For adult beginners, use Adult Piano Adventures. This comprehensive, “All-In-One” book includes lessons, solos, technique, and theory in a single volume for ease of use.
Book 1 presents the fundamentals of music notation, chord playing, and musical form. Songs include: Amazing Grace • Merrily We Roll Along • Ode to Joy • Yankee Doodle • Clock Tower Bells • Catch a Falling Star • Russian Sailor Dance • Sleeping Beauty Waltz • Danny Boy • The Entertainer • and more. Spiral bound.
Book 2 offers carefully sequenced instruction in notereading, music theory and piano technique for the adult student. Students explore pieces arranged in the keys of D and F Major, as well as D and E Minor. Keyboard harmony is taught using “lead sheets” with chord accompaniment patterns. Contents include: Cathedral Chimes • 'O Sole Mio! • Sloop John B • Brahms' Lullaby • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • Hava Nagila • Give My Regards to Broadway • Scarborough Fair • Malaguena • Pachelbel's Canon • and more.