A comprehensive approach to teaching piano written by a team of respected educational piano music experts: Dennis Alexander, Gayle Kowalchyk, E.L. Lancaster, Victoria McArthur and Martha Mier. The lesson books feature note reading, rhythm reading, sight-reading and technical workouts. The method is a non-position reading approach based on patterns and landmarks with careful attention paid to hands together playing skills. Each piece on the CD is recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.