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Anyone Can Play Piano Series Study Guide

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Book One

Anyone Can Play Piano Series: Book 1

Mary Wright

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Little Elm, Texas 75068
972-292-1699 mwrightmusic@yahoo.com

Copyright 2014 Mary Wright

The Anyone Can Play Piano Series

A new method for playing keyboard instruments, using alphabet letters and finger numbers, including all elements of written music, suitable for anyone of any age.

Books in The Anyone Can Play Piano Series

Lesson Books 1-4; Method Book; Songs of Faith Training Manual; Christmas Carols; Sunday School Songs; Songs of Inspiration; L.D.S. Primary Songs; L.D.S. Hymns; Playing With Chords; Classical Pieces; Transition to Traditional Note Reading The Anyone Can Play Piano …show more content…

• is suitable for pianists of any age or skill level

• is successful in playing songs right hand (melody) alone or with hands together

• is an introduction to traditional note reading through the Transition to Traditional Note Reading Series

• is a musical outline for those who play by natural abilities, such as by ear, rote or memory

• provides CDs throughout the series to aid learning through listening

• the Books 1-4, Method Book and Songs of Faith Training Manual instruct in all ACPP method principles

• song books present music progressively at the five instructional levels to encourage playing in several books while learning the method principles in the training books
• Books 1-4, the Method Book, the Classical books, Songbooks and Transition Books are secular themed

• the Songs of Faith Training Manual, Sunday School Songs, Songs of Inspiration and Christmas Carols are general Christian themed
• the LDS Hymns and LDS Primary Songs books correlate with the LDS Hymn Book and Primary Songbook

• Books 1-4 , the LDS Primary Songs, Sunday School Songs, and general songbooks are youth based

• the Method book, Songs of Faith Training Manual, Songs of Inspiration, LDS Hymns and Playing With Chords books are older youth and adult

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