First 50 Chords You Should Play on Piano

This coursebook explains in a clear and practical way how chords should be handled. This first volume dedicated to the principal three- and four-tone major minor and seventh (maj7 7 m7 and dim7) chords contains numerous pedagogically valuable meticulously precise and nonetheless melodic examples which will lead you through harmony chord progressions accompanying and composing. By practicing the examples proposed in this coursebook you will gradually familiarize yourself with the basics of harmony and will discover step by step the astoundingly malleable world of chords. You will thus approach the theme in an empirical way and by doing so you will understand howindividual components should be put together to form a well-made musical piece. The accompanying data disk (with mp3 audios and mp4 videos) provides demonstration videos of all the examples played on the piano as well as numerous audio recordings which will allow you to play along to backing tracks specially designed for each of them. This coursebook explains in a clear and practical way how chords should be handled. This first volume dedicated to the principal three- and four-tone major minor and seventh (maj7 7 m7 and dim7) chords contains numerouspedagogically valuable meticulously precise and nonetheless melodic examples which will lead you through harmony chord progressions accompanying and composing. By practicing the examples proposed in this coursebook you willgradually familiarize yourself with the basics of harmony and will discover step by step the astoundingly malleable world of chords. You will thus approach the theme in an empirical way and by doing so you will understand howindividual components should be put together to form a well-made musical piece. The accompanying data disk (with mp3 audios and mp4 videos) provides demonstration videos of all the examples played on the piano as well as numerousaudio recordings which will allow you to play along to backing tracks specially designed for each of them.

You Should Play on Acoustic Guitar-If you're new to the Guitar you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides a combo of tab chords and lyrics for the most popular songs beginning guitarists want to play on the Acoustic Guitar. Includes: Against the Wind • Barely Breathing • Boulevard of Broken Dreams • Champagne Supernova • Crazy Little Thing Called Love • Every Rose Has Its Thorn • Fast Car • Free Fallin' • Hey There Delilah • Ho Hey • I Won't Give Up • Layla • Let Her Go • Mean • One • Ring of Fire • Signs • Stairway to Heaven • Trouble • Wagon Wheel • Wish You WereHere • Yellow • Yesterday and more.

One-of-a-kind collection of accessible must-know chord shapes and progressions used-If you're new to the guitar you're probably eager to learn some chords to play along with your favorite songs. This one-of-a-kind collection of accessible must-know chord shapes and progressions used in famous rock pop folk blues RandB and reggae tunes provides easy-to-read notation tips chord grids and photos showing you exactly what to play for both acoustic and electric styles. With this book you'll learn how to play basic guitar chords with these hit songs: Ain't No Sunshine · American Pie · Back in Black · Bang a Gong (Get It On) · Brown Eyed Girl · Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) · Hey Good Lookin' · A Horse with No Name · I Shot the Sheriff · Imagine ·Landslide · Let It Be · Mustang Sally · Riptide · (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay · Summer of '69 · Take Me Home Country Roads · Twist and Shout · Won't Get Fooled Again · You've Got a Friend · and more.

You Should Play on Electric Guitar-A great collection of 50 “standards” that you really need to know if you want to call yourself a guitarist! This book provides a combo of tab chords and lyrics. Includes: All Along the Watchtower • Beat It • Born to Be Wild • Brown Eyed Girl • Cocaine • Communication Breakdown • Detroit Rock City • Hallelujah • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction • Iron Man • Oh Pretty Woman • Peter Gunn • Pride and Joy • Seven Nation Army • Should I Stay or Should I Go • Smells like Teen Spirit • Smoke on the Water • Sunshine of Your Love • When I Come Around • Wild Thing •You Really Got Me • and more.

