Music is a language that is common to everyone. To all who desire it, the knowledge of music should be made available and the successful performance of it should be made available and the successful performance of it should be made possible. With this double purpose in mind, the author has written the Belwin Piano Method in such a manner that you will have a better-than- average chance to play well and to get the fullest enjoyment from your music experience. There are five books in this Method which is designed for anyone from school age through adulthood. On the inside back cover of each one you will find a summary of the information that has been presented in that book.

Music is a language that is common to everyone. To all who desire it, the knowledge of music should be made available and the successful performance of it should be made available and the successful performance of it should be made possible. With this double purpose in mind, the author has written the BELWIN PIANO METHOD in such a manner that you will have a better-than- average chance to play well and to get the fullest enjoyment from your music experience. There are five books in this Method which is designed for anyone from school age through adulthood. On the inside back cover of each one you will find a summary of the information that has been presented in that book.

Music is a language that is common to everyone. To all who desire it, the knowledge of music should be made available and the successful performance of it should be made available and the successful performance of it should be made possible. With this double purpose in mind, the author has written the Belwin Piano Method in such a manner that you will have a better-than- average chance to play well and to get the fullest enjoyment from your music experience. There are five books in this Method which is designed for anyone from school age through adulthood. On the inside back cover of each one you will find a summary of the information that has been presented in that book.

Level Two, continues at the same pace as Level One, expanding range, scale study, rhythms, technique, and ensemble playing. As well as classical, world music, and patriotic pieces, there are 11 popular standard songs, including: * Chitty Chitty Bang Bang * Sleigh Ride * A Trumpeter's Lullaby * The Little Drummer Boy * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing * The Syncopated Clock * We're Off to See the Wizard * The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down * Theme from Star Wars The two commissioned performance pieces are Celtic Air and Dance by Elliot del Borgo, and Destiny by Larry Clark. This book combines the percussion book (snare drum, bass drum, and auxiliary percussion) on left hand pages, and keyboard percussion on right hand pages.

The Technic is Fun series offers piano students a series of graded studies for the development of technic, style, and musicianship. These studies reinforce the technical requirements found in method books and in standard piano repertory. The etudes found in this series not only build technic and musicality but have been carefully selected to provide refreshing recital repertoire as well as to develop a strong musical and technical foundation.