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What is PianoPronto®?
PianoPronto® is a series of graded lesson books which spans from beginning to early advanced levels. PianoPronto® books are designed to get students playing real songs from day one! Students learn to read music immediately. The books include music from a wide array of genres including classical, jazz, folk, and pop tunes. A step-by-step approach allows the lesson books to be easily used by piano teachers or parents with some music background interested in teaching their children. The PianoPronto® series is also ideal for homeschoolers looking to incorporate music education into their curriculum.
All inclusive approach:
Each book in the PianoPronto® series includes music, explanations about musical concepts and terminology, written music theory exercises, suggestions for practice techniques, and music history lessons.
Why did I develop the PianoPronto® series?
I became frustrated with the options of piano lesson books available on the market and wanted to create a method book series that utilized interesting and motivating material. Most of the pieces in the PianoPronto® series are recognizable tunes that students are familiar with, making it easier to practice effectively and progress at a faster rate.
Where can I view the PianoPronto® books?
Descriptions of each book in the PianoPronto® series are presented below. You can view sample pages, songs, book covers, and table of contents for each book.
Where can I buy the PianoPronto® books?
Use the PayPal interface on the top right portion of this page to purchase the books. All major credit cards are accepted, in addition to payments via PayPal accounts.
Which PianoPronto® level is appropriate?
If you are transferring from another series and are confused about which book to purchase please feel free to email jennifer@pianopronto.com for assistance.
Book descriptions, table of contents, sample songs, and covers:
Prelude (Primer Level)
This book is designed for
beginners. The Prelude book starts with note reading immediately, and includes practical theory, worksheets, and writing exercises.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
- MY FIRST STEPS (Eklund)
- AU CLAIRE DE LA LUNE (Lully)
- MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (Traditional)
- MY PIANO SONG (Eklund)
- AURA LEE (Traditional)
- TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (Traditional)
- FARMER IN THE DELL (Traditional)
- JINGLE BELLS (Pierpoint)
- SWEETLY SINGS THE DONKEY (Traditional)
- ODE TO JOY (Beethoven)
- ON YOUR TOES! (Eklund)
- BROTHER JOHN (Traditional)
- WESTMINSTER CHIMES (Traditional)
- HOT CROSS BUNS (Traditional)
- RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY (Traditional)
- LARGO (Dvorak)
- MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Traditional)
- LIGHTLY ROW (Traditional)
- LONDON BRIDGE (Traditional)
- ON THE BRIDGE AT AVIGNON (Traditional)
- HUSH LITTLE BABY (Traditional)
- DOWN IN THE VALLEY (Traditional)
- ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT (Traditional)
- SKIP TO MY LOU (Traditional)
- OH, SUSANNAH (Foster)
- OLD MACDONALD (Traditional)
- MORNING THEME (Grieg)
- SNAKE DANCE (Traditional)
- KITTY WALTZ (Eklund)
- THE OLD GRAY MARE (Traditional)
- IF YOU'RE HAPPY & YOU KNOW IT (Traditional)
- MY COUNTRY TIS' OF THEE (Traditional)
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Movement 1 (Level 1)
For students who can
read in both clefs and are comfortable playing with both hands
in a five-finger "C Position." In this book there
is more work with sharps and flats, articulations, phrasing,
and position changes.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- CLEMENTINE (Traditional)
- MEXICAN HAND CLAPPING SONG (Traditional)
- LOVE SOMEBODY (Traditional)
- FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW (Traditional)
- YANKEE DOODLE (Traditional)
- WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE THEME (Rossini)
- THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND (Guthrie)
- STAR SPANGLED BANNER (Scott-Key)
- WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN (Cotton)
- LITTLE SONATINA IN C (Clementi)
- COWBOY SONG MEDLEY (Traditional)
- C MAJOR SCALE
- C SCALE STOMP (Eklund)
- CAN CAN (Offenbach)
- NON PUI ANDRAI (Mozart)
