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Very informative	Customer Rating:
This book works well for me. It starts out with the very basics and introduces the fundamentals of piano. Then it offers great practice pieces. My piano teacher turned me on to this book and I love it.

Alfred's Basic Piano Lesson Book 1A	Customer Rating:
I use this with my students. It is easy to understand and well laid out. The students enjoy the little songs to both play and sing. Excellent lesson book.

Basic, Think Not	Customer Rating:
Purchased this book and others to aid my wife with her keyboard skills. She got more confused as the book she received with the product was real different from this new book. She had to go back to her original product book. I not saying this book is bad, but it was to advanced for a learner.

Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 1A Gets FIVE STARS!

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I have taught piano lessons for over 20 years. During that time, I have found that Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 1A is great for young beginners. When children are about 5-6 years old, they have trouble controlling their hands, as well as multi-tasking. So, learning to use fingers correctly, count, and learn letter names can be very frustrating. In ABPL Level 1A, children do not have to learn the names of the notes at first. They merely play the notes according to the numbers of their fingers. The notes go up or down the scale, but they are not on a staff. So, they learn fingering and counting, but not letter names for the first several weeks. Level 1A also introduces C D E first and then F in the bass. This is better for the children because they often mistake B below middle C for D above middle C. They also mistake A for E, and G for F, and vice versa. B A and G in the bass clef (right below middle C) are not introduced until later in the series.

Good Book for Young Beginners	Customer Rating:
I have been using this book with young students [...] for the past 8 years. It moves at a comfortable pace and introduces good musical concepts. I definitely recommend the accompanying Theory Book to reinforce the concepts over the time between lessons. My students have had good results and advanced quickly with this as their start. I have been very happy with it.