Best Friends Strike a Chord With Bestselling 'Pianimals' Beginner Piano Books

Best Friends Strike a Chord With Bestselling 'Pianimals' Beginner Piano Books

WINTER PARK, Fla., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Two lifelong friends from Central Florida who developed a series of music instruction books called PHONICS 4 PIANO are celebrating a milestone this month - 40,000 units sold.

PHONICS 4 PIANO (aka "Pianimals") was developed initially for private use by Flo Arnold and Marie Price, who met in a church nursery as infants and grew up together. Many years later, the duo was working at a piano school founded by Marie. With 200 students and 10 teachers, the school was thriving ... but there was a problem.

"We were accepting younger and younger students," Marie remembers. "We soon realized that many children needed a simpler system than was offered by any available curriculum, so we began to write our own."

From humble beginnings this unassuming series of books - with its hand-drawn illustrations and easy-to-follow lessons - has helped thousands of aspiring musicians learn to play piano while preparing to read music.

Pianimals has also spawned a veritable zoo filled with teaching tools. There are seven method books in the series, along with Christmas, Chanukah and hymn books. To motivate practice, a bingo game and board game are also available, along with flash cards, a wipe-off board, stickers and other fun tools. There's even a waterproof tote bag to keep it all together.

User-friendly for children and parents, PHONICS 4 PIANO is like traditional methods of "middle C" approach, but with one key difference: The process of playing and reading music is presented one concept at a time.

"Most piano books ask the student to remember three concepts at once - finger numbers, names of keys and rhythms. We present the same information, broken down into steps," Flo explains. "We would compare it to babies crawling before they walk or children speaking before they learn to read."

On average, students using PHONICS 4 PIANO learn to play familiar songs in as little as one hour. As a result, they develop a great sense of self confidence, which motivates them to practice more as they learn to read the music staff at their own pace.

PHONICS 4 PIANO is a hit with parents because it allows them to try piano at home with their children before signing up for lessons. It's also winning over piano teachers worldwide, who report that Pianimals is helping them increase enrollment.

Marie explains, "There is a great demand for piano lessons for younger students, but most teachers have not accepted this age group due to lack of a method that leads to success. PHONICS 4 PIANO not only allows teachers to accept younger students, it reduces dropouts and helps both students and teachers to enjoy the lessons more."

For free sample lessons and to learn more about PHONICS 4 PIANO, which is based on decades of piano-teaching experience and makes learning to play piano fun and easy, visit http://www.pianimals.com/.

Photo: http://www.ereleases.com/pic/2010-Flo-and-Marie.jpg

FOR INTERVIEWS AND SAMPLES, CONTACT:

Robert Andrescik
407-923-4440
info@pianimals.com

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Source: PHONICS 4 PIANO

CONTACT: Robert Andrescik, PHONICS 4 PIANO, +1-407-923-4440,
info@pianimals.com

Web Site: http://www.pianimals.com/

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