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 / Clavier

This book is great for keyboardists who have learned the basics of jazz harmony and improvisation. It introduces the modes of the major scale, chord extensions, making the changes, using chromatic and guide tones, chord substitution, 'rhythm changes,' the blues, altered dominant chords, and more. Continuing the format of Beginning Jazz Keyboard, new concepts are accompanied by etudes and songs for practice. Packed with harmony and improvisation ideas, Intermediate Jazz Keyboard is essential for any serious student of jazz keyboard. Companion MP3 audio demonstration tracks are included and can be streamed online or downloaded. / Clavier

The conclusion to this power-packed jazz method starts with a review of concepts from Intermediate Jazz Keyboard and quickly moves on to more-advanced concepts like chord voicings, modal soloing, substitution, reharmonization, modes of the minor scales, diminished and whole tone scales, walking bass, stride piano technique, non-diatonic progressions, and much more. The perfect launching pad for a lifetime of discovery and joy from playing music, Mastering Jazz Keyboard is essential to any keyboardist's journey into jazz. Companion MP3 audio demonstration tracks are included and can be streamed online or downloaded. / Clavier

Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music yet right from the beginning, you will be playing arrangements which include a complete rhythm section with full sounding chords, bass and drums. Book 2 includes 'Love Me Tender', 'Sailing', 'Take Me Home Country Roads', 'For Once In My Life' plus instrumental effects - electric guitar, big band sounds, strings and many others. / Clavier (Avec Grilles D'Accords)

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.

The Complete Keyboard Player series will teach you everything you need to know to get the most out of your electronic keyboard in a fraction of the time it takes to learn a conventional instrument. Based on popular songsand with easy-to-follow text and diagrams this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music. All three books are available with an optional professional-quality CD with full-band backing tracks anddemosntrations of all songs. Book two contains: Sharps flats and naturals 7 new right hand notes Minor Chords Dotted notes and syncopation Chord chart

Electronic Keyboard Grades 4-5 Trinity Edition-The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London electronic keyboard sight-reading criteria. The books have been specifically written to reflect Trinity’s parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout. Designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems these books follow the same progressive format as previous editions: technical aspects are introduced step by step firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally‘Going solo’ with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.