Boosey & Hawkes Inc Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos, Nos. 1-36: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces

I've been playing piano for nearly 10 years and this book still had value to me - there's always technique to learn and build. The notes are detailed and written in four languages - so useful for many people and the pieces are available to listen to on youtube for reference. This is also a great introduction to Baroque-style music so if you're interested in Bach - Mikrokosmos is worth a go.

I am taking piano lessons both myself and my tutor think this is an excellent resource. It has helped my timing and site reading such a lot.

I started with Bartok's Mikrokosmos early on when learning the piano as an adult. I found the short pieces very satisfying to play - short enough to digest quickly, but very interesting, nearly meditative compositions! I like the way the pieces build up slowly, but surely, and how hand independence is introduced by using canons and other gentle counterpoint techniques. This helped me a lot in tackling my first Bach pieces.Highly recommended!

I am a total novice that cannot read music though I can find the keys using basic skills. This piano teaching course is just the the thing to make quick progress without being bogged down in grade level attainment.

A series of exercises written for his nine year old son! Very few explanatory notes and would only be useful for a beginner with a teacher, but the exercises tend to be more interesting than Schmitt's Preparatory Exercises.