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Piano by number for children's piano lessons

Walden Pond Press publishes the PIANO BY NUMBER series

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Start piano at home with your child

Start with numbers, then read music

Books for Younger Kids Books for Older Kids Books for Adults

All books are 8.5 X 11 inches, with a sturdy plastic comb binding that will lay flat on your piano music stand.

It's easy to include PIANO BY NUMBER in kids piano lessons.

BOOK PACKAGES

PIANO IS EASY (ISBN # 0-9718936-1-6) #WCS 018DVD

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD, and DVD

107 page illustrated Book with 44 songs, Play Along Audio CD, and removable stickers, plus FREE 56 minute DVD video and a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC.

Our most economical way of getting started at the piano. Intended for children, this fun volume has 44 songs which can be played on the WHITE keys of the piano. Best followed up with THE BIG BOOK OF SONGS BY NUMBER, which includes songs on both the WHITE and BLACK keys of the piano. Includes fun illustrations and lyrics, and our PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD.

Click here for a list of songs.    Click here for sample pages.

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD AND DVD
PIANO IS EASY BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

See also PRESCHOOL PIANO PACKAGE

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

THE BIG BOOK OF SONGS BY NUMBER (ISBN # 0-9718936-2-4) #WCS 020DVD

2 BOOKS and DVD

141 page Book with 130 songs, and removable stickers, plus FREE 56 minute DVD video, plus a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC.

Designed as a follow-up to PIANO IS EASY or THE CHRISTMAS CAROL KIT, THE BIG BOOK OF SONGS BY NUMBER includes songs on both the WHITE and BLACK keys of the piano. There are 130 songs included on 141 pages. Appropriate for older children or children who don't need illustrations and lyrics. Includes chord symbols (three piano keys played with the left hand.)

Click here for a list of songs.    Click here for sample pages.

2 BOOKS AND DVD
BIG BOOK OF SONGS BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

THE CHRISTMAS CAROL KIT (ISBN # 0-9718936-0-8) #WCS 019DVD

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD and DVD

107 page illustrated Book with 44 songs, Play Along Audio CD, and removable stickers, plus FREE 56 minute DVD video plus a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC

Our most economical way of trying "piano by number." Intended for younger children, this fun "Christmas themed" volume has 44 songs which can be played on the WHITE keys of the piano. Best followed up with THE BIG BOOK OF SONGS BY NUMBER, which includes songs on both the WHITE and BLACK keys of the piano. Includes fun illustrations and lyrics, and our PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD.

Click here for a list of songs.     Click here for sample pages.

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD AND DVD
CHRISTMAS CAROL KIT BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

TEACH YOURSELF PIANO STEP BY STEP (ISBN # 0-9718936-3-2) #WCS 021DVD

2 BOOKS AND DVD

133 page Book, FREE DVD, and removable stickers, plus a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC.

This book is intended for older children and adults. You'll learn the basic elements of CHORDS, which are three piano keys played with the left hand, the building blocks of all musical construction. This book is easy to get started with, and includes songs which are played on both the WHITE and BLACK keys of the piano.

2 BOOKS AND DVD VIDEO
TEACH YOURSELF PIANO BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

EASY CLASSICAL PIANO BY NUMBER #WCS 023DVD

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD and DVD

88 page Book with 10 songs, Play Along Audio CD and removable stickers plus FREE 56 minute DVD video, plus a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC.

The great classics of the piano literature are presented in easy-to-understand "piano by number" format for both hands. This book is appropriate for both children and adults. It is our only book which includes the concepts of "fingering" which deal with the selection of finger groups to help navigate more complex music. You may ignore the "finger" indications and still enjoy playing the songs. The simplified arrangement of Beethoven's MOONLIGHT SONATA, for example, has been around for almost 200 years, and is still played today by children as young as six. This volume includes a 29 minute PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD which includes all the selections in the book in two formats, performance and practice, so you can hear what the piece sounds like, and then practice by playing along at a slower speed!

Click here for a list of songs.     Click here for sample pages.

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD AND DVD

EASY CLASSICAL PIANO BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

NEW!

FAVORITE HYMNS BY NUMBER #WCS 032DVD

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD and DVD

101 page Book with 34 hymns, removable stickers, Play Along Audio CD, and FREE 56 minute DVD Video plus a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC.

