CCCXXII. BARTÓK, Béla: First Term at the Piano

CCCXXII. BARTÓK, Béla (1881-1945)

First Term at the Piano (1913)
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
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A systematic guide to a child's first year of piano study, these simple pieces were meant to guide the young student towards gradually increasing difficulty; to the six volumes of Mikrokosmos, for example.

The first few pieces are definitely beginner material:

while the final ones will challenge the young pianist -- and brings his or her ears into the 20th century: