Piano Pack — Absolute Beginner

Six short lessons for someone who has just sat down at the keys — the parts of the piano, sitting and hand shape, the keyboard and middle C, C position for both hands, note values, and playing marks — with a 30-mark test paper and answer key.

What's inside

• Six lessons for a brand-new pianist, each with a teaching page and a matching exercise page to write straight onto
• Meeting the piano, then sitting, hand shape and finger numbers, with common set-up mistakes and their fixes
• The keyboard's pattern of twos and threes and middle C on the grand stave, then C position for both hands together — five fingers, five keys each, an octave apart
• How long notes last — semibreve to quaver — and counting beats in 4/4 time
• Playing marks, dynamics and a fully-marked warm-up, finishing with Hot Cross Buns in C position
• A 30-mark test paper covering parts, sitting and hands, the keyboard, C position, note values and signs, with a full answer key