Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Rock Keyboard
Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!
By Joe Bouchard
Keyboard/Piano Book & DVD
Item: 00-42710
$24.99
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Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play from popular piano sheet music and lead sheets, and be ready to play in a band! Alfred Music's exclusive TNT 2 software lets you customize the audio tracks for practice. Use it to slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys.
Features:
*The easiest way to learn to play rock keyboard
*Step-by-step explanation on how to read music
*Learn basics like how to sit at the keyboard and proper hand position
*Easy-to-understand approach to scales and chords
*Music examples in the style of Billy Joel, The Kingsmen, Coldplay, Ben Folds Five, and more.
*Essential chord chart with all the major and minor chords for the right hand
Features:
*The easiest way to learn to play rock keyboard
*Step-by-step explanation on how to read music
*Learn basics like how to sit at the keyboard and proper hand position
*Easy-to-understand approach to scales and chords
*Music examples in the style of Billy Joel, The Kingsmen, Coldplay, Ben Folds Five, and more.
*Essential chord chart with all the major and minor chords for the right hand
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Contents
| Title | |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| WHAT YOU NEED TO TEACH YOURSELF TO PLAY ROCK KEYBOARD | |
| SITTING AT THE KEYBOARD | |
| STANDING AT THE KEYBOARD | |
| TUNING YOUR INSTRUMENT | |
| HOW THE FINGERS ARE NUMBERED | |
| THE MECHANICS OF PIANO KEYBOARDS | |
| ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDS | |
| DYNAMICS | |
| FOUR GOOD REASONS FOR PLAYING WITH CURVED FINGERS | |
| THE TWO BLACK-KEY GROUP AND THE THREE BLACK-KEY GROUP | |
| BEGINNING TO PLAY | |
| RIGHT-HAND C POSITION | |
| GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH MUSIC | |
| QUARTER NOTES | |
| HALF NOTES | |
| WHOLE NOTES | |
| LEFT-HAND C POSITION | |
| Left-Hand Warm-up | |
| 4/4 TIME | |
| PLAYING AN EASY SONG WITH EACH HAND | |
| Easy Song for Right Hand | |
| Easy Song for Left Hand | |
| INTRODUCING THE GRAND STAFF | |
| Five-Note Song | |
| MELODIC INTERVALS--2NDS AND 3RDS | |
| Whole Rest | |
| MELODIC INTERVALS--4THS AND 5THS | |
| HARMONIC INTERVALS--2NDS AND 3RDS | |
| Going Home | |
| HARMONIC INTERVALS--4TH AND 5THS | |
| Quarter Rest | |
| Half Rest | |
| ROCK RIFFS FOR THE LEFT HAND--HARMONIC INTERVALS IN 5THS AND 6THS | |
| Rockin' Away | |
| Road to Rock Mountain | |
| C MAJOR AND F MAJOR CHORDS | |
| CHORDS WARM-UPS FOR THE LEFT HAND | |
| Rockin' Away Again | |
| INTRODUCING THE G7 CHORD IN THE LEFT HAND | |
| Working | |
| Susannah Rocks | |
| Memphis Calling | |
| Come On, Move It | |
| IMPORTANT ROOT CHORDS IN THE KEY OF C | |
| C Chord in the Right Hand | |
| C Chord in the Left Hand | |
| Notes of a Major Triad | |
| F Chord in the Right Hand | |
| F Chord in the Left Hand | |
| G Chord in the Right Hand | |
| G Chord in the Left Hand | |
| PLAYING ROOT-POSITION CHORDS IN BOTH HANDS | |
| SONG WITH ROOT-POSITION C, F, AND G CHORDS | |
| Flying Higher | |
| THE C MAJOR SCALE | |
| DIATONIC TRIADS AND CHORDS | |
| Seaside Dreaming | |
| Lost in a Dream | |
| Confidence in the Chords | |
| NEW HAND POSITIONS | |
| LA BAMBA-STYLE ROCK | |
| Mexican Dance Party | |
| INTRODUCING THE EIGHTH NOTE AND EIGHTH REST | |
| Stomping at the Drive-In | |
| INTRODUCING THE ARPEGGIO | |
| Van Go Arpeggios | |
| Southland Song | |
| SONGS WITH STRONG BASSLINES | |
| Five Alarm Fire | |
| SHARPS, FLATS, AND NATURALS--THE BLACK KEYS | |
| MORE ABOUT SHARPS, FLATS, AND NATURALS | |
| HALF STEPS & WHOLE STEPS | |
| House of the Rising Sun | |
| THE MAJOR CHORD AND THE MINOR CHORD | |
| Space Oddity 101 | |
| INTRODUCING OCTAVES | |
| PLAYING OCTAVE MELODIES IN THE RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND | |
| Yo-Yo Heave Ho (Volga Boatman Song) | |
| ALTERNATING OCTAVES FOR QUICK AND EASY ACCOMPANIMENT | |
| Rocking Yankee Doodle | |
| PLAYING WITH THE LEFT HAND IN THE TREBLE CLEF AND PLAYING WITH THE RIGHT HAND IN THE BASS CLEF | |
| Right Hand | |
| Left Hand | |
| The Two-Finger Blues | |
| PREPARATION FOR "WHEN THE SAINTS ROCK" | |
| Accent | |
| When the Saints Rock | |
| SWING FEEL AND ALTERNATING OCTAVES | |
| Hot Time Shuffle | |
| ROCK BALLAD STYLE | |
| Rainy Day Sunshine | |
| CHORD INVERSIONS | |
| CHORD INVERSIONS IN ROCK | |
| Body Rocking Baby | |
| Friday Night Dance Party | |
| KEY SIGNATURES AND MORE SCALES | |
| MAJOR 7TH AND DOMINANT 7TH CHORDS | |
| USING DOMINANT 7TH CHORDS WITH INVERSIONS | |
| WARM UP FOR "WHERE'S LOUIE?" | |
| Grace Note | |
| Where's Louie? | |
| SYNCOPATION--GOTTA HAVE THAT RHYTHM! | |
| MORE SYNCOPATION | |
| Down Home Feeling | |
| The Piano Guy | |
| Timepieces | |
| MORE LEFT-HAND ROCK AND ROLL PATTERNS | |
| Left Hand No. 1 | |
| Left Hand No. 2 | |
| TRIPLETS | |
| The Zombieland Boogie | |
| ARPEGGIOS WITH SYNCOPATION | |
| VERY LOW NOTES ON THE PIANO | |
| Downtown Coffee Shop | |
| Purple Smoke Rings | |
| DICTIONARY OF ESSENTIAL CHORDS |
Additional Information
| Series: | Teach Yourself Series |
| Author: | Joe Bouchard |
| Instrument: | Keyboard/Piano |
| Format: | Book & DVD-ROM |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Item Number: | 00-42710 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-4706-1424-3 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-1424-9 |
| UPC: | 038081482897 |
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