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  • Home On The Range
  • This Old Man
  • Aura Lee
  • Camptown Races
  • When The Saints Go Marching In
  • Taps
  • Grandfather's Clock
  • Reveille
  • Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?
  • She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
  • Sweetly Sings The Donkey
  • Oh! Susanna
  • Are You Sleeping
  • Down In The Valley
  • Good-night, Ladies!
  • Sleep, Baby Sleep
  • Snake Dance

PlayTime® Favorites (Level 1). Arranged by Nancy Faber and Randall Faber. For Piano. Faber Piano Adventures®. Favorites. SMP Primer Level (Early Elementary). Softcover. 24 pages. Faber Piano Adventures #FF1013. Published by Faber Piano Adventures (HL.420122).

ISBN 1616770139. Favorites. 9x12 inches.

Great motivational material for private or group lessons that is excellent for reinforcing note names and interval recognition. The pieces are useful for recital performances and family or group sing-alongs. Includes: Are You Sleeping • Aura Lee • Camptown Races • Down in the Valley • Good-Night Ladies! • Grandfather's Clock • Home on the Range • O Susanna • Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? • Reveille • She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain • Sleep, Baby Sleep • Snake Dance • Sweetly Sings the Donkey • Taps • This Old Man • When the Saints Go Marching In.

About SMP Primer Level (Early Elementary)

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Very beginning music. Five-finger positions with no chords and almost no hand position movement.

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les42leco

Location: from Houma, LA

Difficulty Level:
Beginner

May 19, 2011

All of my beginner students love this book!

I have been using the "older" Faber Playtime books since I started teaching piano. Most of the songs in this book are familiar to students of all ages. The pieces are in middle C position which makes it easier and more fun to play them all. I also recommend the...

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George Frederick Litterst

Location: from Massachusetts

May 20, 2008

Best used with MIDI Files

I am a piano teacher, and I use these Faber books in conjunction with the MIDI files (also published by FJH) and the computer software program Home Concert Xtreme [...].

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Kristine

Location: from CA

Difficulty Level:
Beginner

November 12, 2007

great book

I love this book for my beginning students, even if they are not using the Faber method. I just don't see why they put in eighth notes in this book when Faber doesn't teach them until the following level....oh well...I guess it gives the smarter student a head start to...

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Anonymous

Location: from

Difficulty Level:
Beginner

February 20, 2007

A great selection of tunes!

I love this book for the fact that these are songs that my students know and enjoy to play. Arrangments make sense, and are easy to read. I also like the fact that there are accompaniments for the teacher for each song.

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