Reading Lead Sheets for Keyboard

Reading Lead Sheets for Keyboard

Author: Jon Dryden

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780739011218

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All keyboard players, hobbyists and pros alike, can have instant access to the music they want to play if they can read lead sheets. This comprehensive manual teaches everything you need to know to become proficient at interpreting this common form of writing songs. You'll learn what the symbols in lead sheets mean and what to do when you see them. This includes the theoretical, technical, rhythmic and improvisational concepts you need to know to create accompaniments on the spot. A must have for any contemporary keyboardist.


100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know

100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know

Author: Jerald Simon

Publisher: Jerald Simon

Published: 2018-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781948274111

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100 Different Ways to play the same song. Piano students learn 100 fun left hand patterns to take any music and change it up 100 different ways. Also included in the book is the FUN FAKEBOOK which includes 100 piano pieces in facebook format where the melody (Right Hand - treble clef) and the given chords for each measure are shown. The students can then fake or make up a left hand pattern to go along with the melody.


How to Play from a Fake Book (Music Instruction)

How to Play from a Fake Book (Music Instruction)

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Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1476827710

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(Piano). Ever wondered how to create better accompaniments for the melodies in your favorite fake books? This "teach yourself" book introduces you to chord building, various rhythmic styles, and much more, so that you play the songs you like just the way you want them. Keyboard players with a basic understanding of notation and sight-reading will be on their way to more fun with fake books. The relaxed tone of the text and selection of fun songs keep How to Play from a Fake Book entertaining throughout perfect for amateur musicians, or as a supplement for keyboard teachers and their students.


The Easy Fake Book (Songbook)

The Easy Fake Book (Songbook)

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1458437523

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(Fake Book). This follow-up to the popular Your First Fake Book includes over 100 more great songs that even beginning-level musicians can enjoy playing! It features the same larger notation with simplified harmonies and melodies, all songs in the key of C, and introductions for each song, to add a more finished sound to the arrangements. The songs are in many musical styles and include: Alfie * All I Ask of You * All My Loving * Always on My Mind * Autumn in New York * Blue Skies * Cabaret * Crazy * Fields of Gold * Go the Distance * God Bless' the Child * Great Balls of Fire * Hey, Good Lookin' * How Deep Is Your Love * I'll Be There * If * Imagine * Jailhouse Rock * Kansas City * Memory * Michelle * Misty * My Girl * My Heart Will Go On * People * Stand by Me * Star Dust * Tangerine * Tears in Heaven * Tennessee Waltz * Unchained Melody * What a Wonderful World * What'll I Do? * You've Got a Friend * and more.


Play Piano in a Flash

Play Piano in a Flash

Author: Scott Houston

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 2004-01-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781401307660

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As seen on public television stations nationwide, a revolutionary new approach to playing non-classical music on the piano. Have you ever wished you could play the piano Well, now you can! Scott "The Piano Guy" Houston teaches you to play the way the pros play, in a style enormously simpler than traditional classical piano and with an absolute minimum of note-reading. By focusing on playing the melody with the right hand (one note at a time) and simple chords with the left hand, Houston gives you the tools you need for a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Best of all, your tour guide to this adventure forces you to have fun along the way!


Fur Elise (Sheet Music)

Fur Elise (Sheet Music)

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Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1997-12-01

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 1476824282

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(Piano Solo Sheets). This sheet music features an intermediate-level piano solo arrangement of the beloved Beethoven work.


The Norton Manual of Music Notation

The Norton Manual of Music Notation

Author: George Heussenstamm

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780393955262

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This book is designed to serve as a practical guide to music handwriting and music-writing procedures.


Seven Studies in Pop Piano

Seven Studies in Pop Piano

Author: Bill Hilton

Publisher: Carrier Books

Published: 2016-10-28

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780956220417

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Seven Studies in Pop Piano is a collection of short piano pieces that will help you learn the styles used by major pop pianists. The studies range from easy to intermediate. Each one comes with notes explaining the techniques used, the underpinning theory and harmony, and suggestions on how to develop your own improvisations.