This book and companion audio include twenty of the most popular kids' tunes of all time arranged for small hands to play on the ukulele. Chords are supplied for other instruments to join in the fun as well as lyrics forsinging.The ukulele tablature makes learning fun and easy while the arranger (with 25 years of teaching experience) has laid the foundations for good fingerstyle technique. This book is therefore both fun and educational.Includes access to online audio.The ukulele is a wonderful instrument for kids - cheap and cheerful and ready-made for kids' small hands.Most ukulele books introduce chords from the first page yet chords can be difficultand frustrating for child beginners. This book gets kids playing recognizable tunes right from the get go. Each song includes:- A standard notation clef with the words underneath- Chord symbols for guitar keyboard or anotherukulele to provide accompaniment- A tablature clef which is what the kids should play.

50 well-known songs that beginning pianists can play with just four chords including: Brave - Cecilia - Despacito - Fields of Gold - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Ho Hey - I'm Yours - Let It Be - Mean - Peaceful Easy Feeling - Roar - Stand by Me - Toes - Viva La Vida - With or Without You - You Raise Me Up - and more.

Par COROZINE VINCE. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 of the 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, and bass.Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass piano parts,making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues and pentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swing eighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context of accompanying a soloist (comping): in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazz soloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book.If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time you complete it! Includes access to online audio. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts, making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swingeighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping) - in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazzsoloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Etude / Piano

Media Type : Book+CD+DVD Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Rock Series : First Lessons Number of pages : 40 Finally a method that gets students started on the essentials of guitar while focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. Subjects include power chords, rock scales, rock soloing, reading tab and standard notation, open chords, accompaniment strum patterns, and rock licks. Designed to educate students about guitar essentials, this lesson makes the learning fun. Chord progressions and melodies similar to rock classics make this text a must for aspiring rock guitarists. The accompanying CD and DVD gives students the opportunity and hear and play along with the pros. - Gets students started on essentials of guitar focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. - Subjects include power chords, rock scales, rock soloing, reading tab and standard notation, open chords, accompaniment strum patterns, and rock licks. - Designed to educate students about guitar essentials. - Contains chord progressions and melodies similar to rock classics. - Companion CD and DVd included. DVD 95:00 minutes.

In order to be able to express yourself freely with the instrument a good technique is essential. But this technique should be discreet and become both natural and instinctive so that it can serve the music. This can be achieved by practising specific exercises like those presented throughout this method. This book details a vast practice programme covering the right hand technique first with both the traditional and the so-called ?floating thumb? positions and the different left hand techniques including physical exercises to loosen the fingers as well as preparatory exercises for hammer-ons pull-offs slides and shifts. But this method doesn?t stophere! It will let you practise ghost notes staccatos and accents not to mention chords barring tapping harmonics palm mute picking and slap techniques. Throughout the different chapters examples will help you to musically put these technical exercises into practice. The DVD gives you the opportunity to watch all the gestures in detail which will definitely help you make technical progress. In order to be able to express yourself freely with the instrument a good technique is essential. But this technique should be discreet and become both natural and instinctive so that it can serve the music. This can be achieved by practising specific exercises like those presented throughout this method. This book details a vast practice programme covering the right hand technique first with both the traditional and the so-called ?floating thumb? positions and the different left hand techniques including physical exercises to loosen the fingers as well as preparatory exercises for hammer-ons pull-offs slides and shifts. But this methoddoesn?t stop here! It will let you practise ghost notes staccatos and accents not to mention chords barring tapping harmonics palm mute picking and slap techniques. Throughout the different chapters examples will help you to musically put these technical exercises into practice. The DVD gives you the opportunity to watch all the gestures in detail which will definitely help you make technical progress.

Play guitar with the CD backing tracks and the matching music book. What you get in this pack: On the CD: Two specially recorded ‘soundalike’ backing tracks of each song. Full demo with guitar showing youhow the song should sound. Backing track without guitar for you to play along with on your guitar. In the Music book: Music chords and lyrics.. Learn the guitar part from the tab or the standard notation. Includes songs from The Kooks who’s first album was one of our biggest sellers a song from the most recent album by Glastonbury headliners The Killers and a song from the first Kaiser Chiefs album.