Our latest volume includes 34 of America's best loved hymns, presented in easy-to-play number format. It also includes a Play Along Audio CD and a free copy of our 56 minute DVD video from TEACH YOURSELF PIANO so that you can play chords (three keys played with the left hand) right away.

Click here for a list of hymns.       Click here to see a sample page.

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD AND DVD

FAVORITE HYMNS BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

NEW!

PIANO CHORD DICTIONARY #WCS 035DVD

2 BOOKS and DVD

96 page book with numbered and lettered removable stickers plus FREE 56 minute DVD video and a copy of 50 page book I CAN READ MUSIC.

If you're trying to play popular sheet music, you need to know what all those chord symbols mean. Cm, Cm7, Cm7-5, Cdim, C+, C9, C11, C13, C7#5, C7 sus4, etc, etc? Finally, a no-nonsense book that deciphers the mysteries of the chord symbols found in popular sheet music and delivers much more to the dedicated beginner.

With the PIANO CHORD DICTIONARY, you need no special knowledge of sheet music to play even the most complex chord. All you have to do is put the numbered and lettered stickers on your keyboard, and you're ready to start playing the chords from popular sheet music.

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD AND DVD

PIANO CHORD DICTIONARY BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

ARTICLES ABOUT CHILDREN AND PIANO
Click here for the FREE EBOOK, a good place to start.
Click here to read the NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES, including lots of valuable information from teachers and parents from various sources.
Click here to read ARTICLES FROM NEWSWEEK and other periodicals regarding children and piano study.
Click here to read an INTERVIEW with the author of PIANO IS EASY.
Click here to read the essay, HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD READ MUSIC?
Click here to read the entire tutorial HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ MUSIC
Click here to read the report WHAT IS A GOOD AGE TO START PIANO LESSONS?
Click here to read the essay PIANO LESSONS: A CHILD'S POINT OF VIEW
Click here to read the essay WHEN IS LEARNING FINGERING NECESSARY?
Click here to read the article A CHILD'S BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article IS PRESCHOOL A GOOD AGE TO START PIANO?
Click here to read the article BRAINS, CHILDREN AND PIANO
Click here to read the article WHY THE PIANO IS THE BEST CHILD'S MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

ARTICLES ABOUT PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AND PIANO
Click here to read the article TEACHING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PIANO
Click here to read the article PRESCHOOL PIANO ACTIVITIES

ARTICLES ABOUT CHILDREN AND READING MUSIC
Click here to read the article HOW TO HELP KIDS FIND MIDDLE C
Click here to read the article WHAT KIDS REALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT SHEET MUSIC
Click here to read the article WHY DELAY READING MUSIC
Click here to read the article AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR KIDS LEARNING TO READ MUSIC

SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PIANO
Click here to read the article AMAZING MUSICAL ABILITIES OF AUTISTIC AND ADHD CHILDREN
Click here to read the article HYPERACTIVE KIDS AND PIANO
Click here to read the article PIANO BY NUMBER FOR A SEVERELY DISABLED GIRL
Click here to read the article DOWN'S SYNDROME AND PIANO BY NUMBER

ARTICLES ABOUT CHILDREN AND PRACTICING
Click here to read the article WHY NAGGING YOUR CHILD TO PRACTICE WON'T WORK
Click here to read the article RULES FOR PIANO PRACTICE
Click here to read the article DON'T CALL IT PRACTICE, CALL IT PLAY
Click here to read the article SETTING UP A CHILD'S PIANO PRACTICE REGIME
Click here to read the article WHY CHILDREN SUCCEED AT THE PIANO

ARTICLES ABOUT CHILDREN AND PIANO BY NUMBER
Click here to read the essay THE PIANO WHISPERER
Click here to read the article STARTING TO PLAY PIANO BY NUMBER
Click here to read the report USE PIANO BY NUMBER WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN
Click here to read the article BUILDING A CHILD'S CONFIDENCE WITH NUMBERS
Click here to read the article TURN YOUR PIANO INTO A TOY

ARTICLES ABOUT ADULTS AND PIANO
Click here to read the introduction to EASY CLASSICAL PIANO BY NUMBER
Click here to read the introduction to TEACH YOURSELF PIANO, an excellent guide to important self-teaching points.
Click here to read the article RULES FOR PIANO PRACTICE
Click here to read the article TIPS FOR ADULT PIANISTS
Click here to read the article PIANO FINGER STRENGTH IS CUMULATIVE
Click here to read the article THE PIANO ZONE
Click here to read the article MAKING EVERY MINUTE OF ADULT PIANO PRACTICE COUNT

