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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library
Why should you consider the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library?
The Hal Leonard Student Piano
Library has great music. It's that simple.
Great music means motivated students, inspired teachers and delighted
parents. You couldn't ask for better results! We've combined wonderful music with solid
pedagogy and an innovative approach to learning, to create a winning method for everyone.
It's a method that encourages practice, progress, confidence, and best of all - success!
Students respond with enthusiasm to the:
- Variety of styles and moods
- Natural rhythmic flow, singable melodies and lyrics
- Exceptional teacher accompaniments
- Improvisations threaded throughout the series
- Instrumental Accompaniments for every piece available on CD or General MIDI disk
- Supportive supplementary materials graded to complement the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, including: fantastic seasonal music, solo and ensembles songbooks, and helpful teaching aids.
When new concepts have an immediate application to the music, the effort
it takes to learn these skills seems worth it. Teachers appreciate:
- Realistic pacing that challenges without overwhelming
- Clear and concise presentation of concepts
- Uncluttered page layout that keeps the focus on the music.
About the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library
Piano Lessons
The Hal Leonard Student Piano Library
is available in five progressive levels. Each level includes
a Piano Lessons book and several supplementary books.
Piano Lessons books are the basic instructional books
of our piano method, presenting core concepts through imaginative
music and student-friendly text definitions. |
Piano Practice Games
Piano Practice Games present imaginative
ways to introduce pieces in Piano Lessons by coordinating
technique, concepts, and creativity with the actual music in
the Piano Lessons books. These preparation activities
help focus learning, by ‘playing with’ each lesson
piece aurally, visually, and physically. Whether used in individual
or group lessons, Piano Practice Games are all designed
to make music. Many activities include accompaniments that can
be added by the teacher or by using the CD/GM disk from the
corresponding Piano Lessons book. |
Piano Technique
Piano Technique books present
essential technical concepts through short, original musical
exercises and etudes. The skills correlate directly to the music
in the Piano Lessons books, and are an important part
of the core method. Fully orchestrated accompaniments on CD
or General MIDI disk are available for each exercise and etude.
These accompaniments enhance the musical qualities of the exercises
and etudes and reinforce rhythmic accuracy. The CDs include
both a practice and a performance tempo for each etude. |
Piano Solos
Piano Solos books feature original
performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting
compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts
learned in the corresponding-level Piano Lessons books.
The outstanding variety of musical styles makes every solo an
important piece in its own right – exciting to both performer
and listener. Fully orchestrated accompaniments for every piece
are available on CD or General MIDI disk. The CDs include both
a practice and a performance tempo for each piece. |
Piano Theory Workbook
HLSPL mascots Spike, Party Cat and friends
guide the student through fun, 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. Each book is directly correlated
to the same level Piano Lessons book. |
Notespeller For Piano
Notespeller For Piano Books 1, 2, and 3 help students
acquire a facile and confident ability to read and write notes
on the staff, and to practice writing a wide variety of music
symbols. Each book is directly correlated to the same level
Piano Lessons book. Students join Spike, Party Cat and
friends on three imaginative adventures in these books. The
stories include assignments that help students use the musical
alphabet to read and write notes, write sharps and flats, identify
and write intervals, 5-finger patterns, triads and inversions. |
Teachers’ Guide
The Teachers’ Guide for Piano
Lessons Book 1 and Teachers’ Guide for Piano Lessons
Book 2 suggest ways to introduce and work with each piece
in Piano Lessons books 1 and 2. Each guide contains ‘step-by-step’
suggestions incorporating listening activities, practice suggestions
to aid learning, and performance tips for each piece. Specific
reference to all coordinated activities and pieces in Piano
Practice Games, Piano Technique, Piano Theory Workbook, Piano
Solos, Notespellers, and Music Flash Cards are also
included. Each guide also includes Lesson Planning Charts
which provide an at-a-glance view of how to coordinate all of
the core method books and materials in Books 1 – 5 of
the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. |
Request a
complimentary Hal Leonard Student Piano
Library Sampler Packet.
Ten reasons why your students will come back for more.
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