Alfred's Teach Yourself to Improvise at the Keyboard (with CD)
By Bert Konowitz
Series: Teach Yourself Series
Category: Keyboard/Piano
Format: Book & CD
Instrument: Keyboard/Piano
Learn to improvise at the keyboard and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Students of all ages can continue their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. By following the step-by-step set of instructions, you will learn all about improvising in blues, rock and jazz styles. With its chord symbols, mini-music lessons and both original and traditional songs, this book will have you improvising right from the beginning! Improvisation is a skill that can be learned and one that every budding pianist should know. It allows the performer to musically express feelings and ideas and is an exciting skill for performing all styles of music.
The accompanying CD features examples of the pieces in the book, a helpful resource for play-along and practice.
Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.
Product Code
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16631
Shipping Weight
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0.30 kilograms
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Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing the Blues Now!
By Bert Konowitz
Series: Teach Yourself Series
Category: Keyboard/Piano
Format: Book & CD
Instrument: Keyboard/Piano
Piano Safari for the Older Student employs the same exemplary pedagogy used in the highly regarded series for children but has been strategically modified to include more sophisticated themes. It moves at an accelerated pace and is recommended for students age ten through adult. To view sample pages, please visit the individual product pages.
Include:
Level 1 Repertoire & Technique
Level 1 Sight Reading & Theory
• carefully graded selection of tuneful pieces for flute and piano
• well-crafted arrangements provide practice of the keys, note-ranges and fingering patterns encountered in the early grades
• wide range of material, from Purcell to Puccini and from Schubert to Stravinsky
• each volume presents the pieces in chronological order and prints the year in which they were written