But the problem was I didn't get to play even a sonatina until well into my 3rd year of piano. I was easily playing 6-7 pieces per week. My first piano teacher used that Japanese series, along with John Thompson, Schaum, Glover, and a book of Asian folksongs to supplement Beyer. In the early 20th century, there was a Japanese teacher who compiled a series of pieces (in two books) that correlated to Beyer by number! I think highly of this compilation thus I still use it with my beginner students. And the editors even added written instruction! They divided the Beyer book into three parts (thus three different books) and then added a lot of newer pieces. I have a colorful edition (full of cute pictures and well-spaced pages) sitting on my shelf. Unfortunately, Beyer is huge in Asia-they still come up with newer and newer editions that incorporate more and more 20th-century repertoire to replace the German(?) folksongs.
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