WP452 - Bastien New Traditions - All In One Piano Course - Level 1A

I think this book was a right choice for my 9-year old student. This is slightly older method book and I do not use it with all my students. My regular choice is Faber. However, this book combines lesson book, theory and repertoire which is very convenient. My student likes beautiful pictures in it too. This was definitely a success.

Somehow the book arrived bent and creased a bit in the middle. Am trying to straighten it out so it is usable.

This is the only series I use now for my 1-3 grade students. It’s great!

Excellent book for my daughter learning to play the piano

Great series

Perfect with assignments from teacher!! Great course book!

Great

This is a great new series of Piano instruction books from Bastien. My child started with the original book sets: Theory, Piano, and Performance, Primer Level. This original program was good, and we wanted to continue. I saw that Bastien now has this new program, the New Traditions All-In-One book, which came out in 2016. Love it! It fixes the issues with the older series.Pros with New Traditions:1) Now you just progress through this one book without having to switch books and figure out what page in Theory goes with what page in Piano and what page in Performance.2) There is also some overlap between the old primer level and the New Traditions Level 1A.3) The new book introduces new key fingerings more gradually than the old series, so it's very gentle in this way.4) We also enjoy the new songs, as pretty much all of the songs are new and different from the old set, even though there is some overlap in the skill set between old primer and new level 1A programs.5) There are thematic-sounding songs, one sounds middle-eastern, another sounds native American, and so on.6) The updated illustrations and art are nicely done; much better than the old books.Cons:I can't think of any! It's a great program.