Primer: PreTime Disney Piano Adventures Review

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Once my young piano students have progressed into learning notes on the staff in their method books, it is always fun to introduce piano books that contain pieces with which they may be more familiar. The “PreTime Piano Disney” book by Nancy and Randall Faber can be a great choice.

Recognizable Pieces

Young pianists love to play pieces they can quickly recognize and many of the pieces in the “PreTime Piano Disney” book are favorite tunes from beloved Disney movies.  Pieces such at “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (from the Lion King),” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (from Mary Poppins),”  “I See the Light (from Tangled),” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (from Frozen)” just to name a few, a sure to excite young learners to practice their piano pieces.  Practicing and learning pieces that piano students are already familiar with and that their friends and family easily recognize is a way to quickly learn the joy of sharing and performing music for others.  

Fun Duets with Teacher or Intermediate Students

Included with each piece in this book  is a fun teacher duet.  Once piano students have mastered the piece as a solo, trying the duet is usually a good time.  The duets included with these pieces can also be easily assigned to an intermediate piano student in the studio, which can also make for a fun time.  If your piano recital has a pops nature, these pieces may work to pair an older and younger student together.

First Piece to Try

The first piano piece I usually have students try is actually the last piece in the book!  Because the thumbs share middle C as they do in the first pieces in most method books, we generally start with “Step in Time from Mary Poppins”  as our first Disney piece.  “PreTime Piano Disney” is a nice assortment of pieces in varying degrees of difficulty for the primer level student.  Some pieces may be geared more toward a student about to graduate from the primer books, while others can be a rewarding and fun challenge.  “Step in Time from Mary Poppins” is a nice transition from our regular piano primer books into this new piano book.

While not a required book of repertoire in my studio, “PreTime Piano Disney” can be a valuable tool for students looking to branch out of the repertoire in their regular primer method books.  Usually reasonably priced, it is a fun addition to the library of young, first year pianists.