Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at the piano; Correct hand position; High and low; Loud and soft (forte and piano); Keyboard topography; Bar line and measure, Quarter, half, whole notes and rests; and Repeat signs. The first pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book, C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are taught with letter notes (the name of the note is written inside the note head). Characters introduced: Mozart Mouse, Beethoven Bear, and Elgar E. Elephant. TITLES: Beethoven Bear and Mozart Mouse and the Musical Argument How to Sit at the Piano and Curve Your Fingers! Low Sounds High Sounds Moving Up the Keyboard Moving Down the Keyboard Loud Sounds Soft Sounds Left Hand Finger Numbers Right Hand Finger Numbers 2 Black Keys Quarter Note Bar Lines Left Hand Walking Right Hand Marching 3 Black Keys Quarter Rest A Bear's Song A Mouse's Melody E - I - E - I - O! On MacDonald's Farm Rockin' Pony Ride Down We Go Finding D on the Keyboard The D Song Finding C on the Keyboard The C Song Mozart Mouse's First Minuet Half Note Nap Time Finding E on the Keyboard The E Song Music Friend Waltz Half Rest A Three-Note Symphony Lost Teddy Bear The C Song, Again! Finding B on the Keyboard The B Song The Elephant Song Whole Note Bright Stars Finding A on the Keyboard The A Song Rainy Day Whole Rest Little Dance Off to Bed Concert Day Invitation