Over time, more and more links, the ones you click on View/Order, lead to an error page. Piano books are no longer available or books get a different link.

I checked all 1930 links and updated the incorrect links and also updated links. All links should now lead to the correct books again.

The Piano Book Guide can also be used on a tablet or smartphone. It’s now possible to simply add a quick link to the start screen of your tablet or smartphone. This then works as an App.

Via the the quick link you will have fast access to the Piano Book Guide. Whenever you

In June 2015, I expanded the Piano Book Guide extensively with titles from EPTA’s Gids Lichte Muziek (Light Music Guide).

This publication was printed in 2004 and was also placed online. The printed version has not been available for some time and there are no plans to reprint it. The online version disappeared

Various methods of classifying piano books into levels exist.

The most well-known is the ten-step classification in the booklet Nieuwe leergang voor het piano-onderwijs (A new study path for teaching the piano), written by the piano pedagogue W. C. M. Kloppenburg.

One disadvantage with this classification is that ten steps is insufficient, especially

Part 4: the study path becomes the Piano Book Guide

In 2013, I decided to uncouple the study path from  Pianospel.eu and give it its own domain. Since June 28, 2013, it has been known as the Piano Book Guide.

Most of the work has involved completing and classifying the study path into the

Part 3: the study path from May 15, 2001 to May 22, 2013 on www.pianospel.eu

As it turned out, my study path stood on Pianospel.eu from May 15, 2001 to May 22, 2013. I implemented a few changes during this period. I had, in fact, two versions: the database version which I worked on at

Part 2: Pianospel.eu – an online course of study since 2001

The website for my piano lessons, Pianospel.eu,  has kept me busy since May 15, 2001. These days, it’s hard to find a piano teacher without a website but back then, in 2001, I was one of the first!

I can pinpoint two

Part 1: Kloppenburg: a study path for teaching the piano

One of my tasks when I was studying to become a piano teacher was to create a ‘study path’. The intention was to provide an overview of the diverse number of piano methods and musical styles available, and their associated level of proficiency. If