Piano Trees

This chord learning book will give young piano learners a clear and quick understanding of basic chords. The color pictures and clear explanations interest young students. Cynthia Ali, NCTM is sharing her secret to chord playing. She has developed the book as a foundation to open the door into the wonderful musical language. Just like a person learns to speak a language with letters, sounds, sentences and paragraphs, learning chords is a piece of the musical language.

In this book, chords are referred to as TREES They are named trees because the name of the chord
is the root. So each TREE has a root, trunk and leaves. The students will learn major chords, chord
variations and chord inversions. The chords are learned with finger numbers and letter names. The main
objective is to get the chord into the student's muscle memory. Learning how to read the chord on the
staff will come at a later time. Students can learn how to play chords before they know how to read
notes. There are chords for reference on the staff for students that already can read notes.
Cynthia Ali, NCTM has created a musical village that has many trees, forests, rivers, meadows, waterfalls, fountains, butterflies and flowers that are always full of songs. This book is a reflection of the "Village of
FaReDo", the little village that is filled with music. Enjoy your musical journey through the "Village of
FaReDo".
Cynthia Ali, NCTM
Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in Piano