Product Description
The piano is world’s greatest instrument! Can you tell I’m a piano player? OK, I might be slightly biased. However, it is true that the piano is the most versatile acoustic instrument. And aside from perhaps the synthesizer or pipe organ, the piano has a larger range of pitch than any other instrument. Certainly it produces all aspects of music like no other: melody, harmony, and rhythm.
My estimate is that approximately 70% of knowledge about music applies to any instrument. The other 30% applies to whatever instrument you’re playing.
This eBook covers most of the 30% that is needed to play the piano and much of that applies to any keyboard.
The rest of the 70% of knowledge about music is covered in the other eBooks.
The data in this book applies to any piano or keyboard player at any level of expertise regardless of what style of music he/she plays. This is invaluable as a reference book for private lessons or as a textbook for classroom study.
Product Details
Format: PDF
Print Length: 125 pages
Publisher: Bill Keis Music (1/2011)
Sold by: Bill Keis Music
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-9832899-6-8
Reviews
"I enthusiastically endorse this book!" – Mark Isham – Grammy and Emmy Awardwinning, Academy Award-nominated Performer and Composer (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Bobby, Rules of Engagement, Blade and many more)
"As the musical director for Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles, I was looking for educational materials to use for helping to teach musicians. Since I'm a classical trained pianist and composer, I've studied many music books. I think it is great. I can definitely recommend it!" – Emanuele Ruffinengo – MD at Mad Hatter Studios, 3-Time Grammy winner; co-producer of Chick Corea's album ‘To The Stars’
“This is a must for the library of anyone studying music. It is clear, concise, instructive and interesting. One could not ask for more from a text.” D. Gareth Wootton, M.D. – Plastic Surgeon and piano student
“I love your book, man. I’ve always wanted to learn how to play walking bass and after studying your book I got pretty good at it which led to several gigs where I have to play LH bass.” – Jim Sturgess, pro pianist
“I learned to play the piano starting from scratch using the "Piano for Dummies" book which isn't too bad. However, Bill's book starts out simply and gives the student a pathway toward proficiency. It gives drills with easily understood directions. I have wanted to learn/play music since I can remember. Now I have a reference guide to get me there.” – Steve Weitz
This eBook answers many interesting questions such as:
* What is piano technique? What is the “optimum playing position”?
* What are the 8 ways to attack (how to push the keys down)?
* What are the correct fingerings for scales, arpeggios & chord inversions?
* When playing a song, is there really no such thing as a “wrong” fingering?
* What are guidelines and methods of developing “good” fingering?
* What are triads, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th chords?
* What are the 3 main ways to play the piano?
* What are all the possible piano chord voicings?
* How to develop hand independence?
* How to play in a rhythm section?
* How to play solo piano?
* How to play walking bass? Why should a piano player know that?
* What is the art of an accompanist?
And many more!
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