LEVEL 1
Clark - Music Tree: Parts A or B - Summy
Frost - Teaching little finger to Play at the Piano (One): Beginning at the Piano, Where Playing Fingers Begin, Very First Piano Solos
Garrow - Let's Play Every Day - Schroeder and Guenther
Gillock - Accent on Solos I
Glover - The Piano Student, Piano Repertoire, Primer and Level I
Last - At the Keyboard (one): Tunes at the Keyboard, Fun Fair, Indoor Tunes, Out of Doors
Nevin - Piano Course (One) - Mills
Noona - Mainstreams (One)
Olson - Our Small World, Near the Beginning
Olson, et al - Music Pathways: 1B, 1C - Fischer
Pace - Music for Piano (One) - Roberts
Palmer - Creating Music: Book 1
Podolsky - Guild Repertoire: Elementary A
Smisor & Bastien - Music Through the Piano (One)
Stecher, Horowitz, Gordon - Learning to Play, Playing to Learn, Book 1 & 2
Any other reliable series for teaching
Scales, chords, and arpeggios - Pre-Elementary
LEVEL 2
Clark - Music Tree C, Piano Literature One, Contemporary Literature One - Examples: Kabalevsky - Op. 39, Marching (#3), Song (#1), Dance (#9), Polka (#2), Running Along (#6)
Frost - Companion Book (One), 20th Century Piano Music 1A
George - Solos for Students: Set Two
George - Student Choice I - Summy
Gillock - Piano Course Two; Young Pianists' First Big Note Solos; Accent on Solos II
Kraehenbuehl - Jazz and Blues I - Summy
Last - Cates, My Holiday
McGraw - Trip to a Faraway Place - C. Fischer
Olson - Menagerie, Further Along
Olson, et al - Music Pathways 2A, 2B
Scher - Patterns I
Schonthal - Minuscules - C Fischer
Solo Book I (Seitlin-Goldberger) - Consolidated Examples: Bartok (First Term) - Dialogue (#3), Folk Dance (#5), Round Dance (#6); Gurlitt - The Chase; Kabalevsky - Op. 39, in Unison (#8), Conversation (#7); Turk - Carefree
Other Series - One book above previous level
Scales, chords, and arpeggios - Pre-Elementary or Early Elem.
LEVEL 3
Agay - Bach to Beethoven - 1A - Examples: Beethoven - German Dance in G; Haydn - Country Dance in D; Turk - Happy Moments, A Bit of Sadness
Bartok - For Children Vol. I - #1, #3, #4, #6; For Children Vol. II - #1, #2, #10
Bull - From Here to There
Clark - Contemporary Literature Two - Examples: Bartok (First Term) - Folk Songs #7, #10; Kabalevsky - Op. 39 #12 Little Joke, #15 Galloping; Shostakovitch - Six Children's Pieces, #1 March, #2 Waltz
Diller-Quaile - Second Solo Book - Examples: Bach - Minuet in B, Minuet in g, Mozart - Minuet in F (K2), Allegro in B-flat (K3)
Gillock - Accent on Solos III
Handel - The Easiest Piano Pieces - Presser - Examples: Minuets in F, G, D, and a Passepled in C
Olson, et al - Music Pathways 3A Repertoire - Examples: Bach - Bouree in F; Beethoven - Russian Folk Song, Op. 107 #3; Rebikov - The Bear; Turk - Arioso, Hunting Horns
Palmer - First Sonatina Book - Examples: Beethoven - Sonatina in G; Latour - Sonatina in C; Wanhal - Sonatina in F
Rowley - Four Little Inventions - Boosey-Hawks; The Solo Book, Vol 2 - Zeitlin-Goldberger
Tansman - Happy Time, Vol. 1 - MCA
Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios - Early Elementary
LEVEL 4
Agay - Bach to Bartok, 1B - Examples: Bach - Musette in D; Handel - Bouree; Kabalevsky - Op. 39l #13, Waltz; Mozart - Angloise (Notebook for Wolfgang); Schumann - Melody; Tschaikowsky - Italian Song Op. 39