- SURPRISE SYMPHONY THEME (Haydn)
- FRÈRES JACQUES (French Traditional)
- ALOUETTE (French Traditional)
- G MAJOR SCALE
- G SCALE STOMP (Eklund)
- JINGLE BELLS (Pierpoint)
- SPRING THEME (Vivaldi)
- M & M MEDLEY (Bach)
- TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (Traditional)
- F MAJOR SCALE
- F SCALE STOMP (Eklund)
- ODE TO JOY (Beethoven)
- SIMPLE GIFTS (Traditional)
- TRUMPET VOLUNTARY (Clarke)
- THEME FROM SYMPHONY #1 (Brahms)
- FÜR ELISE (Beethoven)
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Movement 2 (Level 2)
Concentrates on increased
movement to different positions with the right hand with an
emphasis on correctly reading finger numbers. There is a continued
focus on using dynamics, articulations, and pedaling along
with an introduction to musical form, and recognizing how
pieces are put together.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Mozart)
- MEDLEY: AMAZING GRACE & KUM-BA-YAH (Newton/Traditional)
- SWEET MOLLY MALONE (Irish Traditional)
- MARCHE MILITAIRE (Schubert)
- STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (Sousa)
- FIFTH SYMPHONY THEME (Beethoven)
- COUNTRY GARDENS (English Traditional)
- LARGO (Dvorak)
- YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG (Cohen)
- SONATA THEME (Mozart)
- TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME (Tilzer)
- D MAJOR SCALE
- D SCALE STOMP (Eklund)
- SPRING THEME (Vivaldi)
- SONATINA (Eklund)
- FEELIN' BLUE (Eklund)
- HALLELUJAH CHORUS (Handel)
- WEDDING MARCH – PROCESSIONAL (Wagner)
- WEDDING MARCH – RECESSIONAL (Mendelssohn)
- MINUET IN G (Bach)
- A MINOR SCALE
- SPANISH DANCE (Eklund)
- WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (Rossini)
- WHO CAN SAIL WITHOUT WIND? (Swedish Traditional)
- RONDALLA ARAGONESA (Granados)
- WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME (Lambert)
- SPRING SONG (Mendelssohn)
- MEDLEY OF SCOTTISH AND IRISH TUNES (Traditional)
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Movement 3 (Level 3)
This book introduces
more diverse key signatures and more complex movement in both
hands out of five-finger positioning. Musical form, articulation,
dynamics, and pedaling are emphasized.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- BLUE DANUBE WALTZ (J. Strauss)
- MOZART MEDLEY (Mozart)
- BOURREE (Bach)
- LULLABY (Brahms)
- THURSDAY BLUES (Eklund)
- SAKURA (Japanese Traditional)
- SAINT ANTHONY CHORALE (Haydn)
- IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING (Grieg)
- CHOPIN MEDLEY (Chopin)
- THE ENTERTAINER (Joplin)
- MEDLEY OF VOCAL CLASSICS (Mozart/Giordani)
- SPRING THEME #3 (Vivaldi)
- LIEBESTRAUM (Liszt)
- B-FLAT MAJOR SCALE
- ITALIAN AIR (Italian Traditional)
- BLUES MEDLEY (Traditional)
- THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER (Traditional)
- HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY #2 (Liszt)
- G MINOR SCALE
- SWAN LAKE (Tchaikovsky)
- DANCE OF THE HOURS (Ponchielli)
- MEDLEY OF ITALIAN SONGS (Capua/Cottrau)
- CAPRICE (Paganini)
- SYMPHONY #40 THEME (Mozart)
- JE TE VEUX (Satie)
- FÜR ELISE (Beethoven)
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Movement 4 (Level 4)
Meant for early intermediate
students, this book hosts a wide array of pieces from all
genres and begins to introduce some original classical compositions.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- MEDLEY OF PATRIOTIC SONGS (Zimmerman/Bates)
- "HEROIC" SYMPHONY THEME (Beethoven)
- SOLACE (Joplin)
- RAGE OVER A LOST PENNY (Beethoven)
- RUSSIAN COMPOSERS MEDLEY (Borodin/Korsakov)
- FLYING SOLO (Eklund)
- MELODY IN F (Rubenstein)
- TURKISH MARCH (Beethoven)
- RAGTIME MEDLEY (Emerson/Howard/Berlin)
- SERENADE (Schubert)
- LA CUMPARSITA (Rodriguez)
- E-FLAT MAJOR SCALE
- ARIETTA (Grieg)
- ARABESQUE (Burgmuller)
- A MAJOR SCALE
- TO A WILD ROSE (MacDowell)
- SPINNING SONG (Ellmenreich)
- VERDI MEDLEY (Verdi)
- C MINOR SCALE
- THE BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL (Swedish Traditional)
- TCHAIKOVSKY MEDLEY (Tchaikovsky)
- HUNGARIAN DANCE #5 (Brahms)
- HABANERA (Bizet)
- SONATINA IN C (Beethoven)
- PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR (Grieg)
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Movement 5 (Level 5)
Intended for intermediate
students, musical form and history are the primary focus.
