Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals. For Rockschool's piano series, Rockschool has commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music's rich heritage in all its forms. Each piece has been tailored to fit the relevant grade level and support progression while learning your instrument. The music has been arranged and performed by top session musicians and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Songs include: Beauty and the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) • Imagine (John Lennon) • La Valse D'Amelie (from Amélie) • Lean on Me (Bill Withers) • Love Yourself (Justin Bieber) • Next to Me (Emeli Sandé). Plus:
• Band and artist fact files with recommended listening
• In-depth walkthroughs of every track
• Easy-access downloadable audio of backing tracks and full recordings of all performance pieces
• Example tests and exercises
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Expand your keyboard knowledge with the Keyboard Lesson Goldmine series! The series contains four books: Blues, Country, Jazz, and Rock. Each volume features 100 individual modules that cover a giant array of topics. Each lesson includes detailed instructions with playing examples. You'll also get extremely useful tips and more to reinforce your learning experience, plus two audio CDs featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book!
100 Country Lessons includes the Floyd Cramer Slip-Note Technique; left-hand comping styles; special techniques; blues scales, pentatonic scales, et. al.; the country ballad; and much more!
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A clear and easy guide to getting the most out of your new electronic keyboard. The book contains easy instruction on playing techniques and using electronic keyboard features to enhance your playing. Includes songs that use the techniques demonstrated in the lessons, and comes complete with ABC key stickers to help you remember note names.
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A collection of essential chords to help you play your favorite songs on any electronic keyboard. All chords appear in full notation with fingering clearly shown.
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Books 1 and 2 combined in one volume and specially enlarged to 9 x 12 inches.
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The hottest beginner book on the market today! Contains the ABC's of playing electronic keyboard. Beginners will be introduced to the fundamentals of music while learning 17 easy-to-play songs. Perfect for class or individual instruction. Easy and fun. Includes ABC Stickers.
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A special edition teaching new techniques and various features of automatic rhythms on the electronic keyboard. Includes 12 songs, featuring: America • Can't Help Falling in Love • Neutron Dance • What Child Is This? • more.
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Learn to play 13 recent hits complete with instruction, music and recorded demos. The songs in this collection encompass a wide variety of styles within today's pop and rock music for piano: the driving rock of “Clocks,” the mellow acoustic pop of “Don't Know Why,” the gentle balladry of “How to Save a Life,” the goth rock of “My Immortal,” the jazz-infused “Ordinary People,” and more.
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Take your playing from ordinary to extraordinary with this all-encompassing book/audio package. Whether you play acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers – or all three – you'll receive valuable tips on performing, recording, the music business, instruments, equipment, soloing techniques, music theory and more. Includes access to audio tracks online of most of the examples in the book, performned on a variety of instruments. Includes 150 informative entries on the following topics: arpeggio • chord progressions • digital audio workstation • ear training • funk • GarageBand • improvisation • jazz • key signatures • MIDI • ProTools • soloing • voice leading • and much more.
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Quick -- how many scales do you know? If you answered several, you're not alone. Lots of piano players know several scales, but how many really know what to do with them? With Pianist's Guide to Scales Over Chords, you'll learn how to apply the most used scales in a musical manner. We'll examine how scales and chords are closely linked and how this relationship is key to crafting memorable, intelligent solos. If you're stuck in a pentatonic rut or find yourself always coming back to the same old patterns, this book is for you. The online audio contains 178 tracks, including 15 extended backing tracks for practice! You'll learn: Diatonic Harmony Theory (intervals, scales, chord construction, etc.); Major and Minor Scale Applications; Inversions and Slash Chords; Seventh Chords and Extended Harmony; Modes (construction and applications); Playing over a Standard (Dominant) and Minor 12-Bar Blues; Non-diatonic Harmony and Modal Progressions. 14 scales are covered: Major Scale (Ionian) • Major Pentatonic • Minor Scale (Aeolian) • Minor Pentatonic • Dorian • Phrygian • Lydian • Mixolydian • Locrian • Blues Scale • Harmonic Minor • Melodic Minor • Lydian Dominant • Super Locrian.
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