Good piano lesson books?

What do you study when you finish Alfred's Basic Piano Lesson Book 6?

  • So I was wondering what do kids usually study after they finish all of the Alfred piano course levels (lesson & theory books). If you guys would be kind enough to give me the name of a specific book or series of books it would be greatly appreciated......this request is for someone who wants to continue piano & be able to play all sorts of classical music.

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    The Alfred Publishing Company has two books, "Favorite Classics 1" and "Favorite Classics 2", that have a variety of very standard Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century Pieces. Level 1 is about the same level as Alfred 4, 5 and 6--in fact, it has some of the same pieces in it (Musette, Solfeggio,) but if you want a good book of standard repertoire with pieces that were not covered (such as Ellmenreich's Spinning Song, Bach's Menuet in G, Kabalevsky's Clowns, etc.) this would be a good place to start. Level 2 is more difficult, but still has standard pieces from the 4 time periods. Or you could go with Alfred's "Standard Classics" which has pieces such as Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, several Bach Inventions, etc.

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I never finished my first Alfred book actually lol. My friends started playing Chopin Mazurkas while I focused on music theory. The very very advanced kind of music theory that makes you want to kill everybody because its so complicated. I couldnt afford anymore lessons, so i never moved through the levels de Alfred. I focused on the music that I had a personal interest in. which was mostly jazz and soundtracks. You should try your hand at sight-singing because it will make you a musical genius lol. and also dictation. Dictation is what amazing musicians do lol. just explore other instruments and genres. you'll learn that everything sort of links back to a piano

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