Play or for voice lessons, sing each song introduced in a lesson 2 times in a row for at least 3 days.

Students may print their music or bring a device to have them digitally. Music is required at every lesson for improvement. Voice students are required to have a device to record for practice. Assignments will be on the online portal as well.

Play your favorite songs! What was the last song you learned, share all your past experiences with other teachers, where you learned songs from other resources like a keyboard, or listening to music. Alecia will test your sight-reading skills to see what music theory knowledge you have gained.

Typically each level takes 2-3 months to complete depending on practice consistency and skills learned. The Level 1 book is the largest, yet each level builds on each skill learned.

Enjoy coming in and warming up or playing together as an ensemble with a few pieces. Then we focus on individual lesson goals and finish up with a game or something fun to play.

All students learn from a basic lesson book that teaches music theory and sightreading. Another book added by the middle of the first level is a technique book to help fingers get stronger. Plus any songs that inspire them for fun with different styles.

Accomplishment at each level is celebrated. We love to capture that moment with pictures and videos. Please let me know in advance if you do not want it shared on the business social media. Feel free to share your recordings in the portal! More local performance opportunities will be announced as available. Typically opportunities are twice a year and Alecia is a member of the local Katy Texas Music Teacher’s National Association for more opportunities.

EZ Keys (ages 4-5) teaches how to count two-eighths, quarter, half, and whole note rhythms; and the C, D, E, F, and B keys on the piano.

Pre-1 (ages 6-7) teaches how to count rhythm, all of the keys on the piano, sharps, flats, and piano-forte dynamics.

Level 1 (ages 8-11) a beginner piano book, teaches how to count two-eighths, quarter, half, dotted-half, whole, and dotted-quarter/eighth rhythms, with two-eighths rhythm introduced in the first lesson. Level 1 then teaches the keys on the piano; staff notes Middle C up to G and Middle C down to F as well as harmonic seconds, thirds, and fourths. To ensure that your beginner students are really reading notes and not just reading fingering numbers, we wait until page 103 to teach fingering. The theory taught in each lesson is the theory needed to play the new piece in that lesson, and the music concepts that have been previously taught are reinforced as many times as possible in subsequent compositions and theory fun sheets.

Older Beginner Level (ages 12+) teaches how to count two-eighths, quarter, half, dotted-half, whole, and dotted-quarter/eighth rhythms; the keys on the piano; staff notes Middle C up to G and Middle C down to F as well as harmonic seconds, thirds, and fourths. To ensure that your beginner students are really reading notes and not just reading fingering numbers, we wait to teach fingering until page 42. The theory taught in each lesson is the theory needed to play the new compositions in that lesson, and the music concepts that have been previously taught are reinforced as many times as possible in subsequent compositions and theory fun sheets.

Level 2 is for graduates of Level 1 and builds directly on the knowledge from Level 1. Level 2, a beginner piano book, provides a thorough study of bass clef staff notes F below the bass staff up to third line B in the treble staff, plus triads and triplets. If you are tired of hearing, “Where do I put my hands?” because most of your students are simply reading fingering numbers instead of reading bass clef notes, then Level 2 is the piano teacher’s dream: a piano method that thoroughly teaches students the bass clef notes. The Finish Line test at the end of the book is comparable to the state Level 2 theory examination. Students should easily pass the Finish Line examination before advancing to the Level 3 textbook.

Level 3 is for graduates of Level 2 or Older Beginner Level 2 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1 and 2. Level 3, an advanced beginner piano book, completes our concentrated study of treble clef notes by teaching up to ledger note B above the treble staff, in addition to reviewing the entire bass staff. Level 3 also encompasses whole/half steps; melodic interval studies; chord studies including root position chords, inversions, broken chords, I to V7 chord changes; how to build a scale; key signatures; parallel scales; 6/8 compound rhythm; 6/4 time signature; ottava; anacrusis; introduction to classics including sonata form; and note stem/flag rules. Major and harmonic minor scales/cadences and a glossary are included at the front of the book.

