John Thompson's Modern Piano Course (1)

Author: John Thompson
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: This book is designed for first-grade elementary students. The greatest advantage is "step-by-step." Many problems that hinder the development of upper-grade students often stem from poor habits during early education. As a result, a significant amount of effort and financial resources are spent each year to correct postures, habits, and errors that should never have been developed, even with these efforts, they are sometimes futile. The old saying "a crooked tree from a crooked seedling" applies to muscle control, technique, rhythm issues, musical concepts, thinking, and piano practice habits. As a first-grade textbook, it is written throughout based on the five-finger position, with only some examples of finger extension in the later part. If students have learned preparatory piano pieces in their beginner, then any age-appropriate child can use this textbook. The purpose of this book is to lay a correct and comprehensive foundation for piano learning, enabling students to feel, think, and play based on their understanding of music, which is entirely possible. Although the melodies and patterns played are simple, they should be made aware that by stacking these "bricks," they can build the largest compositions. Once they learn to understand and play appropriately, they will correctly grasp large-scale forms during their learning process and will not feel confused when faced with a perfect whole composed of many intertwined musical fragments.