'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano' is the main series of lesson books in the Bastien Piano Basics course. The carefully graded, logical learning sequence assures steady, continual progress.
Originalmusic by the Bastiens includes a stimulating mixture of pop, folk, classical, and contemporary styles. Full-color illustrations throughout entertain and reinforce musical concepts along the way.
The gradualmulti-key approach takes students through all 12 keys, 3 keys each in Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each page is carefully correlated page-by-page with Theory, Performance, and Technique. All in all, a dynamic way to introduce studentsto the marvelous world of music!
Level 2 presents binary and ternary form, one-octave scales with tetrachords identified, intervals of 6th and 7th, primary chords, triads and inversions, 6/8 time, and the keys of D, A, andE.