Journey Through the Classics - Hal Leonard Complete Piano Repertoire | 98 Progressive Pieces for Beginner to Intermediate Pianists | Piano Songbook with Online Audio for Lessons Practice and Recital

PIANO TEACHER RECOMMENDED: Fantastic collection of original classical works for beginner to intermediate piano! I am a piano teacher and have recommended this for many students.DIFFICULTY/PACING: For beginner 2-hand (about year 1-2 depending on age/individual) through intermediate level. It’s organized in order of difficulty, making it easy to go through page by page. The difficulty pacing is good.FORMATTING: Nice clear formatting, easy to read, large size music for beginners, good note/staff spacing (unlike many other classical collections which are messy and difficult to read).ALL ORIGINALS, NO ARRANGEMENTS: These are all original classical works! I have no problem with arrangements (as long as they’re good), but of course there’s incredible value in learning original works. No one has to feel like they’re learning the “simple version” here — they’re learning the real thing.PIECES INCLUDED: It’s a nice combination of well-known standards and more obscure pieces. You can find a full Table of Contents on the product listing. The final piece is Fur Elise, which is a great motivator especially since many students never reach that level! Several of my current students are really excited to be able to play that when they finish this book.I highly recommend this collection for earlier level pianists who want to learn original classical works and prepare for more challenging pieces.

I really, really, really love this book.I work at a music store so I have the opportunity to peruse all of the popular method and song books and there are a few other books where the songs are rated in difficulty but, surprisingly, no other book actually puts the songs in a logical, gradual, easy-to-more-difficult order. For me, this book is a dream because I have a lot of knowledge of music theory from being around music so long and playing other instruments but my actual playing and reading piano music is weak and un-exercised.When I find the time, I do a song or two in the book, in order, and each song has been enough of a challenge to make it interesting but conquered quickly enough to keep me motivated. Because there are so many songs (though most of them are rather short) it really feels like no song is much harder than the last. If I don't take a long break between learning two songs, the next song comes very quickly. If I wait, it's a little harder but not impossible. It really keeps your music muscles working without fatiguing.I can't recommend this book enough. I've decided to order some copies of the complete version for my store since we only have volume 3 and 4.

I am teaching myself piano but have a classical background (violin) so I have a good foundation in music. This book was perfect for me because it gives me the opportunity to play “real” music even though I’m a beginner, and doesn’t hold my hand too much. And the music in it is just good music for the most part.My ooooonly gripe is that I wish the book was spiral bound so it would stay open more easily while you’re playing. I have to use clothespins to hold the book open, no matter how much I tried to “break in” the spine :/ I can forgive that for my new favorite piano book though :)

Had 4 sections for piano students’ level. Rather pricey. Does NOT include Advanced level

This book starts with relatively simple songs, and progresses in difficulty through the book. I'm still on the first few, but the book is well-bound and easy to read.

This compilation is well laid out - the notes aren't scrunched together like many of the other classical editions that I've come across. Many of the most popular classics are in here (such as Fur Elise), with a range of levels. I bought this specifically because a number of these songs were on the piano list for my state's music adjudication festival, but we have enjoyed many of the other pieces as well.

Nice anthology. Great for introducing classical music to my intermediate piano students.

Perfect compositions for intermediate players

A lot to enjoy.

The music selections are very nice but it won’t stay open on the music rack! It would be better to order the books separately if if it costs more! I had to return my copy because the delivery person stuffed the book into my mailbox with force and damaged the book cover!

I'm an adult returning to piano after, what feels like about a hundred years, and I wanted a book of progressive music to work through. I've spend (translate that into wasted) far too much money on easy to play music books only to be disappointed at the lack of depth in the arrangements. My piano teacher and I are working through this book together (as well as learning other stuff) and although some of pieces in the first couple of books are quite easy, there are still techniques to be learned and developed. In fact, my teacher is also recommending this book to some of his other students so that probably speaks for itself.

Journey Through The Classics Completeist eine 4 Notenheften Sammlung die in einem hervorragende Buch mit Klassischen Klavier Repertoire zusammen ergänzt sind, welches Schüler nahtlos von leichten Stücken der Klassik hin zu Werke des mittleres Niveau führt.Die 98 abgestuften Stücke sind in fortschreitender Reihenfolge angeordnet und verfügen über eine Vielzahl von traditionellen Volksliedern und klassischen Favoriten, die eine wichtige Grundlage für jeden Klavierschüler, Widereinsteiger oder erwachsene Anfänger bildet.Die Stücke wurden geschrieben mit Fingersätzen der rechten und linken Hand. Die authentische Kompilation ist eine perfekte Ergänzung zu jeder Pianoforte-Methode.

Ein sehr schönes Notenbuch für Anfänger bis Fortgeschrittene. Die Stücke sind nach Schwierigkeitsgrad aufsteigend sortiert (zumindest sind es die vier Einzelbücher), zu Beginn jeden Buches gibt es eine Übersichtsseite mit Angabe der Tonleiter des Stücke und einer kurzen Angabe, was neu bzw. der Haupt-Lerneffekt jedes Stückes ist.