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A Dozen A Day Anthology Paperback – Illustrated, June 1, 2016

by Edna Mae Burnam (Composer)
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(Willis). The iconic A Dozen a Day books have been in piano studios around the world since 1950. Written and illustrated by Edna Mae Burnam, a second-generation piano teacher, the books are universally recognized as one of the most practical technique series on the market. The series is made up of brief, accessible groups of warm-up exercises that provide excellent daily training for students of all ages and levels. This anthology includes the first four books in the A Dozen A Day series: Mini, Prep, Book 1 and Book 2. BONUS: The anthology includes orchestrated files that are accessible online!
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    9 x 0.33 x 12 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1495061167
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    978-1495061165
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Willis Music; Pap/Psc edition (June 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1495061167
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1495061165
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.33 x 12 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Edna Mae Burnam

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Edna Mae Burnam (1907-2007) is one of the most respected names in piano pedagogy. She began her study of the instrument at age seven, with lessons from her mother, and went on to major in piano at the University of Washington and Chico State Teacher's College in Los Angeles. In 1935, she sold "The Clock That Stopped"--one of her original compositions still in print today. In 1937 Burnam began her long and fruitful association with Florence, Kentucky-based Willis Music, who signed her to her first royalty contract. In 1950, Burnam sent manuscripts to Willis for an innovative piano series comprised of short warm-up exercises; her hand-drawn, for-position-only stick figures indicated where "real" illustrations should be dropped in. That manuscript became the Dozen a Day series, which has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide; the stick-figure drawings are now icons. Burnam followed up on the success of A Dozen a Day with her Step-by-Step Piano Course. This method teaches students the rudiments of music in a logical order, for gradual and steady progress. She also composed hundreds of individual songs and pieces, many based on whimsical subjects or her international travels. These simple, yet effective learning tools for children studying piano have retained all their charm and unique qualities and remain in print today in the Willis catalog.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be sure to check out the link on the first page of the book!
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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We are so glad we got this book even though we own each one separately. It has a link and a code so you can access a page on Hal Leonard's site which plays accompaniments to each song and allows you to change the tempo and even the key to practice along with.
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Mandy Tyner
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, my daughter loves the book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023
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Great help for reading practice!!
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Elise
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent exercise book
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022
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I love using this book with my primary school piano students. Excellent layout. Easy to read music for beginner. Be aware that there are very few finger numbers marked. The simple illustrations are helpful for students to learn dynamics— I wish the actual dynamic markings were included too. Excellent exercise book overall.
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Cahira
5.0 out of 5 stars A blast from my past, versatile for other instruments
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2018
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As a tween/teen in the late 80/early 90s, I took piano lessons, and my teacher let me use her copies of these books for sight-reading exercises. I have remembered them for all this time. I took harp lessons in college and bought a harp nearly 10 years ago. I wanted to work fingering exercises, and there are more books written for piano than harp, so I ordered this anthology to see if it would work.

These books were everything that I remembered! And they have really helped my harp playing. I work each exercise that is feasible (some things on a piano are not doable on my harp...and some things that are simple on one instrument are much more advanced on the other due to different hand positions) until I can get it at 160bpm with a metronome. It has increased my finger dexterity and also my sight-reading ability for my harp.
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Brittany Harper
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Beginners
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2021
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Works well for a beginner like myself!
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L. Rowley
5.0 out of 5 stars Great warmup/relearning exercises
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2020
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I picked piano back up mid pandemic for mental health reasons (easy hobby to do at home even on bad days). My sister who teaches piano recommend the dozen a day books for getting comfortable playing and reading again. I took lessons for a decade as a kid, and it's now been fifteen years since I stopped. This book of exercises had helped me get back to a decent playing level. It's got a good variety and is a great warmup for the other practice songs I use.
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yini
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book!
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020
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I like the book so much! It uses very simple titles to represent the finger movement, such as "baby step", "walk on a sunny day". My 6-years-old kid loves that his finger is walking/running on the piano.
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Cassie
5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019
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As good as I remember from when I was a kid! Got this to try and learn piano again. My piano teacher almost 20 years ago had me doing these exercises. They’re awesome for warm ups.
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Delilah
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Reviewed in Canada on October 8, 2021
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Rather than purchase several books, I stumbled upon this anthology. I am starting up again learning to play piano and am currently working through mini (pink) book. I like the fact that there are four books.
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Maciej Pilichowski
1.0 out of 5 stars Buy individual books instead
Reviewed in Poland on February 17, 2024
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I was lured by the competitive price comparing to individual books from the series, and my take is -- if you are really interested in this book, buy individual books instead and without audio added. Here it is why:

* the online audio files are not recording of the execution of the pieces, but accompaniment. I have no idea how beginner should use accompaniment. What I need is perfect example how to actual play the piece. You can find execution on youtube and this is why you don't need edition with audio (because it is useless)

* because this book includes 4 books it is quite thick and it is impossible to open it on music rest (unless you have some special stand). If you buy single "volume" because it is rather thin it should open much better than this monster

* pricewise -- is it really cheaper? You can buy exactly single individual book, use it to max and then decide if you really need another one. You buy another, and then decide if you need third one. It might be you don't, so in total you spend less money than on this "cheaper" combined edition.

Please note, I am not review the content itself, so I am NOT saying individual books are any good. I returned this book and I have no intention to buy single ones, but that's just me.
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Czipczer
5.0 out of 5 stars Smartly made
Reviewed in Germany on March 20, 2023
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It’s really good for beginners and intermediates alike.
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Lydia T
5.0 out of 5 stars 4 books in 1, my students love it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2021
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My younger students love this book. Warm ups every day, and we have fun doing the stick figure exercises, too
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente presentación
Reviewed in Mexico on July 2, 2018
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Para los estudiantes de piano excelente libro para lograr agilidad al tocar, además la presentación en un solo libro facilita su transporte y su uso.
El envío muy oportuno llego en tiempo y forma en que la fecha indicada
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