Teacher Approved Keyboards for Piano Lessons
If you do not want to invest in an acoustic piano, I will still teach piano lessons to you; however, you must have an appropriate instrument. I highly recommend having a full size (88 keys), weighted keyboard, with a music stand and piano bench.
- Yamaha P-115 88-Key Weighted Action Digital Piano Black with Wood Stand and Bench
- Casio Privia PX-770 Digital Piano – Black Bundle with Adjustable Bench, Headphones, Instructional Book, Austin Bazaar Instructional DVD, and Polishing Cloth
Do not buy a Williams or Suzuki keyboard. They are not suitable for piano lessons and have a tendency to break.
Approved Apps & Games for Learning Music
Rhythm Cat is a studio favorite for working on learning how to keep a beat!
Piano Maestro is a great iPad app that helps work on sight-reading in a fun way.
NoteSpeed was developed by a fellow piano teacher and it is a fun card game that we use to help quickly identify notes all over the keyboard. 
Please do not steal sheet music by downloading “free versions” from other websites! Sheet Music Plus is a great resource for pop music.
Books I Use in your Piano Lessons
Books are included in the price of tuition; however, if you’d like to purchase more copies, or get ahead a little, these are some of the books I use. I reserve the right to change piano books or levels if I feel a student would benefit from a different approach.
- Bastien Piano Primer Level
- Level 1 – Lesson Book: Piano Adventures
- Level 2A – Lesson Book: Piano Adventures
- Level 2B – Lesson Book: Piano Adventures
- Piano Adventures: A Basic Piano Method, Level 3A
- Level 3B – Lesson Book: Piano Adventures
- Piano Adventures Lesson Book, Level 4
- Level 5 – Lesson Book: Piano Adventures (The Basic Piano Method)
- John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano: First Grade Book
- John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano – Second Grade (Book Only)
- John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano – 3rd grade
