though for the modern student and teacher it may feel dated, having been in publication since 1963. The art and design could be modernized to better engage young students. Creativity is implemented by giving students their own choices within pieces, for example at times allowing them to decide the dynamics or the tempo. After the Primer is completed, the numbered levels slowly advance the student through increasingly challenging skills and repertoire. By the end of the series students have an advanced foundation that has covered key signatures, minor and major scales, intervals, cadences, transposition, and even shifting advanced time signatures! Accelerated Piano Adventures: Ages 11-17The focus on visual learning may instill a crutch of using the eyes for creating music rather than the ears. As the essentials are digested players can move on to more specific books with their respective play alongs, such as Ballads, Blues, and Swing. Pros and Cons: Pros:



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