The music in this book is appealing, sometimes truly great music which just happens to be simple.  None of the pieces is merely 'educational' - almost all of them had successful lives of their own before they found their way here - and they all have been chosen for their individual, purely musical strengths.  However, the book is more than just a collection of performable pieces; the pieces in it are roughly graded and very varied in their demands, so that any player who works through them will have the chance to consolidate and polish their technique.  They are also more than usually varied in style, so they will give some unexpected pleasures and signpost some interesting and enjoyable pathways that might otherwise have remained unexplored.

• Peruvian Dance Tune Peruvian traditional
• The Keys of Canterbury English traditional
• The Wang Wang Blues Mueller et al
• Mayim Mayim Israeli traditional
• Allegro Mozart
• Tanz des Burgermeisters Praetorius
• If My Complaints Could Passions Move Dowland
• Ballet Praetorius
• Watkin's Ale English traditional
• Three Morovian Folk Songs Janacek
• Tambourin I Aubert
• Tambourin II Aubert
• Lord Inchiquin Carolan
• Troika from Lieutentan Kije Prokofieff
• Muskrat Ramble Gilbert & Ory
• Basse Danse from the Capriol Suite Warlock
• Bourree from the Royal Fireworks Music Handel
• Paragon Rag Joplin
• Larghetto Vivaldi
• America from West Side Story Bernstein
• Winter from the Four Seasons Vivaldi
• Seguidilla from Carmen Bizet
• Minuet for Anna-Magdalena JS Bach