Joining the Dots Piano 8

Key Features – help the student familiarise themselves with the keys at each
grade

Workouts – warm up and technical exercises help establish basic hand shapes
and finger patterns within each key

Transpose – encourage a confident sense of key and develop skills in reading
by shape

Make Music – build confidence in creative and imaginative work, and develop
musical ideas and aural skills through simple improvisation exercises

Read and Play – work through examples and practice how to approach sight-
reading in the exam: read the title, work out the rhythm, find the notes and
play the music!