The first volume of one of the most systematic and successful piano methods ever compiled. Volume 1 covers the elementary stages of study, including singing and picking out melodies, familiarisation with the keyboard and reading printed music. Singing by ear; the keyboard and the names of notes, picking out on the piano melodies already learnt; Notes, their different durations and positions on the stave Melodic examples to be played with different fingers (non-legato detached) Marks for changing the pitch of the note (Accidentals) The smooth playing of Melodie (legato) Quavers (Eighth notes) Bass Clef More difficult rhythmic patterns Anacrusis (Incomplete bar) Semiquavers (Sixteenth notes) Appendix