Students will be able to recognize different forms (i.e. ternary
vs. binary) and will learn about the different periods in
music history as well as major composers of these eras.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- VICTORY THEME (Beethoven)
- AUTUMN THEME #1 (Vivaldi)
- BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC (Steff-Howe)
- A-FLAT MAJOR SCALE
- WALTZ (Brahms)
- MEXICAN FOLK TUNE MEDLEY (Traditional)
- VIOLIN CONCERTO IN A MINOR (Vivaldi)
- RADETZKY MARCH (J. Strauss)
- PRELUDE IN C MINOR (Chopin)
- "PASTORALE" SYMPHONY THEME (Beethoven)
- F MINOR SCALE
- PAVANE (Faure)
- MAPLE LEAF RAG (Joplin)
- E MAJOR SCALE
- O MIO BABBINO CARO (Puccini)
- COME BACK TO SORRENTO (Curtis)
- SONATA IN C (Mozart)
- WAYFARING STRANGER (Traditional)
- THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Rossini)
- PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE (Ravel)
- PRELUDE #1 IN C MAJOR (Bach)
- AUTUMN THEME #3 (Vivaldi)
- IVAN SINGS (Khatchaturian)
- RUSSIAN DANCE (Tchaikovsky)
- "PATHETIQUE" SONATA THEME (Beethoven)
- SPRING THEME (Vivaldi)
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Finale (Level 6)
For late intermediate students. Contains arrangements of classical pieces and original compositions.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- KEYBOARD CONCERTO THEME (Bach)
- B MAJOR SCALE
- JOURNEY'S END (Eklund)
- SONATINA IN C (Clementi)
- TRAUMEREI (Schumann)
- CANON IN D (Pachelbel)
- WINTER CONCERTO #3 (Vivaldi)
- PIANO CONCERTO #20 (Mozart)
- PASTORALE (Burgmuller)
- SICILIENNE (Faure)
- ECOSSAISE (Beethoven)
- AVE MARIA (Schubert)
- EL CHOCLO (Villoldo)
- ARIOSO IN G (Bach)
- RONDO (Mozart)
- PRELUDE IN E MINOR (Chopin)
- BALLADE (Burgmuller)
- FAIRY TALE (Kabalevsky)
- SONATINA (Jacoby)
- D-FLAT MAJOR SCALE
- RAINDROP PRELUDE (Chopin)
- SONATINA IN C (Spindler)
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Encore (Level 7)
Intended for late intermediate to early advanced pianists, a mix of arrangements and original classical compositions are presented.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- JESU, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING (J.S. Bach)
- AVALANCHE (Heller)
- F-SHARP MAJOR SCALE
- TO SPRING (Grieg)
- TOCATTA IN D MINOR (J.S. Bach)
- C-SHARP MAJOR SCALE
- FANTASIE IMPROMPTU (Chopin)
- SONATINA IN A MINOR (Benda)
- MOONLIGHT SONATA (Beethoven)
- PRELUDE IN A MAJOR (Chopin)
- TURKISH RONDO (Mozart)
- CONSOLATION (Mendelssohn)
- SOLFEGGIETTO (C.P.E. Bach)
- CLAIR DE LUNE (Debussy)
- QUEEN OF THE NIGHT'S VENGEANCE ARIA (Mozart)
- G-FLAT MAJOR SCALE
- THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR (Debussy)
- HOMESICKNESS (Grieg)
- EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (Mozart)
- ANITRA'S DANCE (Grieg)
- C-FLAT MAJOR SCALE
- REFLECTIONS (Eklund)
- SALZBURG SYMPHONY #25 (Mozart)
- LÄNGTAN – LONGING (Eklund)
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Greatest Hits (Levels 1-4)
Designed for beginning to early intermediate level students. Fun and inspiring supplemental book which contains favorites from
