Saterna Music Publishing

quivalent of one half hour lesson with a professional teacher. NO DRILLS. ONLY MUSIC. NO PREVIOUS MUSICAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY


If you can say A B C D E F G forwards and backwards you can quickly learn to read and play piano in your own space, place, and schedule. J.S.Bach, the famous 18th century composer, used this method to teach his own 20 children by writing pieces they would enjoy containing the finger patterns they needed. Helena Sandler is a retired McGill University Music Teacher of Piano and Clarinet, and a Professor of Music Theory. Helena is an accomplished professional pianist, accompanist, chamber musician, and now music publisher. For more information and to order visit the Book Store page. TECHNIQUE THROUGH MUSIC FOR YOUNGER BEGINNERS. Folk songs of many lands set to the words of nursery rhymes, children's poetry, fairy tales, fables, tongue twisters, riddles, and the like. Also included are familiar classical pieces in
very simplified form. TECHNIQUE THROUGH MUSIC FOR OLDER BEGINNERS. Pieces include Michael Row the Boat Ashore, You Are My Sunshine, Greensleeves and more. Also included are simplified well known classical pieces such as Pachelbel's Canon, Fuer Elise, and many others. Once you have learned the basic skills presented in the 3 Beginner Books for Children up to their teens, or the Adult Beginner Book, you will be reading music like you read words. You will then be able to progress to the 3 TECHNIQUE THROUGH MUSIC books at the Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels. There are 2 CHRISTMAS BOOKS for solo piano at varying levels of ability:
a CHRISTMAS FAMILY SINGALONG for voice, instruments if you wish, with piano and/or guitar accompaniment: and a delightful
PIANO DUET BOOK for all levels. And a CD containing the music in the 2nd and 3rd Beginner Books and the Elementary Level Book, played by Helena Sandler, can be purchased separately.