Bartok - For Children - Vol. 1 #15 #17 #26 #36; For Children - Vol. 2 #3 #7
Bastien - Piano Literature - Kjos Examples: Beethoven - Ecossaise in G; Kabalevsky - Quick March, Op. 39; Schumann - Merry Farmer, Wild Horseman, Soldier's March
Burgmuller - 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 - Examples: Ballade, Arabesque
Clark - Piano Literature Three - Examples: Bach - March in D, Minuet in G
Clementi - Sonatina in C, Op. 36 #1
Dello Joio - Suite for the Young
Gillock - Analytical Sonatinas - Willis
Gretchaninoff - Glass Beads Op. 123 #2, #4, #6, #10
Handel - 20 Little Dances - Schott
Haydn - German Dances
L. Mozart - Notebook for Wolfgang - Example: Entrée, Bouree in e minor
Rowley - Old English Worthies; Early English Sonatinas - Atwood, Cambridge, Duncombe, Wilton
Rebikov - Playing Soldiers
Schumann - First Loss, Op. 68 #16
Siegmeister - American Kaleidoscope - Fox
Tansman - Pour les Enfants - Set 1, 2
Tschaikowsky - Dolls Burial, Op. 39
Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios - Early or Late Elementary
LEVEL 5
Agay - Bach to Bartok, 1C - Examples: Bach - Bouree in e; Mozart - Polonaise (Viennese Sonatina #5); Scarlatti - Aria (Sonata in D L423); Solo Pieces of Today - 78 Examples: Gretchaninoff - Op. 98, Hunting in the Woods (#6); Woodpecker (#12); Op. 123 #1 Morning Walk; Kabalevsky - Waltz Intermezzo, Op. 39 #23; Khachaturian - Song without Words (Adventures of Ivan)
Bartok - For Children I #12, #27, #31, #32, #35, #37, #38; For Children II - #18; Mikrokosmos III - Variations, Merriment
Bastien - Piano Literature II - Examples: Bach - Minuet in d, Polonaise in g (either); Beethoven - Sonatina in F; Kabalevsky - Variations Op. 51 #1; Schumann - Hunting Song, Op. 68 #7
Creston - Five Little Dances
Gillock - Sonatina in Classic Style
Gretchaninoff - Glass Beads, Op. 123 #5, #8, #9
Kabalevsky - Op. 27 - Novelettes, Fairy Tale, Toccatina, etc.; Variations, Op. 51 #2, #3
Mozart - The Young Mozart - Schott
Rowley - Early English Sonatina - Hook, Jones; Sonatina - Seasons Op. 40 #1, #2
Schonthal - Miniatures 2 - Shawnee
Satie - Gymnopedies
Sonatinen Album - Peters - Examples: Bach - Prelude in C (WCT I); Clementi - Op. 36 #2; Haydn - Allegro Scherzando in F (12 Easy Pieces); Kuhlau - Op. 55 #1
Tschaikowsky - March of the Tin Soldiers, Sweet Dreams Op. 37
Scales, chords, and arpeggios - Late Elementary
LEVEL 6
Bach - Little Preludes - #3 in c, #8 in F, #2 in C
Bartok - Evening in the Country (10 Pieces)
Beethoven - Kleine Tanz - Schott, Eccossaisen un Deutsche Tanze - Peters
Bloch - Enfantines - Joyous March, Melody, Pastorale, Rainy Day, Teasing, Dream
Gretchaninoff - Children's Album, Op. 98
Grieg - Op. 12 #2, #3, #7, #8
Haydn - Six Sonatina #2, #3 AMP
Heller - Studies
Kabalevsky - Op. 27 Etude, Sonatina in a; Variations Op. 51 #4, #5
Khatchaturian - Ivan is Busy
Kuhlau - Sonatina, Op. 55 #2
Palmer - Baroque Folk
Pinto - Memories of Childhood - March, Little Soldier, Ring Around the Rosey; Children's Festival - Playing Marbles
Prokofieff - Op. 65 - Promenade, Tarantella
Scarlatti - Introduction (Halford) Alfred, Sonatas in G L83, L79; Sonatas in d - L211, L57, L106
Schumann - Album for the Young, Op. 68 - #6, #11, #12, #18, #19, #23
