A beginner's Guide for Group or Private Instruction. The Modern Band Method series provides a guided lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and many popular songs by the biggest artists of the day! This keyboard method works in tandem with the other instrument methods in the series, allowing students to play the same songs together as a full band! Keyboard lessons include: · Proper playing posture · Reading notes and rhythms · Scales, chords and arpeggios · Syncopation · Rock, pop, Latin, funk, hip hop and island styles · Articulations · Composing a song · Writing lyrics

The world's best-selling keyboard method in one complete pack - everything you need to get the most from your Keyboard! This book and 3 CD pack has been compiled from the hugely successful Complete Keyboard Player series to offer an all-in-one solution to learning the best in Keyboard techniques, sounds and songs. This package includes: A complete tutorial guide giving a step-by-step approach to playing the instrument. Extensive chapters concerning selecting sounds, rhythms and using auto accompaniments. Music notation explained in full, along with single-finger and fingered chords, scales and keys. A comprehensive set of full professional-quality backing tracks across 3 CDs that will bring your practice hours to life. Handy Keyboard overlays will ensure that you will never have to hit a wrong note! Furthermore, over 50 hit songs have been provided to create an instant repertoire, and to give you the opportunity to learn using the songs that you know and love. No previous knowledge of the Keyboard or music is required. This book is A5-sized for easy transport! / Clavier

Pre-Practice Technical Exercises-Pre-practice technical exercises for the piano.The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The idea is to learn two or three exercises at a time which should be played each day before practising. Only when these are mastered should you add another. When all in the first group are mastered the next group may be introduced. Many of these exercises may be transposed to different keys.

Pre-Practice Technical Exercises-Pre-practice technical exercises for the piano.The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The idea is to learn two or three exercises at a time which should be played each day before practising. Only when these are mastered should you add another. When all in the first group are mastered the next group may be introduced. Many of these exercises may be transposed to different keys.

Awarded the prestigious Music Industries Association Award in 2006 for Best Pop Publication Tim Richards' Exploring Jazz Piano was the long-awaited follow-up to his acclaimed Improvising Blues Piano also published by Schott. The overall level is somewhat higher and would suit pianists of Grade 4 standard and above. The book comes in two volumes comprising no less than 56 original pieces by the author together with special arrangements of 24 standards ranging from Autumn Leaves and Summertime to Straight No Chaser and Coltrane's Impressions.The two volumes also contain over 800 musical examples a veritable treasury of styles and techniques for the aspiring jazzpianist and refers to the work of Erroll Garner Art Tatum Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Bud Powell Horace Silver Hampton Hawes Red Garland Wynton Kelly Bill Evans George Shearing Oscar Peterson Chick Corea McCoy Tyner and many others. Each volume has its own CD containing between them performances of all 80 pieces played by Tim alone or with his current trio of Dominic Howles (bass) and Matt Home (drums). Play-along tracks are also included in which the piano is panned to one speaker providing rhythm section accompaniment if desired by turning the amplifier's balance control. Copious examples of improvisation are accompanied by numerous assignments with guidance to hand on every page. The package is beautifully illustrated with many full-page photographs of piano masters past and present informative mini biographies and a comprehensive suggested listening section. The practical covered spiral binding protects the books as well as enabling them to lie flat on the music stand.Exploring Jazz Piano fills a vacuum in jazz piano instruction its comprehensive syllabus taking the reader from first principles in Vol. 1 to professional level in Vol. 2. Any student of jazz piano piano teacher or performing musician dipping into either volume will be rewarded with a wealth of ideas and practical information to keep them occupied for many

Improve your Piano playing technique with this easy-to-follow guide. Pam Wedgwood: Piano Basics Volume 2 is filled with useful advice and tips presented in imaginative ways to make learning fun. Featuring theory quizzes and handy fact files this informative book will teach you all of the essential theory required to master the Piano. With Piano Basics Volume 2 musicians will learn while playing along to Wedgwood’s own catchy tunes and other well-known pieces. Pam Wedgwood: Piano Basics Volume 2 comes complete with a CD of backing tracks as well as recordings of complete performances allowinglearners to listen to the songs as they should sound.

A clear simple-to-follow Piano course. Illustrations showing the correct positions for the wrist thumb etc. are included.

Twenty-four easy-to-master fun-to-play piano pieces-Re-Introduction is a collection of studies by Chilly Gonzales which allow pianists to rediscover the joy of sitting behind a Piano. The 24 Piano pieces are easy to learn fun to play and specially designed for all those who have tried to elucidate the mysteries of composing without success.It is recommended to have acquired a basic level of proficiency before playing these 24 studies. Each focuses on technical issues or theoretical necessary to musical composition and piano practice: melody harmony rhythm scales arpeggios ... Chilly Gonzales teaches us how to use all this equipment to play the piano today including notions absentfrom musical dictionaries!Chilly Gonzales' text accompanies each piece in which he discloses his personal tricks. An enclosed CD includes a recording of the 24 pieces allowing students to have the music in mind before giving their own interpretation on the keyboard.

Enfin du nouveau dans le piano !

La Méthode Pianorama est la prochaine référence pédagogique : vraiment progressive, illustrée, de son époque, cette méthode fait la synthèse entre la rigueur de la discipline et le plaisir de la musicalité.

On y retrouve, outre une progression pédagogique à géométrie variable, des quatre mains prof/élève, ainsi que des énigmes musicales pour consolider les acquis.

Complément naturel du petit Pianorama, la Méthode Pianorama va faire souffler un vent de nouveauté sur la collection, et jusque dans l?enseignement du piano ! / Méthodes

44 pièces choisies pour les débutants de tous âges. Inclus un CD contenant une version complète un playback de chaque morceau.

/ Classique / Partition CD /

Le Petit Pianorama est le répertoire de tous les pianistes débutants.
Vous y trouverez les pièces les plus connues et les plus originales de la musique classique, du jazz, de la variété, des musiques traditionnelle et de la musique de film. Conçu pour favoriser une progression logique et motivante, le Petit Pianorama deviendra vite le compagnon indispensable de tous les apprentis pianistes dans la découverte de l'instrument et du langage musical. / Classique / Jazz / Variétés / Musiqu / Partition CD / Spirale /

Méthode débutants avec disque compact. Cet ouvrage est l'aboutissement d'une méthode qui à déjà permis à des centaines de professeurs enthousiastes d'enseigner le piano avec ces `mots de passe` : Efficacité, Gaieté, Initiative. Publié en 1993, le Piano ouvert a réussi à s'imposer rapidement comme une référence et a obtenu en 1996 le `Choc du Monde de la Musique`. CD : Il y a les chansons chantées, à écouter, et aussi les `play-back` d'orchestre (faciles à retrouver sur un CD).