"Schaum Keynote Music Speller for Piano or Organ - Book One" by John W. Schaum, published by Schaum Publications, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., 1961. First Edition.

Soft cover, staple binding, 9" x 12"; 32 pages, wear and some soiling, student's pencil notes, fair / good condition. See photos.

These workbooks, created for students ages six and up, help beginners read music faster. A unique miniature keyboard diagram is found below each printed measure, giving a visual image of the keyboard location of every note. The student writes in the letter name of each note on the staff and also indicates the respective keyboard location.

John W. Schaum (1905-1988) was an American pianist, composer, and educator. Schaum began his career as a piano teacher in the late 1920s. In 1933 he founded the Schaum Piano School in Milwaukee. About the same time, he began to compose piano music for teaching purposes. He also founded the first company to produce award stickers specifically for music students. Always on the lookout for better materials for his students, Schaum eventually decided to create his own books, beginning in 1941 with Piano Fun for Boys and Girls, which he later revised as the first in a series of nine piano method books that became the Schaum Piano Course, completed in 1945. These books are still widely used today.

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