Piano Adventures - Technique & Artistry Book - Level 2B

Bought the wrong book, but granddaughter uses this one for extra practice.

Great series of books teaching how to play the piano. Our piano teacher uses this series, and I have spoken to at least four more instructors in the area that all use these series to teach piano. Our daughter started with the first book in the series at age 5 and has been going through the books for the last two years. They teach the concepts progressively, with focus on good technique, enough variation, and a good selection of songs. She is never bored, and learns at a consistent pace. The main books for each level are called "Lesson Book". The "Technique and Artistry Book" for the same level is a companion to help students improve their knowledge and technique about music and piano artistry. So they complement each other well, and we tend to move in parallel in both of those books. We primarily use those two in our classes. For each level there are also "popular repertoire" and "christmas books" that take well known and liked songs and arrange them for that specific level of learning. We've sprinkled these here and there to keep things interesting for our daughter. There are also CDs that accompany the books, but I have no experience in those.

My son used Bastien piano basic in the beginning when he was 3. A few months later after he finished level 1B, he transferred to Piano adventure (Lesson, Theory, Performance, Technic & Sight-reading), because his piano teacher was using it. It's well organized. We all like Piano adventure more, and my son loves to do theory book the most. His teacher teaches him Suzuki level 2 at the same time. Now he is almost 4 and half, he finished Level 2A , half of Level 2B and half of Suzuki 2. I am going to buy Piano adventure Level 3A.

Son is doing great with piano and I’d learning techniques while enjoying the music.

I used it to practice some piano with my kid. It wasn't used beforehand and was freshly printed. No complaints!

I have 3 daughters, ages 7-12, who have all used this series, and I am a musician of 25 years, so I have seen a lot of music education books. This is my favorite series for kids. It has interesting pictures to attract the kids and is arranged in a logical way to teach what they need to know in the order they need it. Even the easier pieces sound musically interesting enough for my older kids to not feel like they are playing "little-kid" music.

My son liked this book. He said the theory is good. It helps him for his violin classes at school. As long as he sees value in it, I am happy.

My piano teacher got me started on these books. For people who like being self taught, I believe they are excellent. Of course we often need the experience of a wise teacher to catch our faults. There are three to four books in the series and even if you have some experience, start at the beginning.