The New Basics : Rock Keyboard

Anyone with basic keyboard skills (equivalent to Alfred's Basic Piano, Lesson Book 2) can dig right in and begin learning rock right away. Starting with a thourough review of music fundamentals and basic rock theory, you will learn the basics of rock chords, left-hand patterns, arpeggios, slash chords, how to read lead sheets and get started improvising with the pentatonic scale. Other topics include blues-rock, rock ballads and an introduction to the modes. The essential starter for any rock keyboardist. The CD demonstrates examples and offers opportunities to play along.

The Crash Course: Keyboard is a tuition method designed to allow you to learn the Keyboard in just 8 weeks. This fast-track guide will help you develop technique and style on the Keyboard, taking you from novice to competent performer day-by-day. The included audio download features demonstrations of every exercise.Crash Course Keyboard requires a commitment to learning, but features daily lessons, end-of-week tests and demonstration audio to turn your dream of playing the Keyboard into reality in the shortest possible time. Using the book and audio download, you'll develop good Keyboard technique, learn to read notation and chord symbols and understand music theory. As you progress through the days and weeks, you'll begin to play tunes, bass lines and riffs, before improvising and eventually being able to play a range of styles, from blues and jazz to rock and reggae.The Crash Course series condenses many years of learning into an eight week schedule, allowing you to learn the most fundamental parts of the Keyboard in just two months. Each day of each week is logically structured so that you learn the basics through all the key concepts in the most ordered way possible. The accompanying audio download gives you instant online access to matching audio demonstrations of all the exercises, so that you can hear exactly how things should sound, before nailing it yourself.The author, David Mitchell, is an experienced music educator and musician, who has also included a helpful introductory section, where he details what to expect from the Crash Course Keyboard, as well as a brief note on the capabilities of the Keyboard, how to practise effectively and a quick guide to notation, ensuring that even absolute beginners can get started on the instrument with this course.If you are looking for a way to learn the Keyboard but feel like you're too busy during the day, or don't have the motivation to devote so much time to practising, Crash Course Keyboard is for you. By devoting a set amount of time per day to learning, you will progress quickly while the incentive to play will not decrease. In just two months, your playing could be up to a standard you're proud of. / Clavier

Musicians Institute Master Class-Do you play acoustic Piano? Electronic Keyboard? Hammond Organ? Clavinet? Whether your preferred genre is rock pop soul funk or blues  Pop Keyboard Concepts will teach you all of the basics required to master both the instrument and your desired style - from scales and chord progressions to rhythm and melody. Topics include: scale types and application chord types and progressions rhythmic subdivision and syncopation improvisation concepts comping patterns ideas for soloing and more. Pop Keyboard Concepts belongs to an official series from the Musicians Institute Southern California's renowned music school. Theinstitute boasts some of the finest musicians in the world and here they share their vast knowledge and experience with you. This book was written by Christian Klikovits tutor of Digital Notation and Arranging and Keyboard Private Lessons. With Pop Keyboard Concepts you'll learn the best way - through practical application. Useful demonstration tracks for all of the exercises can be accessed online for download or streaming using the unique code in the book.

Keyboard Lesson Goldmine Series-Perfect for Keyboard students who want to expand their knowledge the Keyboard Lesson Goldmine series contains four books: Blues Country Jazz and Rock. 100 Rock Lessons explains chords scales and progressions; comping basics; bass lines and right-hand fills; electronic Keyboards; recording tips and much more. 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.

Par KONOWITZ BERT. Adult beginners can be taught the basics of jazz and rock music easily using this dynamic supplement to Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course. And, teachers don't have to be jazz or rock experts to teach it! Perfect for individual or group instruction and playable on both acoustic and electronic keyboard. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Piano ou Clavier

Designed by John McCarthy for piano or electronic keyboard this Master Edition combines all three levels of this award wining series in a complete course! As a bonus we have included a complete ?Key Tab? section that will quickly and easily show you how to play chords progressions and entire songs.Learn all the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with proper posture and hand position. Next you will follow a gradual and progressive learning path to read music and play songs and master the keyboard. You will learn everything from classical pieces to blues progressions and challenging techniques. Learn melodies scales and thebasics of improvising.As an added bonus included are audio backing tracks and playing examples you can download that follow each lesson and let you apply them over full band backing tracks.