Level 4 is an advanced beginner piano book for graduates of Level 3 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, and 3. Concepts covered in Level 4 include simultaneously playing triads with both hands; chord inversions; 6/8 and 12/8 compound rhythm; hand crossovers; inner and outer ledger notes; 1st and 2nd endings; descending harmonic minor scale; major scale pattern; the seven flats and the seven sharps in order; scale analysis; key signatures; melodic and harmonic intervals; root chords and inversions; dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythms; boogie form; different types of accent marks; compositional form; the history of common time; pattern, sequence, phrase, and motive; "turtle-ing"; break sign; The Circle of Fifths; and Mayron's Memory Helper Hand for Sharp Scales and Flat Scales. Ten of the compositions in Level 4 are classics by Beethoven, W. Mozart, L. Mozart, Couperin, Baumfelder, Rebikoff, J.S. Bach, and LeCouppey. Each classic was specifically chosen to teach Level 4 concepts, and music history essays complement the classics.

Level 5 is an intermediate piano book for graduates of Level 4 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, 3, & 4. The compositions in this level have been specially written to keep teenage students motivated in piano with six of Mayron's popular circus compositions plus fifteen classical favorites including a fantastic “silent movie" version of Burgmuller’s The Chase! Level 5 contains a thorough study of triplet and sixteenth note rhythm combinations including alternating between eighth notes, triplets, and sixteenth notes in a composition; grace notes; upper, lower, and inner ledger notes; chain chords; chord inversions; stem rules; D.S. al Coda; twelve music history stories; studies of sharp and flat scales including Mayron's Memory Helper Hands, Mayron's Circle of Fifths song, and The Great Scale Detective cases; major and harmonic minor scales & cadences; and a glossary of musical terms.

Level 6 is an intermediate piano book for graduates of Level 5 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Level 6, voted the students' favorite book of the entire Mayron Cole Piano Method, has music that follows “the great outdoors” theme with seventeen original Mayron compositions, plus four classical dances. Level 6 pieces progress from no flats or sharps up to four flats or up to three sharps, so becoming proficient at playing key signatures couldn’t be easier. Level 6 compositions have corresponding theory sheets that include concepts such as building major, minor, augmented & diminished chords with major and minor thirds; studies of sharp and flat scales including Mayron's Memory Helper Hands; The Primary Chord Detective cases; Mayron's Circle of Fifths song; major and harmonic minor scales & cadences; and a glossary of musical terms.

Level 7 is for graduates of Level 6 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. The Level 7 advanced intermediate piano book contains twelve of Mayron's popular advanced solos plus four classical solos, and two improvisation lessons. Level 7 theory concepts include 5/4 rhythm; identifying perfect, major, & minor intervals; relative minor scales; simple, compound, & asymmetrical meter; the Memory Helper Hand for Sharps & Flats; legato pedaling; improvisation; major and harmonic minor scales & cadences; and a glossary of musical terms. Also included are biographies of three composers; Music History Through the Ages; a lesson on using parallel minors in performance.

Level 8 is an advanced piano book for graduates of Level 7 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7. The new theory that is taught in Level 8 consists of perfect and plagal cadences, Picardy thirds, Grecian modal scales, whole tone scales, chromatic scales, gypsy scales, cut-time, and four-part voice writing... all of which are necessary foundations for college music courses. In addition to eleven of Mayron's original solos, Level 8 includes seven classical favorites with composer biographies: Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach), Scene from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Poem (Fibich), Wedding Recessional (Mendelssohn), Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven), Prelude from Carmen (Bizet), Waltz in A Flat (Brahams). Level 8 also contains a four-piano ensemble version of Mayron's popular "Madrid."

Level 9 is for graduates of Level 8 and builds directly on the knowledge from Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8. Level 9 is an advanced piano book college-level course and is the final textbook in The Mayron Cole Piano Method curriculum. Level 9 concepts include a 58-page music composition course written by Mayron Cole which reviews and teaches various types of chords including augmented & diminished triads; four-tone dominant 7th chords; five-tone 9th chords; Roman numeral assignment for chords; chord status; primary & secondary chords; scale degree; sub-dominant, sub-mediant, leading, tonic, supertonic, mediant, & dominate tones; chord movements; the overtone series; moving tones; dominant of a dominant; cadences; phrases; form; and composing a melodic line, harmony, & accompaniment. Level 9 also contains travel through each of the five major eras of piano music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, and Contemporary; as well as challenging rhythm exercises for advanced students and theory sheets that analyze the composition being studied. The Level 9 compositions include sixteen advanced classics and four of Mayron's original compositions. Level 9 includes biographies about Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Pachelbel, Mozart, Bach, Joplin, Debussy, Clara Schumann, Haydn, and Cole. Advanced - Choose Style: Classical, Composition, Jazz, Musicals, Popular, Ask Alecia for Advance College Preparation Goals.