![]() ![]() ![]() I have liked using Ferdinand Beyer music as eaches, but in one single book as a method book, I dont' think this is successfully doable without losing the student's interest. This might serve as a good review book but the scope of it goes far beyond elementary skills and reading ability for the average student. I admit I did not look at all 88 pages, but pages 1-6 were plenty for my estimation. I don't think the book is a good selection for any beginner as it is not visually easily readable by any age. Thus, my argument would be "Modern method book series must be better than Beyer because more kids are playing advanced music at a younger age than generations before!" There are definitely drawbacks.Īrgument could be made that, "Well, some good pianists grew up using Beyer, so Beyer must be good!" But nowadays I see more and more brilliant young pianists who did _not_ grow up using Beyer, and they are even more impressive than folks from my generation. ![]() But the problem was I didn't get to play even a sonatina until well into my 3rd year of piano. I was easily playing 6-7 pieces per week. My first piano teacher used that Japanese series, along with John Thompson, Schaum, Glover, and a book of Asian folksongs to supplement Beyer. In the early 20th century, there was a Japanese teacher who compiled a series of pieces (in two books) that correlated to Beyer by number! I think highly of this compilation thus I still use it with my beginner students. And the editors even added written instruction! They divided the Beyer book into three parts (thus three different books) and then added a lot of newer pieces. I have a colorful edition (full of cute pictures and well-spaced pages) sitting on my shelf. ![]() Unfortunately, Beyer is huge in Asia-they still come up with newer and newer editions that incorporate more and more 20th-century repertoire to replace the German(?) folksongs. ![]()
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