FingerTips With a Touch of Theory, Book 2: Piano Technique Book

Working through this book feels methodical and grounded. Each lesson builds logically from the last, with warm-ups preparing your hands and technique exercises supporting the theory you're learning. The inclusion of terms, definitions, and review pages creates a sense of progress and mastery rather than drifting through unconnected exercises.

This book serves elementary and late elementary pianists in both class and private settings who benefit from structure and clear connections between what they play and what they understand. Students learning major scales, basic chord theory, and foundational technique will find the integration of technical exercises with theoretical concepts reinforces both simultaneously.

• Work through the warm-ups before each lesson to establish consistent hand position and finger independence before tackling new technical material.
• Use the review pages strategically to reinforce scales and cadences learned in previous lessons rather than rushing through new content.
• Assign the staff paper for students to notate scales or chord progressions they've studied, which deepens their understanding of what they're playing.
• Follow the practice plan as written to establish routines; consistency builds technique far more effectively than sporadic, longer sessions.

Use Book 2 as the core technical and theoretical foundation for late elementary private students or class piano curricula. The flexible pacing allows you to coordinate the 10 lessons with recital preparation, school year rhythms, or other performance commitments without losing momentum.

• Playing white key major scales and selected minor scales with proper hand position and finger technique
• Building and identifying triads on the staff and at the keyboard
• Recognizing and playing authentic cadences in various keys
• Reading and writing scales and chord progressions on staff paper
• Developing consistent warm-up habits and independent practice routines