A fun and easy way to get started playing piano or keyboard. Teaches everything you need to know for a solid foundation learning keyboard. Keyboard Made Easy! is a great alternative to traditional piano methods that assume every student wants to be a classical pianist. Rather, this book prepares students to learn the style of popular music they enjoy, such as pop, jazz or blues. Covers several different ways to accompany melodies using familiar, beautiful tunes.
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Kristin Kelley is currently the Music Director at the Forman School in Litchfield, Connecticut where she teaches classes in Music Theory and Composition, Music Appreciation and Musical Theater. Her students receive instruction in piano, music notation and high-tech electronic music composition through the use of samplers, drum machines, MIDI and digital recording.
Kristin received the Bachelor of Music from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts in 1990 and the Master of Music from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1996. During her graduate studies, she was awarded a teaching assistantship in Music History and Literature with a specialization in American folk music and Ethnomusicology. Her Master's thesis is a biographical song analysis of her grandmother's repertoire, which represents the influence of early American radio on the oral folk tradition.
Kristin began teaching as an instructor at the National Guitar Workshop in 1998. Kristin performs solo and ensemble work in the Northeast, where she plays a wide variety of music, ranging from rock to classical. She is currently working on original compositions for an upcoming recording. She plays piano, guitar, flute, bass, mandolin and the Appalachian mountain dulcimer.
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The purpose of this book is to provide the absolute beginning piano or keyboard student with an easy and fun way to learn how to play. The book contains a variety of musical selections including American folk songs, ballads, blues and spirituals, as well as Scottish, Israeli and English songs. The examples are arranged in the most common major and minor keys, and a keyboard diagram, key signature, major or minor scale and primary chords are shown for each key. Everything that you need to know to get started learning keyboard is outlined in this book.
You will learn how to play basic five-note melodies in both the right- and left-hand C positions. Then you will learn how to play melodies on the grand staff, with one hand playing a melody while the other hand accompanies with either single notes or chords. Left-hand accompaniment patterns are presented in a variety of styles and provide a complimentary harmonic background for the melodies.
The major scale is outlined in detail so that you will learn how music is constructed. Half steps and whole steps are explained through helpful keyboard and staff diagrams to help you to navigate your way around the piano keyboard.
Any kind of keyboard is appropriate for learning how to play, whether it is a grand piano or an electronic keyboard. The best types of electronic keyboards are those that have weighted keys, which serve to simulate the physical action of playing a real piano.
Learning how to play keyboard requires patience and diligence, but the rewards are great if you work hard. Good luck!
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