DiLeo Music - Foresthill, CA

As a piano teacher, and classroom music teacher I have always felt that exposure and experience is a key factor in learning. Very little is available for piano students to play from that forces them to play in the ''harder'' keys. I learned this skill from my piano teacher, who gave me just tons of sight-reading material to play weekly. She would find any and every book that had easy music to play, written in all the ''odd '' keys.

So when I saw your endeavor to make a piano book that had nice pieces to play, and in all the keys, I WAS VERY PLEASED. I enjoyed playing them myself. They are creative and have good skills to develop built into them. Any piano teacher will see their advantage immediately upon reading through this book.

I don't know if PIANO TEACHERS will grasp this valuable concept, but the students will need to be versed in all the keys, to be a competent player. I know that when I transpose while I play, or come across sight-reading challenges, I draw on my abiltity to be versed in the key that I am playing in. I would recommend that every student have this book of music in their library for present and FUTURE playing pleasure for keeping skills alive.