Could anyone suggest a good grade 1 book to get, I'm fourteen and I am open to any suggestions.

Thanks, Hulk.

I've got the grade two version of 'Making the grade' and there's a grade 1 book...let me just find you a link...

It's not really a tutor book, but it gives you some well known songs to mooch around with..

Here y'are: Making the Grade

or do you want the actual grade 1 pieces?

http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/058806/details.html

If you are about grade one level ....

Music through Time book one
Finger Jogging Boogie
Start Piano Jazz (Mike Cornick)
Piano Time going places
Classics to Moderns and More Classics to Moderns (books 1)

might be something there to interest you !

Maggie

Thanks, I've ordered the selected exam pieces book, but I think I'll get one or two of the books from maggiemay's list. Thanks for your contributions.

P.S This was my 100th post, yay!

Maggie's list is excellent. To it I would add:

Several of the publications from Pauline Hall's series for OUP
Easy Jazzin' about and Really Easy Jazzin' about (Pamela Wedgwood)
The "Upgrade" series of books

The latter of these are all pretty jazz-contemporary music orientated but in the Oxford series there are books containing more classical melodies.

I have a variety of pupils on a variety of these publications and the ones Maggie mentions.

What works for one doesn't for another - so it's personal taste and what you and your teacher think would be helpful.

I would agree with everyone else and I have been using the what can I play series of books.

Thanks for all your suggestions, one more question (I'm a pain, I know), can anyone suggest good tutoring books?

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one more question (I'm a pain, I know),

not at all .......

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can anyone suggest good tutoring books?

Maybe Oxford Piano Time book 2

M

Hey, I might get the Selected Exam Pieces one too...I've gotta start somewhere

for pieces try "A Keyboard Anthology Book I Grades 1-2 " all 3 volumes published by ABRSM