James Bastien

Four favourite piano rags arranged by James Bastien for easy performance and entertainment. Includes an introduction to Ragtime music.

Special exercises for mastery of the mystery of foot coordination and dexterity.

Special exercises for mastery of the mystery of foot coordination and dexterity.

La MÉTHODE BASTIEN constitue une captivante étude du piano. Elle aide les jeunes pianistes à prendre un bon départ et à progresser régulièrement dès la classe d'éveil.

Bastien Piano Basics. This fascinating book provides an intriguing insight into the world of dinosaurs. Unexpected, non-traditional harmonies and full-colour illustrations. Levels 2-3.

Covers all major scales, with reinforcement exercises and pieces that utilize the scale for immediate application and polish. For early intermediate students.

Covers all minor scales, with related exercises and accompanying pieces which incorporate the scales. For intermediate students.

This thorough method gently leads the student, step-by-step, through basic keyboard fundamentals, reinforced by related artwork and activities. Multi-key reading is introduced gradually throughout the...

Each book contains parallel theory instruction, correlated unit-by-unit with the materials in the corresponding Piano Lessons book. Writing, playing, and ear-training drills isolate and reinforce conc...

An excellent beginner book that provides reading work in Middle C and C major five-finger positions. Introduces music fundamentals such as the keyboard, rhythm, and notation. The tonic chord carefully...

Theory and Technic provides parallel theory and technic instruction correlated with the Traditional Primer. Writing and playing drills reinforce musical concepts, and exercises are included to develop...

Emphasizes exercises in major and minor keys. Also works with key signatures, intervals, scales, augmented and diminishes triads, triads of major and minor scales, dominant seventh chords, and cadence...

Provides a nice balance between studying musical forms and continuing work in scales and triads. Also presents figured bass, modulation (secondary dominant), musical textures, and music terms.

Provides expanded work with intervals, scales, triads, musical forms, figured bass, modulation, and musical textures. Also includes a comprehensive presentation of ornamentation.

Contains exercises and etudes for improving facility in phrasing, scales, broken chords, rotation, hand position shifts, double notes, and chromatic scales. Represents works of composers such as Czern...

New presentations include arpeggios, turn studies, and double third studies. In addition to original etudes and exercises, there are works by Burgmuller, Czerny, Heller, and Kohler.

Piano is the main lesson book in the Bastien Piano Basics course. The carefully graded, logical learning sequence assures steady, continual progress. Original music by the Bastiens includes a stimulat...

Theory is the theory workbook portion of the Bastien Piano Basics course. Each book contains written work and some short pieces to reinforce the concepts presented in Piano. Games, puzzles, and colorf...