Preparatory School

By Ferdinand Beyer

Great way to develop good technic from early age. Strongly recommend.

The is the very best piano study book to learn sight reading the best way, plus the pieces sound so beautiful, and the pedogogy and structure of this Beyer book is second to none.

good quality, skifull exercises, interesting pedagogy

I use this method as a technique tool for every one of my students. Hand position is in a standard C position for the first part of the book. A great book to help the student recognize patterns, musical format, and hand/eye coordination. Plus the melodies are short and...

interesting. Both younger and older beginners will benefit from this. I've had many students play some of these exercises for recital. They are just lovely tunes - not the usual boring scale stuff. I highly recommend adding this method to your teaching arsenal.

This work is an old favorite of many teachers. It is a great way to introduce students to works in the format of "real classics." It is one of the classical methods that can actually be used to teach a beginning piano student. I highly recommend using the Peters edition...

of this work, because the print is larger and clearer than that of other publishers. There are not quite as many pieces on the same page with this edition, making the music much easier to read. The best feature of the Beyer method is the use of student-teacher duets. The teacher's part features a very strong rhythmic beat that enables the beginning student to "catch" the spirit of playing in correct time. Beyer's introduction of eighth notes is worth the purchase of the entire book!