Alfred Publishing Company created their universal methods to suit the needs of English-speaking students who are not necessarily American.  They are written in English but do not include patriotic or sacred themes.  The All-in-One Course, Universal edition, combines all the pages from Alfred's Basic Piano Course "Lesson Books" Level 1A, 1B and 2 plus selected pages from the "Theory," "Recital" and "Fun Solo" Books and combines them into a sequential five-book series. This eliminates the need to carry multiple books to each lesson; however, there is less supplementary material in this course than in others that include supplementary books. At the completion of Book 5, the student will be ready to continue into Level 3 of Alfred's Basic Piano Course, or any intermediate-level lesson book.