Year 2 and 3
Piano World by Joanna MacGregor (published by Faber Music)
• Book 1 Saving the Piano
• Book 2 Exploring the Piano
• Book 3 The Great Piano Voyage
Chester’s Easiest Piano Course by Carol Barratt (published by Chester)
• Book 1
• Book 2
• Book 3
Years 3-7
Play Piano by Alan Haughton (published by Kevin Mayhew).
• Play Piano Course Book One by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano Repertoire Book One by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano Theory Activity Book by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano Course Book Two by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano Repertoire Book Two by Alan Haughton
Year 8 - 9
Play Piano Teenage by Alan Haughton (published by Kevin Mayhew).
Don’t be fooled: this is more-or-less the same book as Play Piano, but with ‘cool’ teenage graphics. To my mind, this is the best elementary course for the first few years of senior school - well planned and executed. I use it for most students
However, I encourage serious students, the very bright, and those who already play another instrument to Grade 3 or above, to use the Barratt book below.
• Play Piano! Teenage Book 1 - with Free CD by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano! Teenage Book 2 by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano! Teenage Repertoire Book 1 by Alan Haughton
• Play Piano! Teenage Repertoire Book 2 by Alan Haughton
Year 11-13
The Classic Piano Course by Carol Barratt (published by Chester)
Available in an Omnibus Edition, if you’re sure learning the piano is for you - but for some reason, known only to publishers, it is now slightly too small in size for comfortable reading - and doesn’t open flat with any degree of ease. Fortunately, it is also in three separate volumes, which have better readability and open-ness.
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