--- product_id: 228136 title: "John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 1" price: "₹ 1572" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/228136-john-thompsons-easiest-piano-course-part-1 store_origin: IN region: India --- # Vibrant, engaging illustrations Elementary level piano/keyboard focus 40 pages of clear, structured lessons John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 1 **Price:** ₹ 1572 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎹 Unlock your child’s musical genius with the easiest start to piano mastery! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 1 - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 1572 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/228136-john-thompsons-easiest-piano-course-part-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Engaging visuals:** Modern artwork by Sergio Sandoval keeps young learners motivated - • **Globally trusted:** Used worldwide by instructors, making it the go-to starter piano course - • **Balanced learning:** Combines notation, sight-reading, and rhythm drills for comprehensive skill-building - • **Step-by-step mastery:** Guides beginners with clear, progressive lessons for confident playing - • **Teacher & parent friendly:** Includes accompaniments to support guided instruction and practice ## Overview John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 1 is a 40-page elementary piano book designed for young beginners. Featuring step-by-step lessons, sight-reading exercises, and vibrant illustrations, it builds foundational skills in note reading, rhythm, and coordination. Trusted by teachers worldwide and highly rated by users, this course offers a structured, engaging introduction to piano that inspires confidence and lasting motivation. ## Description John Thompsons Easiest Piano Course Part 1 is a trusted introduction for children beginning their musical journey. Designed for young beginners and elementary students , this engaging piano method builds skills through clear notation, cheerful illustrations, and step-by-step lessons. From the very first note, learners gain confidence, accuracy, and rhythm awareness at the keyboard. This 39-page piano book combines written exercises, sight-reading drills, and review sections to create a balanced and interactive learning experience. Each lesson introduces new notes and rhythms at a comfortable pace, reinforcing fluency and technique through creative repetition. Worksheets, writing activities, and reading-aloud exercises encourage comprehension while keeping practice enjoyable. The course also includes teacher and parent accompaniments to support guided instruction. The vibrant characters and modern artwork by Sergio Sandoval make lessons visually engaging and easy to follow. Students improve note reading, coordination, and expression while developing essential musicianship skills that prepare them for future study and performance. Used worldwide by instructors, this edition remains a music teacher resource and an excellent gift for young pianists . Whether in private lessons or at home, it provides structure, encouragement, and lasting motivation for every child learning to play. Trusted by teachers, loved by students. A joyful start to piano education perfect for lessons, home practice, and inspiring confidence from day one. Review: Makes teaching easy and fun - I’ve been teaching a couple of people piano, and have been using this book with one of them and another well known book for the other person who I had begun teaching earlier. Comparing the two approaches, I much prefer the Thompson book. It introduces notes on the staff immediately, instead of floating note icons with finger numbers, which just made for an unnecessary transition later on to actually reading notes on the staff. In Thompson the student does that from the get-go in an easy way. With the other approach, the student also becomes wedded to starting a piece with a particular set finger position on the keyboard, such as C position or G position, and then becomes so used to that that they find it hard to switch to being able to begin a song with their fingers positioned just according to where the notes on the staff are. Thompson’s approach avoids such confusion. I highly recommend it. Review: Finally! After years and years, I'm finally in love with a piano book for beginners! - Oh my heck. Where has this piano course been my whole life? (Okay, I knew it existed, but I thought I "knew" John Thompson, so I never opened it up) Thanks to a happy accident, now all of this year's new students are using this book and these beginning piano students LOVE this book unlike I've ever seen before (and I thought I had taught with every single piano course out there). It's been three months that I've been using this course. It's SO much better than the old John Thompson's Courses. The BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST (x200) thing about this book are the rich, lovely, and FINALLY wonderful teacher accompaniments. My own children who are late intermediate and advanced players want to come in and play with me on the accompaniments. Weird, I know. But they are that good. Thank you to whomever finally gave us piano teachers something worthwhile to play along with. My enthusiasm about playing the teacher duets rubs off on the kids. I can't attest to the longterm results of this course, and I just yesterday received the other books in this course yesterday, so I don't know for sure if they are as good, but as for this book, it has the benefit I loved in Music Tree curriculum, which is that is combines ALL the different books you need into one, i.e. technique, theory and piano pieces. It has the benefits from some of the other "late" beginner courses in that the kids are reading moving lines of music very early, which keeps the interest high. It has a benefit that I've have been complaining about and hoping for forever (which sort of coincides with the Suzuki method), which is that it uses well-known tunes and songs frequently so that the kids can self correct their practice at home and "know" if they are playing something correctly. You probably need to add a "performance" type book, flash cards, and possibly a technique book, such as Dozen a Day or some sort of Finger Power type book by the time you get to Book 2, but for Book 1, just enjoy having everything in one book. ## Features - Part 1 - Book only - Pages: 40 - Level: Elementary - Instrumentation: Piano/Keyboard ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #7,705 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #11 in Piano & Keyboards #25 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 3,566 Reviews | ## Images ![John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81vgIdC3mOL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Makes teaching easy and fun *by D***M on May 21, 2026* I’ve been teaching a couple of people piano, and have been using this book with one of them and another well known book for the other person who I had begun teaching earlier. Comparing the two approaches, I much prefer the Thompson book. It introduces notes on the staff immediately, instead of floating note icons with finger numbers, which just made for an unnecessary transition later on to actually reading notes on the staff. In Thompson the student does that from the get-go in an easy way. With the other approach, the student also becomes wedded to starting a piece with a particular set finger position on the keyboard, such as C position or G position, and then becomes so used to that that they find it hard to switch to being able to begin a song with their fingers positioned just according to where the notes on the staff are. Thompson’s approach avoids such confusion. I highly recommend it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Finally! After years and years, I'm finally in love with a piano book for beginners! *by D***E on November 2, 2014* Oh my heck. Where has this piano course been my whole life? (Okay, I knew it existed, but I thought I "knew" John Thompson, so I never opened it up) Thanks to a happy accident, now all of this year's new students are using this book and these beginning piano students LOVE this book unlike I've ever seen before (and I thought I had taught with every single piano course out there). It's been three months that I've been using this course. It's SO much better than the old John Thompson's Courses. The BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST (x200) thing about this book are the rich, lovely, and FINALLY wonderful teacher accompaniments. My own children who are late intermediate and advanced players want to come in and play with me on the accompaniments. Weird, I know. But they are that good. Thank you to whomever finally gave us piano teachers something worthwhile to play along with. My enthusiasm about playing the teacher duets rubs off on the kids. I can't attest to the longterm results of this course, and I just yesterday received the other books in this course yesterday, so I don't know for sure if they are as good, but as for this book, it has the benefit I loved in Music Tree curriculum, which is that is combines ALL the different books you need into one, i.e. technique, theory and piano pieces. It has the benefits from some of the other "late" beginner courses in that the kids are reading moving lines of music very early, which keeps the interest high. It has a benefit that I've have been complaining about and hoping for forever (which sort of coincides with the Suzuki method), which is that it uses well-known tunes and songs frequently so that the kids can self correct their practice at home and "know" if they are playing something correctly. You probably need to add a "performance" type book, flash cards, and possibly a technique book, such as Dozen a Day or some sort of Finger Power type book by the time you get to Book 2, but for Book 1, just enjoy having everything in one book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great for beginners of all ages *by M***C on February 9, 2011* I'm a piano teacher, and I love this book! I find that students as young as 5 or 6 can understand it, and my 3 and 4 year olds are usually ready for this book after a few months of preparatory "games." I use this for all my beginners who are teenagers or younger (teenagers usually don't appreciate the "monster" characters, but they get over it). I'm also thinking about starting all new adult beginners with this book, since I haven't found an adult book I like as well. Many other books start with "pre-reading" songs, which use note symbols combined with finger numbers, then move to note symbols with letter names, then finally to notes on a staff. This book uses the "begin the way you intend to continue" theory, and starts students off reading notes on the staff right away instead of confusing them by making them learn 3 different systems of notation. Other books also teach "position playing," where students may learn to read notes in C position, then notes in G position, then F position, and so on. The danger of position playing is that students just learn to recognize patterns, and some of my transfer students who had used this method can't play anything unless they are first told where to put their hands. Part One of this John Thompson series stays in one position, but right away in Part Two they have to start learning new notes and moving their hands around, so if they can't read the notes they can't play the song. I love how Part One introduces one note at a time, and simplifies the first song that uses a new note or concept, so students truly learn all of the notes and concepts but aren't overwhelmed. There are a few things I don't like about this series. Part One is very good, and I can't complain too much about it--the first few songs are very boring without the CD, but I can't find any way to make them more interesting without also making it more difficult. Part Two introduces eighth notes too early for many students, and key signatures are introduced right after sharps and flats, which confuses most students. Part Three introduces new notes early in the book, but then doesn't use them in any of the songs that follow. Overall though, it's a great series and I intend to keep using if for all of my future beginners. ## Frequently Bought Together - John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 1 - Easiest Piano Course Part 2 John Thompson's - Teaching Little Fingers to Play: A Book for the Earliest Beginner (John Thompsons Modern Course for The Piano) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/228136-john-thompsons-easiest-piano-course-part-1](https://www.desertcart.in/products/228136-john-thompsons-easiest-piano-course-part-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-07-03*