This comprehensive book with online audio will teach you the basic skills you need to play smooth jazz piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio features many of the examples in the book performed either solo or with a full band. Specifically, you'll learn: scales and chords, harmony and voicings, progressions and comping, rhythmic concepts, melodies and soloing, characteristic stylings, the history of jazz, and more. THE HAL LEONARD KEYBOARD STYLE SERIES provides focused lessons that contain valuable how-to insight, essential playing tips, and beneficial information for all players. Comprehensive treatment is given to each subject, complete with professionally recorded audio tracks. The audio is accessed online for download or streaming.
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The fundamentals of jazz are here explained and systemized in 70 lessons based on 60 jazz standards. It covers the styles of musicians from Buddy Bolden to Dizzy Gillespie.
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A method that's fast, fun and designed for the 'do-it-yourselfer.' Familiar songs can be played almost immediately because the student reads only the melody line and chord symbols. Also provides the incentive for continuing serious music study. With The Pointer System you can learn to play the piano as you've always wished you could – even if you have never touched a keyboard before in your life!
BOOK 1 will help you learn the basics of the keyboard, the staff, rhythm, scales, melodies and more. Songs include: Auld Lang Syne • Faith of Our Fathers • Jingle Bells • Oh! Susanna • and more.
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A handy guide of clear chord illustrations, perfect for students. Also includes a transposition chart.
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The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and professional quality audio with 65 full-demo tracks as well as a DVD with even more instruction and demonstrations. This pack offers a complete guide to the basics, including: music reading – notes and rhythms; lead sheet notation for left hand; songs, chords and scales; playing tips and techniques; and more.
The accompanying audio files are accessed through Hal Leonard's popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes 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 comprehensive book/CD pack will teach you the basic skills needed to play new age piano. From melodic development to chord progressions to left-hand accompaniment patterns, you'll learn the theory, the tools and the techniques used by the pros. The accompanying 96-track CD demonstrates most of the music examples in the book. The tracks feature the right-hand part on the right channel and the left-hand part on the left channel for easy “hands-separate” practice, an important skill for any style of playing.
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This comprehensive book/online audio pack will teach you the basic skills needed to play beginning rock keyboard. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, tools, and techniques used by the pros. The accompanying audio tracks demonstrate most of the music examples in the book. Get started today!
The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks 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 – available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
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This comprehensive book and audio package will teach you the basic skills you need to play post bop jazz piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio features many of the examples in the book performed either solo or with a full band. THE HAL LEONARD KEYBOARD STYLE SERIES provides focused lessons that contain valuable how-to insight, essential playing tips, and beneficial information for all players. Comprehensive treatment is given to each subject, complete with companion audio files. 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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If you can point a finger, you can learn piano! Check out this classic method that's fast, fun and designed for the 'do-it-yourselfer.' Familiar songs can be played almost immediately because the student reads only the melody line and chord symbols. Also provides the incentive for continuing serious music study. With The Pointer System you can learn to play the piano as you've always wished you could – even if you have never touched a keyboard before in your life! This edition features all five books of the method together in one convenient plastic comb-bound edition.
BOOK 1: Learn the basics of the keyboard, the staff, rhythm, scales, melodies, and more. Songs include: Auld Lang Syne • Faith of Our Fathers • Jingle Bells • Oh, Susanna • and more. BOOK 2: Start learning about the black keys, the sustaining pedal, new chords, and more. Songs include: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow • Merry Widow • My Darling Clementine • On Top of Old Smoky • We Three Kings • and more. BOOK 3: This book continues with major chords, scales, rhythm in 4, eighth note patterns, and more. Songs include: Good Night Ladies • Home on the Range • I've Been Working on the Railroad • Marine Hymn • Oh, Susanna • and more. BOOK 4 moves into the areas of alternating bass, melody in octaves, sixteenth notes, playing triplets, syncopation, and more. Songs include: America • Bicycle Built for Two • Bill Baily • My Bonnie Old Folks at Home • Sailing Sailing • and more. BOOK 5: This edition explores scale and chord patterns, chord inversions, chord progressions, cross hand accompaniment, key of D Major, and more. Songs include: the First Noel • Glow Worm • Minuet • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot • When the Saints Come Marching On • and more.
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This remarkable instructional pack contains books 1 and 2 from the Absolute Beginners series plus the songbook and fingering charts all in one volume, with 2 CDs of professional backing tracks and a bonus DVD to accompany the first tutor book.
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The Theory & Technique books provide students with workbooks to reinforce the theoretical concepts they are learning in the method books. Alongside these examples are exercises that help develop piano techinique. Keys for the Kingdom brings theory alive for students. More than just memorizing terms and running scales, this approach helps students understand how music works. It establishes foundations that help them create their own music or interpret the music of others with more feeling and understanding. One unique feature of Keys for the Kingdom is the inclusion of improvisation as an integral part of the student's lesson. Many musical styles are covered including gospel and contemporary idioms. All companion books are closely coordinated with the lesson models in the method book.
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Weighing in with nearly 400 pages, the Picture Chord Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive keyboard resource ever! It includes easy-to-see photos, easy-to-read chord diagrams and treble and bass clef notation for over 1,600 keyboard chords, plus basic chord theory, a chord symbol chart, and more! Also available in a 6″ x 9″ Edition (00310978).
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Enables the user to find any chord instantly without reading music. How to accompany songs from ragtime to rock 'n' roll.
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50 essential exercises for the beginning to professional pianist, all based on the requisite Hanon studies. The exercises address: stride, ragtime, Broadway, honky-tonk, New Orleans, Harlem stride, 2-beat swing, Fats Waller, Dr. John, Scott Joplin, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton, and more.
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Explores principles of reading music, theory, technique, interpretation, and musicianship. Each lesson also includes appropriate scripture references.
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