The Piano Teacher – Mentor and Guide
A most important challenge for piano teachers is that of maintaining a high level of interest and enthusiasm in their students. The task becomes, in no small way, one of selecting the kind of teaching materials, piano books and pieces, be they classical, jazz, popular, rock, or even ragtime, that expose the piano student to the many facets of the piano, and continue to guide the student through the entire learning process to ensure that it is always, first and foremost, fun. Most importantly, the material a teacher selects must also engender progress, increasing facility and musicality in a logical and planned way. The books we include in this piano teacher category are selected with those very purposes in mind, to supply folios and pieces that are not only musical and appealing, which is primary for promoting interest and making the piano most rewarding and enjoyable, but for their intrinsic instructional value as well, guaranteeing a student’s rapid and logical progression in the wonderful art of playing the piano.