FIRST REPERTOIRE FOR LITTLE PIANISTS
Books 1 & 2 Melanie Spanswick The Willis Music Company
As their titles indicate, these are repertoire books (not method books) aimed at pre-Grade 1 beginners, starting with pieces in five-finger position centred around middle C. The pacing is nice and gentle, so that quavers only appear in Book 2, and are joined by dotted crotchets in the final pages. Teacher accompaniments help to flesh out musical interest, and the author notates the rhythm of most pieces for the student to tap in a ‘Rhythm
