Learn How to Play Piano / Keyboard For Absolute Beginners: A Self Tuition Book For Adults & Teenagers!

by Martin Woodward

Overview

Second Edition of this already popular book. As the name suggests, this book has been written for the absolute beginner and assumes no prior musical knowledge - just the desire to do it! You will not be disappointed with this superb book which is probably the easiest and most user friendly book of its sort available! Items covered include: ● Buying your first keyboard or piano; ● Reading music from scratch; ● Easy, effective finger exercises which require minimal reading ability; ● Important musical symbols; ● Your first tunes; ● Audio links for all tunes and exercises; ● Key signatures and transposition; ● Pre-scale exercises; ● Major and minor scales in keyboard and notation view; ● Chord construction; ● Chord fingering; ● Chord charts in keyboard view; ● Arpeggios in keyboard and notation view; ● Arpeggio exercises; ● Playing from a Fake book with and without auto accompaniment; ● Plus more! Please note that the Paperback version is in monochrome only.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780244273088
Publisher:	Lulu.com
Publication date:	03/26/2020
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Martin Woodward was an international touring / recording musician in the 60s / 70s working with The Fantastics (UK top 10 artists), Tommy Hunt, Emile Ford (UK No.1 Artist), Aquila (RCA Records) and others.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Get the Best from this Book, Using the in-Book Links, Trust Your Self, Buying Your First Piano / Keyboard, Digital Pianos - Home Use, Digital Pianos - Stage / Studio, Acoustic Pianos, Harpsichords, Organs, Arranger Keyboards, Workstations Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller Keyboards, Auto-Accompaniment, Sequencers, Hammer Action or Semi Weighted?, Keyboard Combinations, Polyphony, Advantages / Disadvantages of Internal Amplification, Midi, Buying Second-hand or New? Keyboard Stands, Keyboard Benches / Stools, Piano / Keyboard Pedals , The Notes of the Keyboard, Music Notation, The Grand Staff, How the Notes Relate to the Keyboard, Sharps & Flats,Timing and Rhythm Part 1, 4/4 Timing, 2/4 Timing, 3/4 Timing, Using a Metronome, Your First Test, Let's Begin, Correct Hand and Seating Positioning, Fingering, Your First Exercises, Creating Tunes with 5 Notes, Timing and Rhythm Part 2, Dotted Notes, Triplets,Tied Notes, Grace Notes, 6/8 Timing, Important Musical Terms, More Tunes & Exercises, Intervals, Keys, Key Signatures & Transposition, Relative Minors, Your First Scales, The Major Scale, Chromatic Scale, The Harmonic Minor Scale, Chord Construction, Inversions, Chord Substitution, Chord Fingering, Left-Hand Chord Fingering, Chords in Keyboard View, Arpeggios, Thank you, Download Link