Tschaikowsky - Album for the Young, Op 29 - #1, #10, #11, #14
Scales, chords, and apreggios - Early Intermediate
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LEVEL 7
CPE Bach - Solfegietto
Bach - Little Preludes - #3, #7 in d, #2 in c, #7 in e
Bernstein - Birds
Beethoven - Introduction (Palmer) - Minuet in C and D, Sonata in G, Op. 49 - #2
Casella - Children's Pieces - AMP
Chopin - Preludes - #6, #7
Clementi - Op. 36 #3
Dello Joio - Lyric Pieces for the Young
Grieg - Op. 38 #7; Op. 71 #3
Handel - Courante in F (12 Easy Pieces)
Haydn - Sonatina Op. 55 #3
Mendelssohn - Pieces for Children Op. 72
Scarlatti - Sonata in G L84, B-flat L97, A L94 (12 Easy Sonatas - Mirovitch)
Schubert- Waltzes, Op. 9a, 9b
Schumann - Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15- #1, #2, #13; Op 68 #41; Norse Song
Starer - Sketches in Color
Scales, chords, and arpeggios - Early Intermediate
LEVEL 8
Agay - Sonatina #3
Bach - Two-Part Inventions #1, #4, #8, #9, #13
Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dance #6
Beethoven - Bagatelles Op. 119 #1, #2, #13; Variations on a Swiss Song; Sonata in g, Op. 49 #1
Chopin - Largo in E-flat (Posth.); Mazurkas Op. 7 #1 & #2, Op. 24 #1 & #2, Op. 67 #2 & #4, Op. 68 #3; Nocture Op. 15 #3; Prelude #4, #20; Waltzes Op. 69 #2; a minor (Posth.)
Clementi - Sonatina Op. 36 #4
Grieg - Norwegian Dance Op. 38; Nocturne Op. 54 #4; Papillion Op. 43 #1
Ibert - A Little White Donkey
Kabalevsky - Variation Op. 40 #1; Sonatina Op. 13 #1
Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words Op. 62 #3
Mozart - Sonata in C K545
Schubert - German Dances Op. 33; Valses Sentimentales Op. 50
Schumann - Album Leaves Op. 124 #4, #6; Album for the Young Op. 68 #29; Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 #6, #12
Scales, chords, and arpeggios - Late Intermediate or Early Inter
LEVEL 9
Bach - Two-Part Invention #14 in B-flat
Bartok - Sonatine
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 14 #1, Bagatelles Op. 33; Variations on "Quanto e piu bello . ."
Brahms - Waltzes Op. 39 #3, #6, #9, #11, #12, #15
Chopin - Mazurkas Op. 24 #3; Op. 33 #3; Op. 63 #2; Op. 67 #2; Preludes Op. 28 #9, #15; Waltzes Op. 64 #1, Op 70 #2
Copeland - The Cat and Mouse
Debussy - Jimbo's Lullaby, The Little Shepherd (Children's Corner)
Dello Joio - Diversion-Caccia, Gige
Galles - Sonata in C (Portuguese & Spanish Music - Summy)
Ginastera - 12 American Preludes Vol 1 - Creole Dance, Tribute to Roberto Garcia, Rondo on
Argentine Childrens Folk Tunes
Grieg - To Spring Op. 43 #6; March of the Dwarfs Op. 54 #3
Handel - Aylesford Pieces (Schott) #1, #7, #8, #11, #17, #20
Hanson - Clog Dance
Haydn - Sonatas in D #9; in G #11
Kabalevsky - Preludes Op. 38 #8, #12, #20, #23
Kachaturian - Sonatina (1959)
Mendelssohn - Songs without Words - Op. 62 #1; Op 102 #3
Mozart - Fantasy in d, K397
Pinto - Run, Run (Memories of Childhood)
Poulenc - Villageoises
Schubert - Moments Musicaux Op. 94 #2, #6; Scherzo in B-flat #1
Soler - Sonata in d (Portuguese and Spanish Music - Summy)
Scales, chords, and Arpeggios - Late Intermediate
LEVEL 10
Bach - Two-Part Invention #10; Prelude (WTC I) in a #20; (WTD II) #7 in E-flat; Prelude & Fuge (WTC I) #2 in c, #5 in D
