These key stickers for use with all keyboards make learning to play simple!
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This book teaches children how to use an electronic keyboard through easy instruction, color-coded notation and stickers, lots of illustrations, games and puzzles, and plenty of songs that kids will be able to play right away. Songs in Book 1 include: Alouette • Can Can • Chopsticks • It's Raining, It's Pouring • Kum Ba Yah • London Bridge • Skip to My Lou • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star • and more. Book 2 also available: 00102134/$5.95
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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.
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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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If you're new to the piano, you're probably eager to learn some chords to play along with your favorite songs. This one-of-a-kind collection features accessible, must-know piano chords and progressions used in famous pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, blues, and folk tunes. It provides easy-to-read notation, chord symbols, tips, and a systematic selection of popular hits in their recorded keys to get you playing great music faster than ever before. You'll learn how to play basic piano chords with 50 great songs: Bridge over Troubled Water • Crazy Little Thing Called Love • Eleanor Rigby • Fallin' • Free Fallin' • Gangsta's Paradise • Hello • Imagine • Lean on Me • Life in Technicolor II • Pinball Wizard • See You Again • So What • Space Oddity • Sweet Caroline • We Don't Talk About Bruno • With or Without You • Yellow Submarine • and more.
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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 access to online audio featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book!
100 Jazz Lessons includes scales, modes and progressions; Latin jazz styles; improvisation ideas; harmonic voicings; building your chops; and much more!
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.
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This workbook for the left hand on the piano is ideal for: piano students who have difficulty reading bass staff notes; piano players who want to strengthen their sightreading skills; musicians and music students who read only treble clef, but need or want to expand their bass staff note reading; budding composers who want to write for instruments that read bass clef; singers that want to improve accompaniment for themselves; or high school/college level music students who read treble clef and need to learn basic keyboard skills for the bass clef.
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Dr. John, a veritable encyclopedia of music and lore, immerses you in all aspects of New Orleans boogie and blues piano. These intimate sessions are as close to taking private lessons with a blues master as you will get. This complete edition includes online access to audio demonstration tracks for download or streaming, as well as three books: Volume 1 – In-Depth Sessions with a Master Musician; Volume 2 – Building a Blues Repertoire; Volume 3 – Sanctifying the Blues.
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The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 2 is a detailed, easy-to-use guide for anyone interested in furthering their jazz piano skills. There are many harmonic concepts, useful licks, and comping techniques for you to absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book. Includes: harmonic exercises; melodic vocabulary; chord progressions and substitutions; melodic minor scale theory; locked-hands style; drop-two voicings; stride; walking bass lines; Latin styles; modern sounds; and much more!
“This is a powerhouse of a book – a real 'owner's manual' for the jazz piano mind. Mark Davis presents the essential material in easily digestible packets, each buidling on the last, and as a whole building on the concepts from the first book. I'll be referring both beginning and intermediate students to this course.” – Geoffrey Keezer, multiple Grammy®-nominated pianist.
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When you play a song on the piano from a fake book or sheet music, do you ever get the feeling that the chords don't sound right for the musical style of the song, even if you're constructing the chords correctly? If that's the case, you need to learn how to voice the chords appropriately for the style you're playing, whether you're reading from a chart or playing from memory. Chord voicing is the art of interpreting the chord symbols to sound correct for the style. This is the “secret sauce” that will help your playing sound more professional! Pianist, composer/arranger, educator, and author Mark Harrison introduces you to piano chord voicings for these essential styles: blues, classic rock, cool jazz, country, funk, Gospel, hip-hop, modern rock, pop ballad, smooth jazz, and many more!
The piano chord voicing concepts are demonstrated with over 90 audio tracks, including play-along rhythm section accompaniment in all the styles!
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.
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Whether you're a beginner, an amateur, a professional, or a teacher, you can develop the skills essential for a blues stylistic performance with this excellent step-by-step guide. The hands-on instruction presented includes information on basic chords and patterns, improvisation, blues styles and genres, licks and playing techniques, and much more. Historical information on the roots of blues piano music is presented, along with a list of notable blues pianists. It's all here in a single indispensable volume, along with demonstration audio tracks available online.
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This book contains tips, suggestions, advice, musical examples, and other useful information garnered through a lifetime of Hammond organ study and professional gigging. Included in the book are dozens of entries gleaned from firsthand experience, including: funky scales and modes; unconventional harmonies; creative chord voicings; cool drawbar settings; ear-grabbing special effects; professional gigging advice; practicing effectively; making good use of the pedals; and much more! Grammy-nominated Hammond organist Brian Charette has established himself as a leading voice in modern jazz. An integral part of the New York City jazz scene, he was worked with such notable artists as Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Lou Donaldson, and countless others. Brian regularly writes master classes for Keyboard magazine and is a Nord-endorsed artist. He also gives seminars and teaches private lessons all over the world.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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This large, colorful poster printed on gloss stock is perfect for piano studios! It showcases 84 piano chord diagrams in all 12 keys and 7 scales, displayed in treble clef and bass clef notation, as well as a visual keyboard diagram. Each poster is rolled up and wrapped in plastic for portable, easy shipping and storage.
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If you are a pianist who has already developed some ability on your instrument, and have an interest in learning about blues and boogie woogie, this book is tailor-made for you. Jazz and swing are also discussed. You'll focus on many aspects of these styles, proceeding slowly at first, then progressing more quickly after the fundamentals have been introduced. Most of the songs and arrangements are at the intermediate level. The online audio features demo tracks, as well as stylistic backing tracks – with bass and drums only – so you can play along as the soloist. Topics covered include: 12-bar blues • left-hand bass patterns • right-hand licks • turnarounds & endings • swing & dotted rhythms • improvisation • and much more.
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each 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.
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Designed to take you from the beginning to an early intermediate level, this self-taught method presents concepts in a friendly, down-to-earth way. Plenty of classical pieces that gradually increase in difficulty are included, along with audio recorded by the author to help you practice your new skills. You'll learn piano technique and music theory along with repertoire to perform for your friends and family, or simply for your own enjoyment. Discover the delights of playing the piano as you teach yourself!
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.
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