A course in playing the piano, providing an introduction to the instrument, covering posture, reading music, key signatures, scales, expression, tempo, timing, tonal balance, chord progressions, phrasing, interpretation, and many other topics, and exploring various music styles.
Featuring an integrated approach to playing pop, jazz, and classical piano, this handbook features an audio CD that demonstrates key techniques and concepts. 50 color photos. 50 charts.
With clear and easy-to-understand exercises, The Piano Handbook is perfect for anyone interested in learning the piano or improving their skills. It provides fresh material and techniques in styles ranging from classical to jazz, rock, bebop and fusion, and gives new players eve…
Featuring an integrated approach to playing pop, jazz, and classical piano, this handbook features an audio CD that demonstrates key techniques and concepts. 50 color photos. 50 charts.
"Piano Girl is the story of one woman's accidental career as a cocktail-lounge piano player. Sometimes poignant and often hilarious, this engaging memoir reveals the comedies, tragedies, and mundane miracles witnessed from the business side of the keyboard. A pianist in lounges …