Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Play Piano Now! Book 1: Digital Audio Download

This digital audio resource strips away the intimidation factor for adult learners by providing immediate, professional accompaniments and guidance. The method's track record with adult students combined with high-quality audio downloads means your students hear what they're aiming for from the very first lesson, building confidence faster than workbook pages alone ever could.

Immediate and encouraging. The audio tracks let you hear finished, polished versions of every piece, removing the guesswork about how something should sound. You move from silence and uncertainty to making recognizable music within the first few pages.

Adult piano students starting from the beginning, whether returning to music after years away or picking up an instrument for the first time. This is especially valuable for independent learners and for piano teachers working with adult students who need concrete audio models alongside traditional notation.

• Play the audio download first without the book to get a sense of tempo and phrasing, then follow along with the notation to connect what you hear to what you read.
• Use the recordings to check your own tempo accuracy; adult learners often benefit from the external standard that a professional recording provides.
• Practice passages in sections rather than only full run-throughs; pause the audio, repeat the same measure or phrase, then resume to build fluency without stopping mid-song during performance.

Pair this with group piano classes for adult community education programs, where the digital audio allows each student to work at their own pace at home between sessions. The recordings also work well for studio teachers who want to reduce demonstration time during lessons, giving adult learners a professional reference to study independently.

• Sight-reading basic treble and bass clef notation
• Hand position and proper technique from the start
• Understanding tempo, dynamics, and musical phrasing through audio modeling
• Confidence in matching printed music to sound
• Foundational left-hand and right-hand independence