The Piano Path

Instructor guides

Teach the Piano Path at any piano, with or without a screen. Every unit has a teaching script for each lesson, lead sheets, warm-ups, things to do away from the keys, the unit check as a tick-box rubric with a practice log, and a certificate to print.

The guides come with the Lessons plan, and with Standard and Unlimited. See the plans

Foundations

Four units every child starts with · 4 units

Find your wayFoundations, unit 1 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Five fingersFoundations, unit 2 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
First songsFoundations, unit 3 · 3 lessons and the check🔒
Reading notesFoundations, unit 4 · 3 lessons and the check🔒

Songbook

Whole songs from the library, played along with the band. · 5 units

New places to playSongbook, unit 1 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Songs from the librarySongbook, unit 2 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
On stage with the bandSongbook, unit 3 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
New keys, new songsSongbook, unit 4 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Whole songsSongbook, unit 5 · 4 lessons and the check🔒

Two Hands & Chords

Left hand, chords, and both hands together. · 5 units

Two handsTwo Hands & Chords, unit 1 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Moving handsTwo Hands & Chords, unit 2 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
ChordsTwo Hands & Chords, unit 3 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Left-hand helpersTwo Hands & Chords, unit 4 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Hands togetherTwo Hands & Chords, unit 5 · 4 lessons and the check🔒

Read & Rhythm

Reading music, counting, and the bass clef. · 5 units

Steady beatRead & Rhythm, unit 1 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Reading onRead & Rhythm, unit 2 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
CountingRead & Rhythm, unit 3 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Low notes: the bass clefRead & Rhythm, unit 4 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Read a new songRead & Rhythm, unit 5 · 4 lessons and the check🔒

Ears & Make-up

Playing by ear, jamming, and making up your own tunes. · 5 units

Ears and memoryEars & Make-up, unit 1 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Up, down, sameEars & Make-up, unit 2 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Black-key jamEars & Make-up, unit 3 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Make up a tuneEars & Make-up, unit 4 · 4 lessons and the check🔒
Play by earEars & Make-up, unit 5 · 4 lessons and the check🔒

The Recital

The capstone: pieces, rehearsal and the show · 1 unit

The RecitalThe Recital · 6 lessons and the check🔒