ARTICLES ABOUT THE PIANO
Click here to read the article HOW GOOD ARE TOY PIANOS?
Click here to read the article ORIGINS OF THE BLACK PIANO KEYS
Click here to read the article HOW TO BUY AN INEXPENSIVE PIANO OR KEYBOARD
Click here to read the essay WHY GRAND PIANOS ARE BETTER THAN UPRIGHTS
Click here to read the essay PIANO WARS: EVOLUTION OF THE PIANO IN AMERICA
Click here to read the essay THE GREAT PIANO CRAZE OF 1910
Click here to read the essay THE BALLET OF THE PIANO HANDS
Click here to read the essay A PIANIST'S MEANS OF EXPRESSION
Click here to read the report HUMIDITY AND YOUR PIANO

ARTICLES ABOUT PIANO TEACHING
Click here to read the article HOW TO FIND A GOOD PIANO TEACHER
Click here to read the article SO YOU WANT TO BE A PIANO TEACHER
Click here to read the article MY CHILD WANTS TO QUIT PIANO
Click here to read the article WHY KIDS NEED FREEDOM TO LEARN PIANO
Click here to read the article PSYCHOLOGY OF HOMESCHOOL PIANO
Click here to read the article THE PIANIST WITH TWO BRAINS
Click here to read the article YOU CAN ONLY ENJOY PIANO MY WAY
Click here to read the article TEN WAYS TO BE A BAD CHILDREN'S PIANO TEACHER
Click here to read the article KIDS SONGS FOR PIANO
Click here to read the article TEACH YOUR CHILDREN PIANO
Click here to read the article ARE KIDS PIANO RECITALS HARMFUL?

ARTICLES ABOUT PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article DISGUISING REPETITION IN KID'S PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article PIANO LESSONS FOR CHILDREN: HOME OR TRAVEL
Click here to read the article PIANO METHOD BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Click here to read the article GUITAR OR PIANO: WHAT'S BEST FOR A SIX YEAR OLD?
Click here to read the article TEACHING GUIDE DOGS IS JUST LIKE TEACHING KIDS PIANO
Click here to read the article HOW COME MY KID HATES PIANO?
Click here to read the article USING FAMILIAR SONGS IN CHILDREN'S PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article HOW KID'S COMPUTER TIME AFFECTS PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article PIANO SOFTWARE OR PRINT BOOKS: WHICH IS BETTER
Click here to read the article FOLLOW THE CHILD'S PACE WITH PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article TOYS YOU SHOULD BRING TO A CHILD'S PIANO LESSON
Click here to read the article THE TRANSPARENT PIANO LESSON STRATEGY
Click here to read the article WHAT KIDS LIKE ABOUT PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article WHY CHILDREN FAIL AT PIANO LESSONS
Click here to read the article ATTENTION SPAN, CHILDREN AND PIANO
Click here to read the article PIANO FOR KIDS
Click here to read the article CHILDREN'S HIDDEN PIANO TALENT
Click here to read the article SELECTING CHILDREN'S SONGS FOR PIANO
Click here to read the article KIDS MUSIC AND THE PIANO
Click here to read the article CHILDREN'S PIANO POSTURE
Click here to read the article SHOULD PARENTS FORCE CHILDREN TO TAKE PIANO LESSONS?

ARTICLES ABOUT PIANO STICKERS
Click here to read the article WHY PIANO NUMBER STICKERS WORK FOR CHILDREN
Click here to read the article WHY PIANO STICKERS WORK FOR READING MUSIC

ARTICLES ABOUT PIANO GAMES
Click here to see the game QUARTERS: A PIANO GAME KIDS LOVE
Click here to see the piano game FUN PIANO GAME WITH A PAIR OF DICE
Click here to see the piano game MOZART'S FAVORITE MOVIE
Click here to see the essay BASEBALL, KIDS AND PIANO
Click here to read about PIANO CHORD GAMES FOR KIDS
Click here to read about VISUAL PIANO GAMES
Click here to read about THE FUTURE EFFECT OF KIDS PIANO GAMES

