SKU: YM.GTP01101527

ISBN 9784636112139. 8.75 x 12 inches.

The New WAKU WAKU Piano Technique Series is the essential piano technique books for children prior to Hanon exercises and the trusted Japanese piano skilled books. Learn the basics of piano playing with simple and short sheet music. Each book in the series features titles and illustrations based on children's daily lives, allowing players to add expression to the music while imagining the scenes. With a total of 7 volumes, each volume is structured with 7-8 steps. Each step has a clearly defined practice objective, enabling efficient strengthening of foundational skills. Suitable for use from around 4 years old, it can be used in conjunction with any song collection, making it recommended for all students! Piano Technique 1, 2, 3 Volumes: Learn basic techniques such as staccato and legato with simple sheet music. Effective for strengthening fingertips and muscles, expanding the range of volume and expressiveness. Fingering Exercises allow practicing finger usage without producing sound, and it is beneficial to focus on fingertips and wrist form while using them. Transposing Exercises provide a fun experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. Scale & Arpeggio 1 and 2 Volumes: Acquire basic finger usage using short phrases. Highly effective for students who cannot play 1-octave scales or get stuck in the middle of phrases. Transposing Exercises provide an enjoyable experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. A la carte 1 and 2 Volumes: Experience various techniques such as ornamentation, unison, octaves, pedal, and more. Since these involve short phrases, you can play without exerting too much force, allowing for practice with a focus on relaxation.

SKU: YM.GTP01101528

ISBN 9784636112146. 8.75 x 12 inches.

The New WAKU WAKU Piano Technique Series is the essential piano technique books for children prior to Hanon exercises and the trusted Japanese piano skilled books. Learn the basics of piano playing with simple and short sheet music. Each book in the series features titles and illustrations based on children's daily lives, allowing players to add expression to the music while imagining the scenes. With a total of 7 volumes, each volume is structured with 7-8 steps. Each step has a clearly defined practice objective, enabling efficient strengthening of foundational skills. Suitable for use from around 4 years old, it can be used in conjunction with any song collection, making it recommended for all students! Piano Technique 1, 2, 3 Volumes: Learn basic techniques such as staccato and legato with simple sheet music. Effective for strengthening fingertips and muscles, expanding the range of volume and expressiveness. Fingering Exercises allow practicing finger usage without producing sound, and it is beneficial to focus on fingertips and wrist form while using them. Transposing Exercises provide a fun experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. Scale & Arpeggio 1 and 2 Volumes: Acquire basic finger usage using short phrases. Highly effective for students who cannot play 1-octave scales or get stuck in the middle of phrases. Transposing Exercises provide an enjoyable experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. A la carte 1 and 2 Volumes: Experience various techniques such as ornamentation, unison, octaves, pedal, and more. Since these involve short phrases, you can play without exerting too much force, allowing for practice with a focus on relaxation.

SKU: YM.GTP01101524

ISBN 9784636112108. 8.75 x 12 inches.

The New WAKU WAKU Piano Technique Series is the essential piano technique books for children prior to Hanon exercises and the trusted Japanese piano skilled books. Learn the basics of piano playing with simple and short sheet music. Each book in the series features titles and illustrations based on children's daily lives, allowing players to add expression to the music while imagining the scenes. With a total of 7 volumes, each volume is structured with 7-8 steps. Each step has a clearly defined practice objective, enabling efficient strengthening of foundational skills. Suitable for use from around 4 years old, it can be used in conjunction with any song collection, making it recommended for all students! Piano Technique 1, 2, 3 Volumes: Learn basic techniques such as staccato and legato with simple sheet music. Effective for strengthening fingertips and muscles, expanding the range of volume and expressiveness. Fingering Exercises allow practicing finger usage without producing sound, and it is beneficial to focus on fingertips and wrist form while using them. Transposing Exercises provide a fun experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. Scale & Arpeggio 1 and 2 Volumes: Acquire basic finger usage using short phrases. Highly effective for students who cannot play 1-octave scales or get stuck in the middle of phrases. Transposing Exercises provide an enjoyable experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. A la carte 1 and 2 Volumes: Experience various techniques such as ornamentation, unison, octaves, pedal, and more. Since these involve short phrases, you can play without exerting too much force, allowing for practice with a focus on relaxation.

SKU: YM.GTP01101525

ISBN 9784636112115. 8.75 x 12 inches.

