Top 10 Beginner Piano Lessons Books

About what books that we should start with for beginner students
Its always the hardest part for teachers, parents and students. Everyone is different, to find the right books for students, its difficult too. However, once parents and teachers can work together and give students some encouragements, most of the piano books will work.
See the "How to practice" will help!
Anyways, from my experiences, here are my top 10 beginner piano books

Top 10 Beginner Piano Lessons Books
1. Piano Adventure by Nancy Faber
2. Favorite Classic Melodies (The Bastien Piano Library) by Bastien
3. Best Children's Songs Ever (Easy Piano Songbook) by Hal Leonard 
4. Making the Grade Piano Book
5. Hal Leonard Piano Method Book
6. Bastien Piano Book
7. John Thompson's Piano Course
8. Faber Pretime to Bigtime series of piano books: 
PreTime Piano 
PlayTime PianoShowTime Piano ChordTime Piano FunTime PianoBigTime Piano AdvanceTime Piano 9. Alfred Adult Piano Course

10. Bastien for Adult Piano Book

Of course there are lots of different sheet music and piano books out there
Let me know what you think too :)

Here are some other Great piano books for Beginner to Advanced Levels that I suggest
1. Piano Pieces for Children (Everybody's Favorite Series, No. 3) by Maxwell Eckstein and Albert Barbelle (Jan 1, 1992)
2. First Lessons in Bach
3. Bach Two Part Invention
4. Bach Three Part Invention
5. Burgmueller 25 Progressive Piece
6. Chopin Etude

7. Chopin Prelude
8. Chopin Waltz
9. Hanon 60 Experiences
10. Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599: Piano Technique by Giuseppe Buonamici and Carl Czerny (Nov 1, 1986)
11. The Little Pischna (Alfred Masterwork Editions) by Josef Pischna and Willard A. Palmer (Jan 1, 1986)
12. Sonatina
13. Sonata
14. Brahms 51 exercise for piano
etc.........


I will keep trying to put all different kind of books on my wish list on amazon, so you will get to know most of the books that I recommend  :)
Good Luck on Piano Books Hunting!

*I will keep updating this list :)

Leave me comments on some books that you like too :)

Files

Fingerings for Arpeggios:
C, F, G Majors, d, e, a, c, g, f, b minors : RH 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 LH 5 4 2 1 4 2 1
D, E, A, B, F# Majors, eb minor: RH 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 LH 5 3 2 1 3 2 1 or 5 4 2 1 4 2 1
C#, Eb, Ab Majors, c#, f#, g# minors: RH 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 LH 2 1 4 2 1 4 2
Bb Major RH 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 LH 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 or 4 2 1 4 2 1 4
Bb minor RH 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 LH 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 or 4 2 1 4 2 1 4

Fingering for Dominant Seventh Arpeggios
Root position beginning on a white key: RH 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 LH 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
Beginning on Db, Eb, or Ab RH 4 1 2 3 4 LH 2 1 4 3 2
Beginning on Bb RH 4 1 2 3 4 LH 3 2 1 4 3
Beginning on Gb RH 2 3 4 1 2 LH 4 3 2 1 4
Alternate fingering on Bb RH 4 1 2 3 4 LH 2 1 4 3 2

More information:
Book: Hanon Exercise

Website: http://cnx.org/content/m10856/latest/





Download:
1. This worksheet helps students to identify the space notes on the staff also some exercises for them to understand the notes, scales and notes
Musical Notes and Staff Reading and Drawing Worksheet

2. Scale Sheet: Check off Table for all the common scales
Scale Sheet


3. Mozart Duet (you can read upside down too:) ) Lovely score!
Mozart Duet

4. Free Manuscript Paper

5. Music Notation Flash Card
There is more different kind of flash card in this website:
http://www.pianimation.com/teacher-resources/free-flash-cards/

6. Circle of Fifths, this is something you have to know about all the key signatures!

7. Natural Minor Scales

8. Classic Scores : having random sheet music, included 4 hands sheet music, jazz, classical etc.

9. The Real Book of Jazz Volume II

10. Polyrhythm: Triplets, Duplets, irrational rhythms

11. Mastering the Time : This is mainly for Drum, but it will help you have a better sense of how to play polyrhythm in a steady firm way, they include the video of presentation and lecture too

12. Bach Hand Writing of the six part fugue 

13. The Art of Fugue :  Explanation of what Fugue is and analyzing information
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Fugue)

14. Music worksheet for children :
Flash card, worksheet and more
 http://www.opusmusicworksheets.com/worksheets-folder/

15. Music Note Coloring Page

16. Christmas Big Note for Beginner

17. Music Note Flash Card

Sheet Music Links

Here are some Sheet Music Links:

Christmas Songs for Beginners

Church Music

Prelude and Caprices for Intermediate Piano Students

Beethoven Sheet Music

Mozart Sheet Music

Bach Sheet Music