Music for Piano - Book 1

That was Dr. Pace's term for his approach. He set out to get away from the "three Johns" who used the Middle C approach. It's effective in partner lessons or classroom/groups. I like the new revised editions. One page covers a lot and he advised to use...

the material as a starting point, to explore a concept. It works. He was head of the Piano Dept. at Teachers College, Columbia University. We had a dynamic group of teachers, Atlanta Pacesetters, with visiting clinicians (actual composers of the Recital Series). I've returned to teaching and find that students still learn more this way. Pace teachers have since published their own method, based on his approach. Bottom line, I keep learning as well as my students progress!

This is an excellent multi-key approach for the beginning piano student of any age.

Es uno de los Metodos de Piano mas didacticos porque le hacen facil el aprendisaje a los alumnos.Estoy muy agradecido.

The Pace approach uses Gestalt and spiral learning techniques. The student always gets to see the "whole" before focusing on the parts. He sees the whole staff, for example, before learning the note names in more bite-sized groups. Topics return week after week in spiral fashion as the student...

masters the material over time. Multikey work, transposition, and creativity are hallmarks of this historical series. Children 7 and under should use Kinder-Keyboard first, in my opinion.

I have used the Music For Piano, Music for Keyboard books for 30 years, and there is no better multi-key approach on the market. A well-rounded approach with technic, sight reading, transposition, improvisation, keyboard harmony and repertoire. Works REALLy well with groups and musicianship classes. A workshop with...

a Robert Pace Consultant is really helpful in using these books. See Robert Pace website for where to find these workshops.