Karen Harrington

This book builds upon the playful approach to reading music that was first presented in Notespeller Book 1 . Students join Spike and Party Cat on an adventure to an amusement park, Piano Park . The storybook format incorporates assignments that help students use the msuic alphabet to read and write notes on the staff, identify intervals, and write sharps and flats. This highly imaginative book is sure to appeal to students and teachers alike. Corresponds...

"Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school, take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital, and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--

"Twelve-year-old Wayne Kovok loses his uncle to war and his voice to a plane crash in the same year and must learn to speak up as he navigates relationships with his father, grandfather, and new friend, Denny Rosenblatt." --

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library mascots Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun, creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves. This book correlates directly to Piano Lessons Book 2.