{"id":23655,"date":"2021-03-05T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/?post_type=lp_course&#038;p=23655"},"modified":"2026-08-03T20:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:55:07","slug":"piano-wizard-academy-book-1","status":"publish","type":"lp_course","link":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/courses\/academy-lessons\/piano-wizard-academy-book-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano Wizard Academy Book 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Piano Wizard Academy Lessons 1 Through 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-23655-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/07\/book-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/07\/book-1.mp3\">https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/07\/book-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"236\">\ud83c\udfa9 <strong data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"101\">Maestro Mellow says:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32366\" src=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/maestro-mellow-1-202x300.png\" alt=\"Maestro Mellow welcomes students to Piano Wizard Academy Book 1\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/maestro-mellow-1-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/maestro-mellow-1-43x64.png 43w, https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/maestro-mellow-1-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/maestro-mellow-1-67x100.png 67w, https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/maestro-mellow-1.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"408\"><strong data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"711\">Piano Wizard Academy Book 1<\/strong> is the first guided course in the Piano Wizard Academy curriculum. Through a series of easy-to-follow lessons, you'll build a strong musical foundation while learning the Piano Wizard system one step at a time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"660\">Throughout this course, you'll build the skills needed to recognize notes, develop hand coordination, and gain confidence at the keyboard. Each lesson builds naturally on the previous one, making it easy to learn at your own pace.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"ekigvw\" data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"683\">What You'll Learn in Piano Wizard Academy Book 1<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"884\">\n<li data-section-id=\"151ezhf\" data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"731\">Learn the Piano Wizard color learning system<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"5ihutq\" data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"776\">Develop proper hand position and technique<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"toq69j\" data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"802\">Build rhythm and timing<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"diipev\" data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"842\">Play your first songs with confidence<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"otugb9\" data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"884\">Prepare for Piano Wizard Academy Book 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"1ylnntl\" data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"924\">A Message from Maestro Mellow<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1204\"><em data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1204\">\"Welcome to Book 1! Every great pianist starts with the very first lesson, and today is your turn. Don't worry if everything feels new. We'll take one step at a time, and before long you'll be surprised by how much you can play. I'll be cheering you on every step of the way!\"<\/em><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1209\" \/>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"jdm2u3\" data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-32521\" src=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/files\/2025\/06\/Presto-the-dog.webp\" alt=\"Presto the dog\" width=\"145\" height=\"180\" \/>Before You Begin<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1272\">To complete these lessons, you'll need:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1374\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1u9o518\" data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1302\">Your Piano Wizard software<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1u9o518\" data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1302\">Desktop or Laptop<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"3ujmob\" data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1331\">A compatible MIDI keyboard<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"10nfy18\" data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1374\">About 15\u201320 minutes of practice each day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1548\">If you're an existing customer, you can download your software from your <a href=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/account\/\"><strong data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1470\">Account Dashboard<\/strong><\/a>. If you don't yet own Piano Wizard, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/buy\/\"><strong data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1547\">upgrade your membership here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1553\" \/>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1l4o6o1\" data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1567\">Remember<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1731\">After each lesson or video, click the <strong data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1619\">Complete<\/strong> button at the bottom of the page. This saves your progress and unlocks the next lesson in your Academy journey.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1786\">Good luck, and enjoy <strong data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1786\">Piano Wizard Academy Book 1!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piano Wizard Academy Lessons 1 Through 10. \ud83c\udfa9 Maestro Mellow says: Piano Wizard Academy Book 1 is the first guided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":24124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","course_category":[349],"course_tag":[],"class_list":["post-23655","lp_course","type-lp_course","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","course_category-academy-lessons","course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lp_course\/23655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lp_course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lp_course"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23655"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lp_course\/23655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33410,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lp_course\/23655\/revisions\/33410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"course_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_category?post=23655"},{"taxonomy":"course_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_tag?post=23655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}