Edition: Paperback Book & CD Package, Keyboard

Description: 64 Pages

Welcome to the world of keyboards! Whether its folk songs, pop or blues the diverse styles covered in this book make learning easy, fun and entertaining! In addition to having fun there are many graphics and diagrams which teach you the music theory behind all of this great music. The exercises in this book provide you a greater understanding of music theory.

PLUS, the attached CD will not only help you improve your playing but will help make your playing come alive!

Beginning level.

1. The keyboard - components & functions
2. The keyboard.
3. Fingering numbers
4. Positioning of the hands.
5. Basics of musical notation.
6. Whole notes
6.1 Exercises with whole notes
7. Exercises with whole and half notes
8. Exercises with whole and quarter notes
10. Exercises with quarter and eighth notes.
11. Exercises with whole rests.
12. Exercises with half rests
13. Exercises with quarter rests
14. Exercises with eighth rests
15. The automated accompaniment
16. The left hand
16.1 Exercises for the left hand
17. Both hands
18. Dotted notes
18.1 Exercises with dotted half notes
18.2 Song exercise with dotted half notes.
19. Song exercise with position shift
20. Exercises with dotted quarter notes
21. The tie
21.1. Exercises with ties
22. Intervals - distance between note pitches
23. Chords
23.1 Inversions
24. Exercises with chord changes
24.1 The C major chord.
24.2 The G major chord in the 2. Inversion
24.3 Chord change with C major and G major
24.4 Chord change in fingered chord mode
25. Song accompaniment in fingered chord mode
26. The F major chord
26.1 Exercises with chord changes
26.2 Exercises in fingered chord mode
28. Accidentals
29. Minor chords
29.1 The F minor chord in the 2. Inversion.
31. Fingering technique for crossing under and crossing over
32. Changing fingers on one key
33. The dominant seventh chord.
34. Exercises with the G7 chord.
34.1 Song exercise with the G7 chord
35. The A minor chord (Am)
36. Exercise with chord cadence
36.1 Cadence song
37. 3/4 time
38. The D major chord
39. 6/8 time
39.1 Exercises in 6/8 time
39.2 Song exercise in 6/8 time
40. Theory basics.
40.1 The major scales
40.2 Circle of fifths.
40.3 Fingered chords (summary)