(Fast Track Music Instruction). Learn how to play the piano today! With this book you'll learn music notation, chords, riffs, licks and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes over 87 songs and examples.
The interactive multimedia method that teaches you step by step how to play the keyboard starting from scratch, without having to read the music! The Fast Music Method is a multimedia course for keyboard, organized in 5 parts plus a very useful attachment Introduction Part I: Preparatory musical notions Part II: Left hand - Harmony, musical accompaniment Part III: Right hand - The melody Part IV: Harmony together with melody Part V: How to make a modern music song Tonalities and chords handbook The tips, tricks, texts, images and many audio music files (more than 260 audio files between single notes, single chord formation, chord sequences, samples of different music genres from rock to tango, simpler musical scales performed in both major and minor keys) make this method a fun, easy and intuitive didactical instrument indispensable both for beginners and for musician in search of improvement. The features of the Fast Music Method keyboard course are the following: Execution "by ear" of known songs, so no pentagram to play or study No solfège lessons Musical learning time optimization Full description of the keyboard octave and keys/notes/sounds interactivity All the chords that can be built on the degrees of the major and minor harmonic scales The most appropriate chords sequence in a song execution Sounds/images interactivity for every chord of the C Major key and its "minor relative" A Minor (chords building and execution) Handbook of the Major Keys and the relative Minor Keys with all the chords for each of them Musical examples and harmonic analysis of different famous songs about the times (4/4, 3/4, etc.) and the chord sequences The right "fingering" for the left hand (accompaniment) and for the right hand (melody) Execution of some Major and Minor scales, easy to play Schemes highlighting "diesis" or "bemolli" to be played for each Major or Minor keys while performing the melody with the right hand Some recurring compositive macro-structures and useful suggestions A lot of audio files that help you discover the "secrets" of modern music
Teach yourself how to play keyboard with our easy electronic keyboard lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free keyboard videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and keyboard animation for easy music learning.*** "What an amazing book! I recently bought it for my son and he loves it. Starting with the basics, you learn keyboard essentials very quickly. Before long, you can make your keyboard sound like a full band!" - John Litoris, Phoenix AZ Progressive Beginner Electronic Keyboard contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great electronic keyboard player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson electronic keyboard tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of musical keyboard, electric piano and electronic piano with an auto-chord function including Yamaha keyboards, Casio keyboard and other digital keyboard. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the electronic keyboard is required to teach yourself to learn to play keyboard from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play electronic keyboard notes and electronic keyboard chords - both full fingered and automatic chords using the auto accompaniment function • How to play keyboard scales, melodies and rhythms • All the fundamental techniques of electronic keyboard playing including correct posture, hand positions and fingering technique • A fast and easy system for learning the keyboard theory required to read piano music for beginners including scales, sharps and flats, ties, rests, key signatures and time signatures • Electronic keyboard tips and electronic keyboard tricks that every player should know when learning keyboard • Shortcuts for how to learn keyboard fast by getting the most from keyboard practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the keyboard today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners keyboard lessons written by a professional electronic keyboard teacher • Easy-to-read keyboard music and keyboard chords for beginners • Full color photos and diagrams • Keyboard chord chart containing formulas and chord diagrams for all important keyboard chords • 50+ electronic keyboard exercises and popular easy keyboard songs for beginners in rock keyboard, blues keyboard, folk keyboard and classical keyboard styles Beginner keyboard lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the keyboard, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's electronic keyboard lessons for beginners are used by students and electronic keyboard teachers worldwide to learn how to play keyboard. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted keyboard lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.
(Piano Instruction). Fundamentals of Piano Technique was developed by Leon Conus (1871-1944) and Olga Conus (1890-1976) during many decades of teaching and performing, and through association with the most prominent Russian musicians of the time including Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Medtner. The exercises in this method are concise and efficient, focusing on the elements of good playing: control, touch, nuance, and musicianship. This book can be used by students at all levels of development, and with all shapes and sizes of hands. The preparatory exercises allow students to begin using the book within their first year of lessons. A systematic approach allows the hands to develop gradually, avoiding dangerous tension or muscle damage. Topics include: preparatory exercises; extension exercises; five-finger exercises; flexibility of the thumb; trill exercises; scales & arpeggios; wrist development; double notes; and more.
(Fast Track Music Instruction). Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples.
In addition to teaching you what you need to know about the guitar, we've included lots of stuff you want to know - power chords, tablature, rock style, blues style, strumming, scales and much more.
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!
"Chord Quest Powerful Piano Lessons" is designed specifically for kids who new beginners to piano. By using musical patterns, simple diagrams and fun characters, students sound great from their very first lesson - without needing to read music. This book is a great supplement to other beginner piano books, or can be used as a standalone introduction to piano.Meridee Winters All Star Piano Patterns Book 1 Students will learn: Finger Numbers, Black & Keys, White Keys, Chords, Arpeggios, Chord Progressions, Intervals, Major and Minor, Improvisation, Creative Spins, Songwriting... And much more!