Poco Piano For Young Children Book 4 (Second 2nd Edition) By Ying Ying Ng

With its highly attractive, full-colour, age-appropriate layout, Poco Piano encourages young children to take the

first steps on a difficult, but thoroughly rewarding journey. Together with the Music Theory for Young Children

books, the Poco Piano series leads the child from the very beginning to Grade 1 level.

Interesting and easy to read, Poco Piano has an attractive format of double-page spreads, imaginatively and humorously illustrated according to the themes of the tunes. The material is presented in a concise form that makes it easy to understand and remember. Music reading is emphasised and facilitated by the use of big coloured staves and notation. Each lesson begins with preparation activities on technique, rhythm and reading (on the left of the first double-page spread), followed by tunes for practice. On the preparation pages, new concepts are broken down into their component parts and shown progressively. Playing techniques and rhythmic skills are acquired through finger and clapping exercises, and reading and writing skills through hands-on activities and games. The practice pages include timeless nursery rhymes, folksongs and tunes, with imaginative titles chosen to retain the interest of the child. Many tunes have appealing lyrics to encourage ensemble participation, thereby making the series very suitable for the group teaching as well as for individual instruction. Poco Piano uses several conventions designed to make it easy to follow.