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Alfred's Basic Piano Library

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Alfred's Basic Piano Library

Technic 1A

15315 Culver Dr. #150 | H4

Pickup available, usually ready in 2 hours

15315 Culver Dr #150
Irvine CA 92604
United States

+19495593069

A Piano Course for Beginners of All Ages

Alfred's Basic Piano Library is a method for beginners of all ages and offers teachers four different and complete beginning piano courses that use the same interval-based approach and theory sequence, but move at different paces. Not only is the pacing different, the illustrations, covers, and course names are all different.

  • For young beginners - Alfred’s Basic Prep Course, Levels A, B, C, D, E, F
  • For beginners - Alfred’s Basic Piano Course, Levels 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • For beginners - Alfred’s Basic All-In-One Course, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • For later beginners - Alfred’s Basic Complete Course, Level 1, Level 2/3

Because the courses are all paced differently, the teacher is able to design a personalized curriculum for each student. No longer does one method have to fit the learning rate of every beginner. This is especially helpful when there are two students within one family.

A truly unique feature is that, at the teacher's discretion, students may switch from one Alfred’s Basic Piano Library courses to another, matching the student’s rate of progress with the appropriate course, depending on whether the student needs to move faster or slower through the course.

Each course ultimately leads to Alfred’s Basic Piano Course. After the completion of that course, the student is ready to begin playing standard piano repertoire.

What Are They?

The four courses—Prep, Basic, All-In-One, Complete—are all based on the same fundamentals. They are easy, step-by-step methods that emphasize correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition, while providing a solid foundation in music theory.

All of the courses use a true multi-key reading approach, and even though key signatures are not introduced in the first book, by using accidentals, the student will actually play in seven different keys. From the very first lesson, entertaining pieces are included along with clever lyrics that help the student play intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, and 5ths, and fully understand them as well.

Supplementary Instruction and Performance Books

Almost every student requires additional practice in performance skills that can’t be fulfilled by a single Lesson Book. With the exception of the All-In-One Course, each of the courses have optional theory, technic, and solo books to supplement the Lesson Books.

In addition to these core publications, Alfred Music also offers supplementary instructional publications in note-reading, sight-reading, and ear-training. Finally, there are supplementary performance collections that include popular music, Christmas music, repertoire, hymns, praise hits, duets, and more. Every supplementary book is correlated page-by-page to the Lesson Book.

Alfred’s Basic Piano Library has more supplementary publications than any other piano method. This empowers teachers to design individual courses of study that fill the needs and wishes of every student.

How Do the Courses Interact with Each Other?

As an example of how you can switch between the four courses, let’s say you feel a student would benefit by using a faster approach. You could accomplish this by switching from the Prep Course to the Basic Course.

  • Find the Prep Course on the chart below, then move right to Level B.
  • Follow the dashed lines and arrows to see where switches between courses can easily be made.
  • After completing Level B, a smooth switch can be made to Alfred’s Basic Level 1B.

Alfred's Basic Piano Library offers two adult piano courses.

  • Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course—Levels 1, 2, 3
    Written for the adult beginner who wants to learn to play the piano quickly by focusing on chords.
  • Alfred's Basic Adult All-In-One Course—Levels 1, 2, 3
    Written for an adult beginner, this course includes selected pages from the Theory, Technic, and Popular Repertoire Books, as well as the necessary Lesson Book pages.

On the next pages, there is a brief description and outline of each course, its basic concepts, and how the student can switch from one course to another.

Shipping & Returns

We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your item to request a return. Items must be returned in the condition they were received, including all accessories, documentation, and packaging materials. Remember that if your order was shipped for free under our free shipping promo, the cost of outbound shipping will be deducted from your return credit. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase to finalize a return.

To start a return, you can contact us at info@irvineartandmusic.com. If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items approved for return may be subject to return shipping costs. Shipping costs will be deducted from the refund balance. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.

You can always contact us for any return questions at info@irvineartandmusic.com.

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Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right. You have 5 days to report any defects, wrong order, or damage to the shipped order. 

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  • Used Instruments.
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  • We reserve the right to deny return privileges to abusers of our policy, including those making excessive returns or returning abused and altered items.

SPECIAL ORDER POLICY

We will gladly special order your item should we not have it as a regularly stocked product, subject to the following policies.

  • All special orders are subject to at least a minimum of a 25% Deposit at the time of order. 
  • NO RETURNS will be accepted on special order or non-stock merchandise.
  • Special order items and deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE.
  • Special orders CANNOT BE CANCELLED once placed with our suppliers.
  • We are not responsible for production delays or other unforeseen circumstances that delay delivery of any special order.  We will provide an estimate of the lead time required for your item to come in to best of our ability, however we cannot guarantee a lead time in any case.

Customers will be asked to sign a form acknowledging our special order policies and that they have reviewed the order for accuracy.

Please get in touch if you have questions or concerns about your specific item.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns on sale items or gift cards.

Exchanges
The fastest way to ensure you get what you want is to return the item you have, and once the return is accepted, make a separate purchase for the new item.

Refunds
We will notify you once we’ve received and inspected your return, and let you know if the refund was approved or not. If approved, you’ll be automatically refunded on your original payment method. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. Refunded items are subject to a 5% restocking fee.

Shipping & Returns

We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your item to request a return. Items must be returned in the condition they were received, including all accessories, documentation, and packaging materials. Remember that if your order was shipped for free under our free shipping promo, the cost of outbound shipping will be deducted from your return credit. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase to finalize a return.

To start a return, you can contact us at info@irvineartandmusic.com. If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items approved for return may be subject to return shipping costs. Shipping costs will be deducted from the refund balance. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.

You can always contact us for any return questions at info@irvineartandmusic.com.

Damages and issues
Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right. You have 5 days to report any defects, wrong order, or damage to the shipped order. 

Exceptions / non-returnable items
Certain types of items cannot be returned, including:

  • Used Instruments.
  • Books, Tubes, Stylus Needles, Harmonicas, Ear Worn Items, Wood or Plastic Recorders, Mouthpieces, Opened Strings, Reeds or Fog Fluid.
  • Special and Custom Order merchandise (items that are not shown on irvineartandmusic.com or regularly stocked by Irvine Art and Music) may be paid in full on order and cannot be cancelled unless cancellable at the manufacturer and cannot be returned unless defective
  • We reserve the right to deny return privileges to abusers of our policy, including those making excessive returns or returning abused and altered items.

SPECIAL ORDER POLICY

We will gladly special order your item should we not have it as a regularly stocked product, subject to the following policies.

  • All special orders are subject to at least a minimum of a 25% Deposit at the time of order. 
  • NO RETURNS will be accepted on special order or non-stock merchandise.
  • Special order items and deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE.
  • Special orders CANNOT BE CANCELLED once placed with our suppliers.
  • We are not responsible for production delays or other unforeseen circumstances that delay delivery of any special order.  We will provide an estimate of the lead time required for your item to come in to best of our ability, however we cannot guarantee a lead time in any case.

Customers will be asked to sign a form acknowledging our special order policies and that they have reviewed the order for accuracy.

Please get in touch if you have questions or concerns about your specific item.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns on sale items or gift cards.

Exchanges
The fastest way to ensure you get what you want is to return the item you have, and once the return is accepted, make a separate purchase for the new item.

Refunds
We will notify you once we’ve received and inspected your return, and let you know if the refund was approved or not. If approved, you’ll be automatically refunded on your original payment method. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. Refunded items are subject to a 5% restocking fee.

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