Product Details

• Actors: Dan Huckabee
• Format: Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Musicians Workshop
• DVD Release Date: March 14, 2003
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008KIWW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,263 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Dan Huckabee, has a degree in Music from The University of North Texas. He won the National Dobro Championship, & has played with The Allman Brothers, Lyle Lovette, Nancy Griffith, & Robert Earl Keen Jr, just to name a few. Dan founded Musicianís Worskhop in 1973, teaches Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin, & Harmony Singing at The University of Texas Informal Classes, has taught workshops & seminars at festivals all over the United States. & has authored over 250 music instructional products. So get comfortable & let Danís lifetime of musical experience guide you through everything you need to know in the quickest & easiest way possible!!

About the Actor

Failure rates have been high in the past for beginners due to the confusion caused by reading & playing at the same time. Reading is good if you have the patience & want to take the time, but don't give up your dream just because you prefer not to read. This is truly the "FUN APPROACH" to learning how to play piano or keyboard. We actually designed it for people who are afraid of the piano. â??There are so many people who would really like to have this wonderful skill, but they're either afraid they couldn't get it or afraid it would be too tedious. We successfully solved this problem by simply presenting it in the easiest, most logical & intriguing manner. Volume one: Dan Huckabee has you playing the chords to 18 songs in 4 different keys in practically no time at all. Dan starts you right off playing songs, because he skips the sight-reading that most piano instruction requires. This allows you to concentrate on the one important thing, "putting your hands on the! piano & playing". Traditionally, piano has been taught from a formal approach while guitar has more commonly been taught from a "hears how you do it" approach. The beginning guitarist learns to form his fingers on a few chords, then begins the arduous task of trying to move his fingers from one chord to the next. With enough practice (& painfully sore fingers), he eventually succeeds at switching from chord to chord quick enough to sing a song. On piano, these forms come so much sooner & without sore fingers! You will learn left & right hand techniques, rhythmic stylizations, the Nashville Numbering system, theory that will help you figure out songs of your own choosing, finger exercises, & much more. Songs include: Happy Birthday to You, I'm a Little Teapot, Will the Circle be Unbroken, On Top of Old Smokey, Worried Man Blues, Cotton Fields, Surfin U.S.A., Amazing Grace, Midnight Special, When the Saints Go Marching In, This Land is Your Land, You Are My Sunshine, Camptown! Races, Tom Dooley, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, Billy Boy, Home on the Range, Wild Thing, Twist and Shout. (these songs were carefully chosen as examples that successfully train your skills & your ear)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent beginning, June 29, 2006

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vallerino (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginning Rhythm Piano Keyboard (DVD)

I would definitely recommend this DVD to beginning keyboard players. In about 50 minutes, it shows you how to play and accompany yourself simply with a few basic chords. Dan Huckabee takes the new player through his paces one step at a time, making it easy and fun. He does stress that you will need to practice what he has shown you in this first hour. He bypasses the whole note reading thing in this DVD because it is not really necessary. He really strips away the complexities and shows the new player how to do it simply, and why. This is by no means the full regalia of rhythm piano, but it is what it says it is: Beginning Rhythm Piano, Volume 1. Volume 2 will present more tricks, but this definitely covers the basics.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beginning Rhythm Piano, December 21, 2005

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Arthur E. Grady - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning Rhythm Piano Keyboard (DVD)

This CD is everything it says - it is for beginners. If you have no knowledge of music or the piano, this DVD will serve you well. For those who have a basic knowledge of chords and chord progressions, save your money.

7 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dull and useless, February 25, 2006

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William R. Youngberg "Wasted my money" (Basking Ridge, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginning Rhythm Piano Keyboard (DVD)

This was a total disappointment. I was looking for a basic instructional video for my son - simple pointers on hand position, review of the keyboard, etc... The video jumps right into watching the host sing and play a few chords.