Bartok - Bear Dance; Rondo #1 from the Three Rondos on Folk Tunes
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 2 #1, Op. 10 #1; Rondo in C, Op. 51 #1; Variations on a Original Theme; Variations on "Nel cor Piu"
Brahms - Waltzes Op. 19 #1, #2, #4, #7
Chopin - Mazurka Op. 7 #3, Op. 33 #4; Noctures Op. 9 #2, Op. 32 #1, Op. 55 #1, c minor (posth.); Waltzes Op. 34 #2, Op. 64 #2, Op. 69 #1
Debussy - Serenade for the Doll, Golliwogg's Cakewalk; Preludes I - Minstrels, Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Des pas sur la neige; Pour le piano - Sarabande
Haydn - Sonatas in C #5, D #7, E #17, A #26
Mozart - Sonata in G, K283
Portuguese and Spanish Keyboard Music - Albeniz - Sonata in D; Soler - Sonatas in a and D
Schubert - Impromptus Op. 94 #2 & #3, Op. 142 #2, Op. 90 #3 & #4
Schumann - Bird as Prophet Op. 82 #7; Fantastic Pieces Op. 12 #1, #3
Scott - Lotus Land
Shostakovitch - 3 Fantastic Dances Op. 1
Tansman - Four Impressions (Leeds)
Taurielio - Toccata
Tcherepnin - Bagatelles Op. 5
Villa-Lobos - Polichinelle (Baby's Family I)
Scales, chords, and appeggios - Late Intermediate of Advanced
LEVEL 11
Bach - French Suite #2, #5; Preludes and Fugues (WTC I) #6 in d, #11 in F, #16 in g, #21 in B-flat; Preludes #15 in G, #17 in A-flat; Prelude (WTC II) #15 in G, #20 in a
Bartok - Bear Dance; Mikrokosmos - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm #6
Beethoven - Op. 13
Brahms - Waltz Op. 29 #6, #8, #10, #13, #16; Intermezzo Op. 117 #2; Op. 47
Chopin - Mazurka Op. 24 #4, Op. 33 #2; Nocture Op. 9 #1, Op. 27 #1, Op. 72 #1; Waltzes Op. 70 #1, e minor (Posth.), Op 34 #1, Op. 42
Debussy - Arabesque #1 & #2; Nocturne in D-flat; Snow is Dancing , Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner); Preludes II- Bruyeres
Griffes - The Lake at Evening
Handel - Harmonious Blacksmith Variations
Haydn - Sonata in f #20
Kachaturian - Toccata
Mozart - Sonata in B-flat K570, F K280, E-flat K282, C K330; Rondos in D K485, F K494
Poulenc - Mouvements Perpetuals, Novellete in C
Prokofieff - Prelude Op. 12 #7
Rachmaninoff - Elegy Op. 3 #1
Scarlatti - Sonata in d L413
Schubert - Impromptus Op. 90 #2, #4
Schumann - Arabesque Op. 18
Scott - Danse Negre
Scales, Chords, and arpeggios - Advanced
LEVEL 12
Bach - Partita #1 in B-flat; Fantasia in c; French Suite #6 in E
Bartok - Suite Op. 14 #3
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 10 #3; Variation on "Une fievre bruiante"; Intermezzo op. 116 #4 & #6, Op. 118 #2 & #6, Op. 117 #1; Capriccio Op. 116 #3
Chopin - Nocturne - Op. 27 #1 & #2, Op. 37 #2, Op. 15 #1; Etudes Op. 10 #3 & #5, Op 25 #9; Preludes #1, #12, #16, #17, #22; Polonaises Op. 26 #1, Op. 40 #1 & #2
Debussy - Preludes (1) Danseuses de Delphes; Serenade Interrompue; La Cathedrale Engloulie; Les Cottines D'Anacapri; Pour le Piano - Prelude
Dohnanyi - Rhapsody Op. 11 #3; Capriccio Op. 2 #4
Faure - Impromptu #11
Kabalevsky - Sonatina #3; Prelude Op. 38 #24
Mozart - Sonatas K309, K310, K331, K332, K311; Rondo in a K511; Adagio K540; Fantasy #4 K475
Schubert - Moments Musicaux - Op. 94 #4; Impromptu Op. 142 #3, #4
Schumann - Novelette Op. 21 #1; Fantasy Pieces Op. 12 #2 , #4
Toch - The Juggler
Scales, Chords, and arpeggios - Advanced
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