Piano & Keyboard Players Only

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 Book 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 Books. 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. This Book 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

Author: Bill Keis
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 01/28/2017
Pages: 126
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.27d
ISBN13: 9781542372114
ISBN10: 1542372119
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Instruction & Study | Techniques

About the Author
Bill Keis is a professional musician, teacher, author, pianist, composer, producer and musical director in the Los Angeles area. He has performed with such notable and talented musicians and composers as Chick Corea, Mark Isham, David Campbell, Stanley Clarke, Ronnie Spector, Edgar Winter, Chaka Khan and Kate Ceberano. One of Bill's compositions was used in the 2015 blockbuster movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, which grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide.

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