MUSIC HISTORY AND HUMOR
Click here to read the article PIANO LESSONS WITH PAPA BACH
Click here to read the article PIANO LESSONS WITH FREDERIC CHOPIN
Click here to read the story HECTOR BERLIOZ AND THE TRAIN WRECK
Click here to read the story TCHAIKOVSKY'S GREATEST FAN
Click here to read the story STRAVINSKY'S GOOD LUCK
Click here to read the article CHOPIN'S SINGING TONE
Click here to read the article MUSICAL FEUDS
Click here to read the article MUSICAL GENIUS
Click here to read the story FRANZ SCHUBERT: THE FIRST BOHEMIAN
Click here to read the story BEETHOVEN'S RAGE OVER A LOST PENNY
Click here to read the story MOZART'S LAST DAYS
Click here to read THE STORY OF HUGO WOLF
Click here to read the story THE WORLD'S LARGEST BLUE DANUBE WALTZ
Click here to read the story BEETHOVEN WAS NO BEAUTY
Click here to read the story VLADIMIR HOROWITZ GOES TO THE RACETRACK
Click here to read the story EINSTEIN'S GYPSY VIOLIN
Click here to read the story IGOR STRAVINSKY LOSES HIS COOL
Click here to read the story ARTUR RUBINSTEIN WAS A VAMPIRE
Click here to read the story EINSTEIN'S PIANO
Click here to read the essay WHY BRAHMS MUST HAVE BEEN FAT
Click here to read the article PIANO HANDS
Click here to read the article THE MASTER'S HANDS
Click here to see the article TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE OPERA
Click here to see the article GEORGE SAND KILLED CHOPIN
Click here to see the article I MEET AARON COPLAND
Click here to see the story CARL TAUSIG COOKS HIS CAT

CULTURAL CRITICISM
Click here to read the op-ed opinion column WHY AMERICA IS LOSING THE CULTURE RACE
Click here to read the op-ed opinion column WHAT KILLED THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIANO
Click here to read the op-ed opinion column AGAINST FILM MUSIC
Click here to read the op-ed opinion column CARNEGIE HALL STARTS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM

CHORDS AND MUSIC THEORY TUTORIALS
Click here to read the tutorial ROOT POSITION CHORDS
Click here to read the tutorial FIRST INVERSION CHORDS
Click here to read the tutorial SECOND INVERSION CHORDS
Click here to read the tutorial THE SIX BASIC CHORDS FOR CHILDREN
Click here to read the tutorial TWO NOTE CHORDS FOR KIDS
Click here to read about PIANO CHORD GAMES FOR KIDS
Click here to read the article WHY CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN ABOUT PIANO CHORDS

Piano Is Easy and the Piano by Number series are written by John Aschenbrenner, a noted children's music educator, Emmy Award winning composer, and Broadway veteran.

Click here to view his distinguished academic background.

John is actively involved every day in inspiring children to take a happy interest in the piano using Piano by Number and simple piano games. You can, too!

TOPICS OF INTEREST TO PARENTS:

"What is a good age to start piano lessons?"

"What are the benefits of playing piano for my child?"

"How can I help my child read sheet music at the piano?"

Piano Lessons: A Child's Point of View

Visit the WALDEN POND PRESS ARCHIVES and read articles about children and piano

Click here to read the entire tutorial HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ MUSIC

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PIANO IS EASY BOOK PACKAGE INCLUDES:

PIANO IS EASY (ISBN # 0-9718936-1-6) Sturdily bound, durable, colorful 107 page illustrated song book with 44 songs such as Jingle Bells and London Bridge, Play Along Audio CD and removable numbered stickers.

Every book package order of PIANO IS EASY includes a copy of I CAN READ MUSIC. This fun, easy-to-understand music activity book is the best way to start children reading music. Click here for sample pages.

Every book package order of PIANO IS EASY includes a FREE copy of the 56 minute DVD video from TEACH YOURSELF PIANO. This video will have you playing chords (three piano keys played with the left hand) and fun, familiar songs with both hands right away. That's a $16.95 value free!

2 BOOKS, PLAY ALONG AUDIO CD and DVD

Click here for a list of songs. Click here for sample pages.

PIANO IS EASY BOOK PACKAGE $39.95

You can also purchase individual books with CD $24.95

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