Abstract For decades, Ferdinand Beyer's (1803-1863) Piano Method has been the standard text book for the keyboard class in all the Teachers Colleges in Taiwan. The Basic Piano Skills Examination held each year for the senior students also focuses on the last pieces in the Beyer's. Because of this emphasis on the Beyer's, many students, after taking keyboard class for several years, never play any original pieces by an important composer. Although easy classic miniatures are neglected, the level of difficulty found in them do not surpass that of the last numbers in Beyer's, and should be introduced to students. The purpose of this paper is to explore the easiest classic piano pieces that can bridge the beginning methods to the intermediate repertoire (for example, sonatinas). The paper will discuss four areas: 1. Why do we need to teach easy classics in keyboard class? a. technical reasons, b. musical reasons, c. intellectual reasons. 2. When to start teaching classics? a. Contemporary repertoire: Kabalevsky's 0p.39 and Bartok's First Term at the Piano serve well for introduction, and can be taught very early; b. Classic and Romantic periods: Gurlitt and many great composers contributed this repertoire; c. Baroque period: due to many technical problems involved, Baroque pieces should be postponed. 3. How to level the difficulty of easy classics? a. look for the real length of the piece through analysis; b. calculate the moves and shifts involved in each hand; c. examine the melodic and rhythmic patterns; d. observe the complexity of articulation and touches; e. speculate the final tempo, whether it will be too fast or too slow for the student. 4. What solo and duet collections are available in Taiwan?
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