2015 | ISBN: 1785461087 | English | 164 pages | True PDF | 40 MBThis new revised edition of Piano for Beginners is an essential guide for piano and keyboard first-timers. Simplifying the process through step-by-step tutorials, this bookazine will help you lay a solid foundation for years of enjoyment. From the correct way to sit at the piano to reading notation, we start with the basics before expanding your musical horizons with easy home recoding and genre-specific tutorials.
Everything you need to know to start playing the piano
Getting started- Essential advice to help you choose the right piano and learn the basics
Understanding theory- Learn to read musical notation and familiarise yourself with music theory
Playing the piano- Turn theory into practice by following our guides to scales and chords
Play in the style of…- From classical to blues, replicate the sound of your favourite genre
Also inside...
- The ultimate guide to the piano
- How to sit correctly at the piano
- Learn the white keys
- Learn the black keys
- Using the piano's pedals
- What is musical notation?
- Introducing the staves
- Notes and their values
- How to read musical notation
- Understand time signatures
- Interpret key signatures
- Learn about ledger lines
- Change note lengths
- Alter a note's pitch with accidentals
- Navigate music notation
- Control the volume with dynamics
- Set and change the tempo
- Add articulations to notes
- Use musical ornaments
- Warm up your hands
- Introducing musical scales
- The C major scale
- The F major scale
- The G major scale
- The D major scale
- The A minor scales
- D minor scales
- Learn about intervals
- Understanding chords
- Using inversions
- Major chords
- Minor chords
- Suspended chords
- Augmented chords
- Diminished chords
- Dominant seventh chords
- Major seventh chords
- Minor seventh chords
- Use chord progressions
- Left-hand patterns
- Learn arpeggios
- Get to grips with recording
- Play through a computer
- Record on a Mac
- Record on a PC
- Improve your techniques with apps
- Pop
- Blues
- Jazz
- The Classical period
- The Romantic period
- Contemporary piano music
- Helpdesk
- Glossary
- Essential scales
- Chords list
download from free file storage
