Piano Methods

From Bastien and Beyer to Czerny and Burgmüller: the piano methods used in conservatories, sorted by level, with PDFs and interactive sheet music.

12 methods · 2 piecesFree PDF13 interactive
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Piano Methods
Methods

Methods and piano works in Clave de Mi

There are 12 piano methods and 1 piece here, almost all of them integrated into MIDI & MusicXML Player.

Ranking by difficulty

Due to the large number of existing methods for this instrument, it is often difficult to find a method that suits your level, especially when you are just starting out.

For this reason, all the methods on this page are classified according to the difficulty of their exercises.

If you want to know how this criterion is established, you can see it here.

What each level means →
Bastien: Piano for the Young BeginnerElementary A and B2 books · 99 piecesLevel 0InteractiveBeyer Op. 101Elementary Method106 exercisesLevel 0 – 1InteractivePDFCzerny Op. 823The Little Pianist73 exercisesLevel 0 – 1InteractivePDFThompson’s Modern Course2 books · 50 songsLevel 0 – 1InteractiveBastien Basic Piano4 levels · 108 interactive piecesLevel 0 – 2InteractiveCzerny Op. 599Practical Method for Beginners on the Pianoforte100 exercisesLevel 0 – 2InteractivePDFBurgmüller Op. 10025 Easy and Progressive Studies for the Piano25 studiesLevel 1InteractivePDFCzerny Op. 139100 Progressive Studies100 exercisesLevel 1InteractivePDFBurgmüller Op. 10918 Characteristic Studies18 studiesLevel 1 – 2InteractivePDFCzerny Op. 84930 New Studies in Technics30 studiesLevel 1 – 2InteractivePDFCzerny Op. 299School of Velocity40 studiesLevel 2 – 3PDFSuzuki Piano School7 volumesInteractive

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Pieces

Piano pieces

Clementi Op. 366 Piano Sonatinas6 sonatinasLevel 1InteractivePDFFür Elise by BeethovenPiano Sheet Music PDF and Online AudioSolo piano · A minorLevel 2InteractivePDF
Summary table

Below is a summary table with all the piano methods: their level, whether there is a PDF and whether they are in MIDI & MusicXML Player.

MethodLevelPDFInteractive
Bastien: Piano for the Young BeginnerLevel 0—Yes
Beyer Op. 101Level 0 – 1YesYes
Czerny Op. 823Level 0 – 1YesYes
Thompson’s Modern CourseLevel 0 – 1—Yes
Bastien Basic PianoLevel 0 – 2—Yes
Czerny Op. 599Level 0 – 2YesYes
Burgmüller Op. 100Level 1YesYes
Czerny Op. 139Level 1YesYes
Burgmüller Op. 109Level 1 – 2YesYes
Czerny Op. 849Level 1 – 2YesYes
Czerny Op. 299Level 2 – 3Yes—
Suzuki Piano School——Yes
Clementi Op. 36Level 1YesYes
Für Elise by BeethovenLevel 2YesYes
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About the piano

The piano is a percussive string instrument whose sound is produced when the pianist presses one of the keys and it hits one of the strings that it has internally.

Learn piano

If you want to learn to play the piano, these are some of the facets to work on:

  • Adopt a relaxed position when playing that favors the action of the whole arm-forearm-hand on the keyboard.
  • Control coordination between hands.
  • Increase speed and endurance when playing.
  • Learn the different movements that arms and hands can execute: circular, lateral, rotational movements, drops, etc.
  • Learn the different types of attack, dynamics and phrasing to be able to musically transmit what the work requires at each moment.
  • Learn the fingering of the piano.
  • Master the use of the pedals.
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