offers unusual flexibility in coverage which allows for either systematic presentation from simple to complex or along parallel grades of difficulty.
includes numerous pieces arranged for two or more voices; exercises for keyboard harmony; studies in muscular and manipulative competence; and simple pieces suitable for use with kindergarten and elementary school rhythm activities.
considers sight-reading skills from the musical score and introduces scale and chord work early.
interweaves historical and theoretical instructional explanations with enjoyable pieces of real music that include dignified first studies, standard piano pieces, authentic excerpts from larger piano works chosen from different historical periods, selections of historical and folk music, and appropriate standard technical studies.