Happy Study And Comprehensive Development

《Bastien Piano Basics》is an excellent Initiatory piano teaching material written by American musician James W. Bastien,dated to the second half of twentieth century which was a time of rapid development in both science and technology. It was accomplished on the basis of in-depth research of psychics and pedagogy, especially mass achievement on children's physical and mental research. This set of material is classified to five levels concluding four books in each level:"Elements","Technic","Theory"and"Performance". Focus on the"Elements"and complemented by the other three, this set of material forms a complete system. It elaborates a teaching idea that teaching should be carried out in a happy atmosphere and should concentrate on both children's interest and comprehensive ability. It should conform to children's nature. Thus it will do well to children's piano performance and body-and-mind growth.There are total five parts.First Part: Introduction. This part introduces how the article selects the title and its reality meaning.Second Part:《Bastien Piano Basics》and traditional teaching materials. This part introduce the history and actuality of piano teaching materials and points out the similarities and differences between《Bastien Piano Basics》and traditional materials. Third Part: Analysis《Bastien Basics Piano》. This parts includes brief introduction to Bastien, teaching material's characteristics, shortcomings and improvements.Fourth Part: The application of《Bastien Basics Piano》in real teaching. I explain all details in five volumes and analyses the important points and difficult points in study through my teaching experience, in which represents the continuity of study.Fifth Part: Summary.