Piano Adventures is an exciting, comprehensive piano method that teaches children analysis, creativity and musical expression. Level 2A Lesson & Theory Book provides a step-by-step approach to 8th-note rhythm patterns, major and minor 5-finger scales and chords, the phrase, and transposition, a wide range of musical styles from jazz to classical, including melodies of Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, and Vivaldi, pianistic fingerings to build technique and movement across the keyboard, expressive pieces with teacher duets that build articulation and phrasing, discovery questions, creative activities, and theory pages to develop the student's 'musical mind', and an included CD featuring imaginative, orchestrated accompaniments which encourage expressive playing, rhythmic accuracy, and practice time.