Our worst kept secret is out of the bag 😉
Trevor and I are excited to announce that WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B is ready for your piano students.
As many of you discovered, WunderKeys 2B popped up early on Amazon. Thanks to our Superfans, hundreds of books are already in studios, and the book is an Amazon Number 1 New Release… before its official release!
Here in today’s post, we dig deep into WunderKeys 2B and share some fabulous “look inside” previews.
Introducing WunderKeys 2B
If you have never used a WunderKeys Method Book, they can best be summed up as beautiful learning experiences.
And WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B is no different.
Any method book can teach a child to play the piano. But learning to play the piano and loving to play the piano are two very different things.
WunderKeys students love to play the piano!
They love to play the piano because their music is a perfect classical-pop blend that motivates students while staying true to pedagogical principles.
They love to play the piano because their method books are so much more than the piano pieces. Where most lesson books are a collection of pieces without any prior practice or exercises, WunderKeys 2B includes a unique blend of technical exercises, rhythm duets, improv, and sight reading that truly prepare students to make music.
And finally, they love to play the piano because their method books are friendly and organized. In WunderKeys 2B (and all of our method books) we’ve removed the clutter and poor design seen in most method books, and created a student-friendly appearance with a beautiful layout and a structure that just makes sense!
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Let’s Look Inside WunderKeys 2B
In WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B, students break free from 5-finger positions and explore the magic of one-octave scales.
With access to new notes, new intervals, and new chords, Lesson Book 2B feels like it is light years away from “little kid” music. Anyone listening to a student perform from this resource will be listening to a bonafide piano player.
Jam-packed with pop-infused piano studies, technical exercises, left-hand patterns, improvisation, sight reading, chord exploration, rhythm work, and classical-inspired pop repertoire, this book provides level 2 students with exactly what they want and need: super cool, peer-approved music that is developmentally appropriate and perfectly paced.
1. Introductory Pages
Each unit in WunderKeys 2B begins with a two-page introductory experience that explores scale maps, theory, and fingering patterns. These pages help prepare a student to learn.
2. Technical Exercises
Our technical exercises accomplish three important goals: 1. They reinforce note reading in the scale, 2. They reinforce scale fingering, 3. They introduce important elements of the piano pieces to come.
3. Scale Study Piano Solos
Practicing scales used to be tedious and boring, but not now! Our Stale Study Piano Solos incorporate scales into pop piano solos that your students will beg to play over and over and over.
4. Left-Hand Patterns And Improv
Unique to WunderKeys, we’ve created an improv experience that allows students to focus on left-hand patterns. Playing the piano is an exercise in coordination, but very few method books provide opportunities to work on coordination. In WunderKeys, we believe teaching students the required coordination skills to play left-hand patterns is essential to future success. With improv exercises and improv piano solos, a student can focus on left-hand patterns while the right hand creates beautiful music.
5. Lap Tap Clap Rhythm Duets
We believe that reinforcing rhythm can be so much more exciting than clapbacks. With our Lap Tap Clap body percussion Rhythm Duets, students can work on rhythmic understanding while rocking out to some cool music.
6. Scaling Up With 6ths
Our books are full of innovative pedagogical tools rarely found in other method books, and playing with 6ths is one of them. Of course, we didn’t invent the 6th, but we have made it an important element in WunderKeys 2B. Integrating 6ths into early teen repertoire is a strategy for moving around within the one-octave scale without having that “typical” scale sound.
7. Playing With Pop Chords
Classical music is an acquired taste. As teachers, we can’t expect students who grow up with pop music to fall instantly in love with Mozart and Beethoven. With WunderKeys 2B, we use pop chords to provide the classical-pop blend that continues kids on a journey to loving all styles of music… including classical.
8. Classical-Pop Piano Repertoire
Classical-pop music is our jam. WunderKeys is one of the first piano programs to blend recognizable classical tunes with modern pop sounds. Our classical-pop piano repertoire is a smash hit with students… and their teachers!
Buy WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B
If you have a piano student who has finished WunderKeys 2A or if you have a student who is struggling and bored in a different level 2 method book, you will definitely want to hop on over to Amazon right now and pick up WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B.
