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Piano Course for Christians - Learning to play from a Christian perspective
Book 1: Elements of staff notation; learning to play notes from a range of three in each hand gradually to a full octave range from middle C; note values eighth to whole notes and corresponding rests; broken triads; Keys and scales: C, F, and G major; technique exercises; learning songs; Christian songs such as "David and Goliath," "Jesus Loves Me," "Doing Good," "Jesus Bids Us Shine," etc. Book 1 - $12.00 Book 2: New keys and scales: G, D, F, and B-flat major; all notes of grand staff; dotted notes, sixteenth notes, triplets; compound meters; slurs, ties, phrases; dynamic changes; the damper pedal; form in music; patriotic, folk, and fun songs; hymn meters and hymn arrangements, such as "This is My Father's World," "Fairest Lord Jesus," "Jesus Loves Even Me," "Sweet Hour of Prayer," "Joy to the World," and "Stand Up for Jesus." Book 2 - $12.00 Book 3: Chords, their inversions, positions and progressions; seventh chords; changing clefs; accents; ledger lines; minor keys; finger rotation; crossing hands; the soft pedal; A and E-flat major; "classic" compositions (J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Tschaikovsky); technique exercises (Duvernoy, Czerny, Duncombe); hymn arrangements, including "When He Cometh," "Away in a Manger," "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "Break Thou the Bread," "Amazing Grace," "O Worship the King," "Fairest Lord Jesus," and others. Book 3 - $12.00 Book 4: Includes the hymn arrangements found in "Hymns of the Faith, Intermediate," playing hymns from the hymnal in preparation for "The Art of Hymn Playing" improvisation course; technique, classics, and "A Walk Through Music History." Book 4 - $12.00 Complete Standard Set - $40.00 Piano Course for Christians - Homeschool Edition The homeschool editions have been prepared for those who have no access to a piano teacher. Learning with a qualified teacher is always preferred. The four-volume Piano Course for Christians has been organized in lesson segments and has been enlarged to include generally the comments of a piano teacher in a piano lesson. The lesson books include all the rudiments, technique, and theory necessary to learning how to play, as well as hymns and gospel songs of interest to the Christian pianist. The packet of materials for each level includes a video cassette which depicts a teacher working with a student, demonstrating each lesson. Each composition has a metronome marking, and all work must be done with a metronome. The price of the first packet includes a quality digital metronome. It is imperative, when learning without a teacher or other pianist, that a complete packet be used. Only with the book, metronome and video, can one expect any degree of success. If a parent or sibling plays the piano quite well and can supervise the progress of the student, one may not need the video. And there is no need to purchase a metronome if one already owns one, though a digital metronome is much more reliable than a mechanical one. Book 1, Homeschool Edition Book 2, Homeschool Edition Book 3, Homeschool Edition Book 4, Homeschool Edition Complete Homeschool Set - $120.00 (w/ books, videos, metronome)
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The Piano Course for Christians is similar to conventional standard courses and can be used
with beginners of ages five to seventy-five! The four-volume course includes all the rudiments, technique, and theory of any standard piano course. It uses Christian pieces or classics as its
method of teaching. A good time to start teaching a child piano technique is after he or she has begun spending time at the piano. One should certainly have started by the age of 8 or 9. An edition specifically written for 
