Alfred's MAX Blues Keyboard

Alfred's MAX Blues Keyboard
Author: Bill Cunliffe
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739031797

See it * Hear it * Play it! A DVD is included with every book in Alfred's MAX[T] Series, offering maximum instruction at a minimum price. You won't just hear the performance, you'll also see how it's done, making it very easy to learn to play. A unique beginning keyboard method that teaches in blues style, from one of the world's most highly esteemed performers of blues and jazz, Bill Cunliffe. 48 pages.

Alfred's MAX Keyboard Complete

Alfred's MAX Keyboard Complete
Author: Kate Westin
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739041710

See it * Hear it * Play it! A video is included with every book in Alfred's MAX[T] Series, offering maximum instruction at a minimum price. You won't just hear the performance, you'll also see how it's done, making it very easy to learn to play. Learn to Play Keyboard Complete combines Levels 1 and 2, and the book and video work together so you can see and hear what you're playing. You'll start with the basics like how to sit at the keyboard, read music and play chords, then move on to techniques for several different styles and genres. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, classical, and folk, and you'll hear every example performed by a live keyboard player. This is an excellent way to start playing keyboards and quickly move on to the intermediate level!

Alfred's MAX Keyboard Complete

Alfred's MAX Keyboard Complete
Author: Amy Rosser
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739042090

See it * Hear it * Play it! A DVD is included with every book in Alfred's MAX[T] Series, offering maximum instruction at a minimum price. You won't just hear the performance, you'll also see how it's done, making it very easy to learn to play. Learn to Play Keyboard Complete combines Levels 1 and 2, and the book and DVD work together so you can see and hear what you're playing. You'll start with the basics like how to sit at the keyboard, read music and play chords, then move on to techniques for several different styles and genres. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, classical, and folk, and you'll hear every example performed by a live keyboard player. This is an excellent way to start playing keyboards and quickly move on to the intermediate level!

Alfred's Basic Adult Jazz/Rock Course

Alfred's Basic Adult Jazz/Rock Course
Author: Bert Konowitz
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457431678

Adult beginners can be taught the basics of jazz and rock music easily using this dynamic supplement to Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course. And, teachers don't have to be jazz or rock experts to teach it! Perfect for individual or group instruction and playable on both acoustic and electronic keyboard.

Alfred's MAX Keyboard, Bk 2

Alfred's MAX Keyboard, Bk 2
Author: Kate Westin
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2006-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739040409

Expanding on Max Keyboard 1, topics include advanced music reading, scales, time signatures, chords inversions, minor keys, and much more. The DVD provides every example in the book performed by a live keyboard player.

Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner

Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner
Author: Misha V. Stefanuk
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2015-11-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610651618

Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner is designed specifically for beginning piano students who are looking for fun and modern music material. It begins with chapters on how to find notes on the piano, hand positioning and an introduction to rhythm and musical notation. It discusses posture, explains how to select an appropriate instrument and includes a simple glossary of musical terms. Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner consist of 30 fun piano pieces including Chatter Rag, Friday Boogie, Max's Trot and Blue All the Way, composed by Mel Bay best selling author of Jazz Piano Chords and Jazz Piano Scales, Misha V. Stefanuk. the included CD allows students to enjoy the music and to hear how the pieces should be performed.

Jazz Keyboard Toolbox

Jazz Keyboard Toolbox
Author: Bill Cunliffe
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2000
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739007266

Now you can learn to play jazz keyboard without knowing a lot of complicated music theory. This step-by-step method uses listening and play-along techniques that make learning to play jazz fun and easy, with just enough theory to understand the concepts. You will gain a solid knowledge of the basic tools needed for accompanying and soloing in any jazz setting. A recording is included, so you can play the examples and tunes along with a professional jazz band.

Jazz Inventions for Keyboard

Jazz Inventions for Keyboard
Author: Bill Cunliffe
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739035382

Pianists all know the benefits of playing the "Two-Part Inventions" of J. S. Bach. Now, world-respected jazz pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe has written his own "inventions" that will benefit every player's understanding and performance of jazz. These great-sounding etudes explore the specific harmonic, melodic, and technical challenges faced by jazz keyboardists, including the ii-V and ii-V-I progressions, outlining changes, chord-tone ornamentation, playing in octaves, tonic patterns, block chords, polytonality, stride piano, and left-hand walking bass. Pieces feature chord symbols, explanatory notes, and preparatory exercises, and each invention is performed on the CD by Bill Cunliffe. 123 pages. " . . . perfect for daily warm-up, explores the harmonic and melodic intricacies of jazz, each etude targets a specific technical skill and includes performance notes, inventions gradually become more challenging and the harmonic progressions are varied and very musical . . . a musical feast." -International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)

The Piano

The Piano
Author: Jeremy Siepmann
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1998
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780793599769

(Book). For more than 200 years, the piano has been an inspirational force in the world of music. The Piano shows how this characterful instrument has won its place at the center of the affections of music lovers everywhere. This is the first popular book to cover every aspect of the instrument's dynamic history, including: origins, technical developments, novelties and experiments; piano music throughout the centuries; profiles of the instruments' musical giants and analyses of their greatest works; and much more. With over 200 photographs and full color throughout, The Piano is a handsome tribute to a great musical personality. 192 pages, 9 1/2 x 11 1/4