Piano Adventures: Lesson Book

Piano Adventures Lesson Book – Level 1 continues the journey for students progressing beyond the Primer Level. Designed for beginners ready to explore full-range reading, chords, and expressive dynamics, it’s ideal for children, teens, or adult learners building confidence at the piano. Used by teachers worldwide, this book provides a seamless transition from foundational skills to more advanced techniques.

What’s included: The Level 1 Lesson Book introduces all notes of the grand staff, legato and staccato touches, tonic and dominant chords, and interval recognition through the 5th. Students develop independence in both hands, strengthen reading skills, and explore new hand positions. Structured units guide learners step by step, with review sections that reinforce earlier concepts while adding rhythmic and harmonic variety for creative growth.

Why it’s valuable for learning. Each lesson combines reading, rhythm, and technique to help students build coordination and musical awareness. Short, appealing pieces teach expression and phrasing while encouraging proper finger placement and steady rhythm. It helps build confidence and technique, improves sight-reading and performance skills, and motivates consistent practice through engaging songs and well-paced progression. Teachers appreciate its balance of structure and flexibility, while students love its creative, musical approach.

Full Song List
Alarm Clock * Boogie on Broadway * Dinosaur Stomp * Firefly * Jazzy Joe * Li’l Liza Jane * Merlin the Wizard * Paper Airplane * Rain Forest * Row Row Row Your Boat * The Haunted Mouse * When the Saints Go Marching In

Trusted by teachers, loved by students. A perfect resource for lessons, practice, or home study — this book inspires pianists to play with joy and confidence from the very first page.

The husband and wife team Nancy and Randall Faber are internationally known as authors of the Piano Adventures teaching method and over two hundred publications for the piano. They recently founded the Faber Piano Institute in Ann Arbor, MI, where they live with their daughter Vivian. Nancy Faber, who was named "Distinguished Composer of the Year" by the Music Teachers National Association, enjoys a busy schedule of commissions for the concert stage in addition to her educational composing. Recent commissions include "The Snow Queen" for narrator and orchestra, "The Picture My Imagination Has Painted" for Flute Quartet and Piano, and "Trio for Flute, Saxophone and Piano". Her pieces have been heard on U.S. public radio and network television. She studied composition with Joan Tower, William Albright, and British composer Nicholas Maw; piano studies were at the Eastman School and Michigan State University. Randall Faber has toured Korea, Taiwan, Canada and the United Kingdom. He was master teacher for both the World Conference on Piano Pedagogy and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. He gave recitals in St. Louis, Ann Arbor, as Convention Artist for the North Dakota Music Teachers, and performed as Visiting Artist at the University of Michigan, University of Southern Mississippi, Saginaw State University, and numerous universities throughout South Korea. He was featured clinician for the Nebraska Music Teachers, the Florida Music Teachers and the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Convention, and recently presented his research at the 9th International Conference on Motivation in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Faber holds three degrees from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. The Fabers advocate piano study not only for personal expression and performance success, but also as a vehicle for the student's creative and cognitive development.