A Dozen A Day - Mini Book

Technical Exercises for the Piano to be done each day before practicing

By Edna-Mae Burnam

I suspect that this book was written after PREP., 1,2,3, & 4. Edna's ideas are crystallised in this book, making it ideal for impressing upon some the importance of articulation and the physical requirements for executing them. It works well with beginners, and teenagers who only ever "played...

notes".

Beginners age 4-9 can start off with this book. The exercises are short, and so it's easy to succeed! My students love putting a happy face on the empty faces drawn above each exercise when they pass that exercise. It starts off at C,B,D, and slowly...

expands, adding techniques. You have an opportunity to throw in a lot of music vocabulary with this book. My students love working through the different colors of each level.

Great book, requested by piano teacher, son really enjoys using

Exceptional resource for the beginning pianist, the exercises breathe life and fun into the technical exercises. I highly recommend it.

I have found this book great for very young students to supplement the primers before they start note reading. They learn the middle C and and the nearby notes and feel very succesful! By the time they get to the note reading, they already have some good dexterity and a...

good grasp on the first notes they learn.