The motivation this music provides is outstanding! Playing duets is important to the musical growth of young pianists. And with Alfred s Top Hits Duet Books students get twice as many benefits. In addition to learning how to develop steady rhythm listen for proper balance and play with appropriate dynamics students will also receive the enjoyment of playing specially arranged duets of pop music. These new duet collections are correlated page-by-page with lesson Books 1B 2 3 and 4 of Alfred s Basic Piano Library one of the best-selling piano methods in the world (it s translated into 13 languages). All four duet books feature the best-known popular songs from films Broadway musicals and best-selling CDs. The arrangers selected for this series include Alfred s best-known composers including Dennis Alexander Tom Gerou Margaret Goldston Martha Mier Catherine Rollin and George Peter Tingley.