the PianoPronto® lesson book series.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- YANKEE DOODLE & THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND (Traditional/Guthrie)
- TURKEY IN THE STRAW & WHOOPEE TI-YI-YO (Traditional)
- CAN CAN (Offenbach)
- STAR SPANGLED BANNER (Scott Key)
- FIFTH SYMPHONY THEME (Beethoven)
- SPRING THEME (Vivaldi)
- M & M MEDLEY (Bach)
- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Mozart)
- FEELIN’ BLUE (Eklund)
- AMAZING GRACE & KUM-BA-YAH (Newton/Traditional)
- BOURREE (Bach)
- ORIGINAL RAGS (Joplin)
- TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME (Tilzer)
- WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE THEME (Rossini)
- SONATINA (Eklund)
- THE ENTERTAINER (Joplin)
- IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING (Grieg)
- CANON (Pachelbel)
- SPANISH DANCE (Eklund)
- PINEAPPLE RAG (Joplin)
- THURSDAY BLUES (Eklund)
- ANCHORS AWEIGH & MARINE CORPS. HYMN (Zimmerman/Offenbach)
- THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING & IRISH WASHERWOMAN (Traditional)
- THE EASY WINNERS (Joplin)
- BLUES MEDLEY (Traditional)
- DANCE OF THE HOURS (Ponchielli)
- RAGE OVER A LOST PENNY (Beethoven)
- JE TE VEUX (I SEE YOU) (Satie)
- HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY #2 (Liszt)
- TURKISH MARCH (Beethoven)
- ARABESQUE (Burgmuller)
- FLYING SOLO (Eklund)
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Greatest Hits (Levels 5-7)
Designed for intermediate to early advanced level students. Fun and inspiring supplemental book which contains favorites from
the PianoPronto® lesson book series.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- MAPLE LEAF RAG (Joplin)
- SPINNING SONG (Elmenreich)
- TO A WILD ROSE (MacDowell)
- PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR (Grieg)
- WAYFARING STRANGER (Traditional)
- MEXICAN FOLK TUNE MEDLEY (Traditional)
- PAVANE (Faure)
- PRELUDE IN C MINOR (Chopin)
- JOURNEY’S END (Eklund)
- RUSSIAN DANCE (Tchaikovsky)
- PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE (Ravel)
- THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Rossini)
- RADETZKY MARCH (Strauss)
- SPRING THEME (Vivaldi)
- TRAUMEREI (Schumann)
- PIANO CONCERTO #20 (2ND MOVEMENT) (Mozart)
- CANON IN D (Pachelbel)
- EL CHOCLO (TANGO) (Villoldo)
- JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING (Bach)
- PRELUDE IN E MINOR (Chopin)
- CONSOLATION (Mendelssohn)
- EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC) (Mozart)
- RAINDROP PRELUDE (Chopin)
- TOCATTA IN D MINOR (Bach)
- CLAIR DE LUNE (Debussy)
- QUEEN OF THE NIGHT’S VENGEANCE ARIA (Mozart)
- REFLECTIONS (Eklund)
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Practice Journal (All Levels)
A practice record where teachers and/or parents can record weekly assignments and theory work. This 50-week book also provides space for students to log their practice time.
Table of Contents and Sample Pages
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- ...
- ...
- Week 49
- Week 50
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