Andrea DowWunderKeys Rock Repertoire For Teen Beginners: Piano Pieces In The C 5-Finger Scale | With Teacher Duets

As a piano teacher, it can be difficult to find "fun" beginning repertoire for older beginners. This is such a great resource for me as an ace up my sleeve - the duets are just challenging enough to hold their interest but not too hard for them to actually play. They feel accomplished, and the songs sound amazing! I also use it as a fun sight-reading resource with my more advanced students, and they often ask to play one at the end of lessons. I highly recommend!!

Love the Rock Repertoire books! Especially for my pre-teen students right now, who want more "grown-up" sounding music but aren't quite ready to tackle that level yet. These books allow me to teach important concepts, but what I love most is that the music keeps their attention and is easily mastered, so they come to lessons excited and motivated. I use these to supplement their method books, to bridge gaps in between levels if they need more repetition with certain concepts, and, now in this time of remote learning, as confidence building pieces they can complete without me sitting right next to them. These books are a go-to for me now. Every single piece in them is valuable. Every. Single. Piece.

I have been using this series, Books 1 and 2, with both late elementary and high school students for sight reading and home practice, and I am amazed at how much my students’ note reading and rhythm abilities have improved. The pieces are carefully sequenced with step by step progression of rhythm values and pitch changes so that student are barely aware of the pieces becoming gradually more difficult. Further, as many others have attested, they are very modern/pop sounding, so students (and teachers) love to play them. There is also much room for players to add their own musical expression. You cannot go wrong with these books for so many different aspects of piano teaching....note reading, sight reading, steady rhythm, duet playing, musical expression... worth every penny.

I am new to WunderKeys curriculum and was so eager to introduce this book to one of my teen-beginners. We had a lesson last night and I introduced this book at the end of our lesson. She and I played through the first page of the teacher/student duet and she was ecstatic! We went through her part twice before including the teacher portion. She was so excited to have a new book with "super fun music," she said. She has a parent who also plays, which will make practicing at home even more fun as they'll be able to do the duets at home too! I'm really looking forward to getting into the rest of the books and introducing them to my kiddos!

This book is a fabulous resource for students who need extra practice and some spice added to their routine. The melodies are beautiful. It's especially great to help students with counting and keeping a steady beat, since they play along with the accompaniment track or do it as a duet.

This is such an awesome book especially for my pre-teen piano students! The pieces are super catchy. The backing track is also great especially for home practise. The format of the book is genius- Section 1 includes teacher duets, while section two has only the student part so no page turns for them. I highly recommend this for piano teachers and students.

I have been teaching piano for about 25 years and I am loving this book! Beginning students of all ages can enjoy playing these pieces. My older beginners like it because it doesn't sound "little-kiddish" and my young beginners (I have used it with students as young as 6 years old) enjoy it for the same reason...the songs them feel more "grown-up!" The teacher duets are fun and unique to play as well. You won't regret buying and using this book!

Love, love, love this book! I can't say enough good things about it. It is amazing for beginning teens, almost teens, and even adults! The pieces are in the C 5 finger scale, and sound impressive, especially when you add the duet part. I've also used this book for sight reading with my level 2 and above students. What a difference it has made in their sight reading fluency!

This book (and book 2) has given myself, my own children AND my piano students of all ages, hours of pleasure. Both major and minor tunes are lovely and so memorable that my students ask for their favourites by name according to their own mood. When I exclaim 'ah yes, I love that one too' we go on to have a fantastic duet moment that leaves them feeling musically inspired and "capable". And that is the beauty of this book, it's empowering! It's the only book I NEVER lend out. I am a huge fan of Andrea Dow's music for teens, her books and teen solos are, in a word, gorgeous.

Brilliant duet book for kids of all ages not just teens. The music sounds advanced when all put together and I genuinely enjoyed the lesson better. A lot of the pieces sound similar however and the students part can sound a bit boring at home on their own. Its great though for beginners who want to play pop music but havnt reached that level yet

I'm a fan of everything Wunderkeys and this Rock Repertoire is a must to have in your music collection as a Piano Teacher.I tried it with a student today and she totally loved it and can't wait to play more songs from the book.

Fab. Using with a returner teenage student who is too young for adult piano books and too old for younger books. So far she and i both love the book - ensemble and nice music defintiely are winners! Thanks Andrea and Trevor Dow! They have a fab website too - teachpiano today which is also fab!

Great book