The New WAKU WAKU Piano Technique Series is the essential piano technique books for children prior to Hanon exercises and the trusted Japanese piano skilled books. Learn the basics of piano playing with simple and short sheet music. Each book in the series features titles and illustrations based on children's daily lives, allowing players to add expression to the music while imagining the scenes. With a total of 7 volumes, each volume is structured with 7-8 steps. Each step has a clearly defined practice objective, enabling efficient strengthening of foundational skills. Suitable for use from around 4 years old, it can be used in conjunction with any song collection, making it recommended for all students! Piano Technique 1, 2, 3 Volumes: Learn basic techniques such as staccato and legato with simple sheet music. Effective for strengthening fingertips and muscles, expanding the range of volume and expressiveness. Fingering Exercises allow practicing finger usage without producing sound, and it is beneficial to focus on fingertips and wrist form while using them. Transposing Exercises provide a fun experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. Scale & Arpeggio 1 and 2 Volumes: Acquire basic finger usage using short phrases. Highly effective for students who cannot play 1-octave scales or get stuck in the middle of phrases. Transposing Exercises provide an enjoyable experience of transposing playing with the teacher's accompaniment. A la carte 1 and 2 Volumes: Experience various techniques such as ornamentation, unison, octaves, pedal, and more. Since these involve short phrases, you can play without exerting too much force, allowing for practice with a focus on relaxation.

SKU: SU.12810001

3 Volume Bundle - BachScholar Editions Vol. 88, Vol. 90, Vol. 92. A $135 Value! BachScholar Editions Vol. 88 - Complete Guide to Major & Minor Scales, Volume 1 (53 pages), written especially for piano teachers and students, introduces the 24 major and minor scales to the beginning to intermediate level student (Grades 1-4). All scales are presented one octave in parallel and contrary motion and in parallel thirds, sixths, and tenths indicated with traditional fingerings. Students learn the essential theory concepts of key signatures (up to five sharps and six flats), relative major and minor keys, and harmonizing scales in thirds, sixths, and tenths. Volume 1 is accompanied with weekly lesson plans freely available to the public on The Well-Rounded Pianist website, hence, this is not merely a scale book but a complete scale guide with step-by-step instructions written especially for teachers and students. The manuscript is large, dark, and very easy to read, making this an indispensable guide for teachers’ studios and piano students at the beginning to intermediate levels. BachScholar Editions Vol. 90 — Complete Guide to Major & Minor Scales, Volume 2 (58 pages), written especially for piano teachers and students, continues the 24 major and minor scales learned in Volume 1. Volume 2, for upper intermediate to advanced level students (Grades 5-7), presents all scales two octaves in parallel and contrary motion and in parallel thirds, sixths, and tenths indicated with traditional fingerings. Also included is a section on multiple-octave scales in three and four octaves. Students learn the essential theory concepts of key signatures (all seven sharps and flats), parallel and relative major and minor keys, and harmonizing scales in thirds, sixths, and tenths. Volume 2 is accompanied with weekly lesson plans freely available to the public on The Well-Rounded Pianist website, hence, this is not merely a scale book but a complete scale guide with step-by-step instructions written especially for teachers and students. The manuscript is large, dark, and very easy to read, making this an indispensable guide for teachers’ studios and piano students at the upper intermediate to advanced levels. BachScholar Editions Vol. 92 — Complete Guide to Major & Minor Scales, Volume 3 (75 pages), written especially for piano teachers and students, continues the 24 major and minor scales learned in Volume 2. Volume 3, for advanced to concert level students (Grades 8-11), presents all scales in double thirds and sixths one and two octaves in parallel and contrary motion indicated with practical fingerings derived from symmetrical, mirror relationships. Practicing major and minor scales in double thirds and sixths is the cornerstone of the highly esteemed Russian Piano School, which trains the pianist to play two notes at a time in each hand requiring strength and flexibility not possible with the practice of single-note scales. Volume 3 is accompanied with weekly lesson plans freely available to the public on The Well-Rounded Pianist website, hence, this is not merely a scale book but a complete scale guide with step-by-step instructions written especially for teachers and students. The manuscript is large, dark, and very easy to read, making this an indispensable guide for teachers’ studios and piano students at the advanced to concert levels. Published by: BachScholar.

SKU: SU.12800088

BachScholar Editions Vol. 88 — Complete Guide to Major & Minor Scales, Volume 1 (53 pages), written especially for piano teachers and students, introduces the 24 major and minor scales to the beginning to intermediate level student (Grades 1-4). All scales are presented one octave in parallel and contrary motion and in parallel thirds, sixths, and tenths indicated with traditional fingerings. Students learn the essential theory concepts of key signatures (up to five sharps and six flats), relative major and minor keys, and harmonizing scales in thirds, sixths, and tenths. Volume 1 is accompanied with weekly lesson plans freely available to the public on The Well-Rounded Pianist website, hence, this is not merely a scale book but a complete scale guide with step-by-step instructions written especially for teachers and students. The manuscript is large, dark, and very easy to read, making this an indispensable guide for teachers’ studios and piano students at the beginning to intermediate levels. Published by: BachScholar.