Step One Play Keyboard Chords

Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular piano sheet music and lead sheets, and be ready to play in a band! Alfred Music's exclusive TNT 2 software lets you customize the audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys. Features: *The easiest way to learn to play rock keyboard *Step-by-step explanation on how to read music *Learn basics like how to sit at the keyboard and proper hand position *Easy-to-understand approach to scales and chords *Music examples in the style of Billy Joel, The Kingsmen, Coldplay, Ben Folds Five, and more.*Essential chord chart with all the major and minor chords for the right hand / Clavier

Step One: Play Keyboard Chords. 140 essential chords in all 12 keys in clear photographs and handy keyboard diagrams. A complete resource for the beginning pianist or synthesizer player. The CD contains all the music examples and tunes played by professional musicians.

E-Z Play Today Book A. Introducing the E-Z way to reading music notes, chords, and learning musical terms! Keyboards are among the most versatile of all musical instruments, and many electronic keyboards today have special automatic features and automatic rhythms. These features make making music even more fun and versatile! If you've always wanted to learn how to play the keyboard, this book is your first step to success! Beginnings Book A provides easy-to-understand instructions with popular songs and favorite tunes so you can start playing music you know and love while learning to play! In practically no time, you'll be performing some of your favorite standards, including: Aura Lee · DannyBoy · He's Got the Whole World in His Hands · Kumbaya · Lullaby (Cradle Song) · On Top of Old Smoky · Simple Gifts · When the Saints Go Marching In · Yankee Doodle · and more. This book also includes access to online recordings of demonstration and backing tracks, so you can listen to the demos to hear how the piece should sound, then play along with the backing tracks to sound like a pro! Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. / Pédagogie / Recueil / Clavier

The first step towards experiencing the fun of playing Keyboards. This book will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing the keyboards. Learn How To: Play Chords And Arpeggios Playmajor and minor scales Play melodies by ear Improvise Play the blues CD included

This book/CD set presents Piano theory with technical and creative ideas to enhance your keyboard knowledge and improvisation skills through practical approaches and applications. To benefit most from this book you shouldalready be comfortable with reading notation on the grand staff and should have an understanding of written rhythms. Each step-by-step lesson has ideas to practice which may appear in the form of exercises suggestions ormixed with theory prompting you to be creative. Through these lessons you will discover how to become a more creative player with chords in a rhythm section setting going beyond just playing what is written on the page. Youwill also learn how to utilize scales in improvisation. This book has been designed to help beginners and intermediate students build a strong foundation and enlarge their horizon and to help advanced players fill in gaps intheir skills.