John Schaum
What beginner piano method did you use?
Just curious – I did John Thompson’s for several years and wound up a bit dependent on the number notation, and dabbled in John Schaum, Bastien Adult Beginner, and (inexplicably) some Suzuki. Needless to say, I’m not very good…
at my beginning, age six and seven -
Bartok: Microkosmos
Beginner’s Bach, a Schirmer edition collection of mainly things from J.S’s Anna Magdalena Notebook, a few by C.P.E.
Schumann: Album fur die Jugend.
Octavio Pinto: Scenas Infantis
The first few months were also accompanied with a note-spelling exercise book.
I never worked from a John Thompson book, other collections or ‘methods.’
Fact is, almost all methods suck unless they are heavily supplemented with thoughtfully selected independent outside material. I’ve run across a number of people who were trained in one of the methods you listed: the poor things could play well enough,some at a decent intermediate level; they had a well-developed ear and musical memory – BUT – they Could Not Sight Read the simplest of piano pieces to save their lives! Victims, I say!
No matter how good a method is, it seems they all miss at least a huge chunk of one or more important musical or technical aspects. They are easy to teach from without too much of the aforementioned extra thought needed to choose supplemental material, and they can make for a nice supplemental income for the teacher or chopshop schools who require them of their students.
Best regards.
John W Schaum Piano Course – The Waltz King – Johann Strauss Jr
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