The Keyboard course is designed to accompany the self-taught person, and those who have a musical tutor. You will learn to read melodies and perform accompaniment by reading chord and harmony ciphers. With this book you will be able to play famous melodies and songs from recognized bands. You will learn several popular styles, and selected repertoire for all tastes. Also included in the book are technique exercises, a compilation of basic piano exercises, progressive reading of notes and ciphers, and studies of musical form and resources.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Keyboard Method
BASIC MUSIC THEORY
Musical Notation
What is Music?
Notes and Musical Cipher
Staff
Treble clef
Bass clef
Name of the notes on the keyboard
Representation of Musical Notes
Sharps # and Flats
Duration Figures
Compass
repeat bars
Touching posture
Exercises with the 5 fingers in a single position
Melodies
Melody: The Simpsons
Traditional: Christmas
Traditional: Happy Birthday
Chords and ciphers
Two-handed chords
Notes of the C Major triad
Intervals of the C Major chord
Chords on natural notes
Encryption of natural chords
Arpeggios
INSTRUMENT EXECUTION TECHNIQUE
musical scale
The ascending scale
Thumb pass. Right hand
left hand
The descending scale. Right hand
Thumb pass. left hand
The scale hands together
Scales in two octaves
Study in eighth notes.
G Major Scale
F Major Scale
Hanon
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
SONG ARRANGEMENT
Black and white combination
Traditional: Little Star
Subdivision of eighth notes
Traditional: Bell Ringer
S. C. Foster: Oh Susanna.
Black with dot
Accidental alterations
Richard Rogers: Do Re Mi
British Traditional: Deck The Hall
J. Pierpont: Christmas
Bars with repeat box
Ludwig van Beethoven: Hymn of Joy
Classical accompaniment: Alberti bass
CHORDS AND REPERTOIRE
Chord inversions
First inversion of C Major
Walking pace
The Beatles: Don't Pass Me By
First Inversion of G Major
The bass in the left hand
F M chord in first inversion
Second investment
Study of chord inversions for the right hand
Fool's Garden: Lemon Tree
White with dot
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
Cipher with bass note
Radiohead: Karma Police
March accompaniment with chords
Sixteenth Note Subdivision
melodic fill
Ludwig van Beethoven: March to Turka
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THEORY
Scale degrees
Minor and sensitive relative scales
Relative minor
The natural Minor
Use of the sensitive
The harmonic scale
Song sections
Cadence
Sections in popular music
Semi circle of fifths
Chord combinations for composition
General table of scales and seventh chords
Compass and ternary rhythm
Ternary compass
Ternary rhythm
MUSICAL STYLES
Pop
Kansas: Dust In The Wind
Beatles: Let It Be
melodic fills
Rock
The Doors: Hello, I Love You
Electronic
Moby: Why Does my Heart
Bolero and Ballad Accompaniment
Farres, Oswaldo – Maybe
Domínguez, Alberto – Perfidia
Cumbia
ska
Tango
Rodríguez, Matos: La Cumparsita
Huayno
Daniel Alomía Flores: The Condor Passes
Peruvian Waltz
Adrián-Flores Alba: Soul, Heart and Life
Mexican waltz
Quirino Mendoza y Cortes: Cielito Lindo
Salsa, montuno and Caribbean variants
Clue
Rumba
Rhythm and harmony
bamba
Guajira – Guantanamera
Performing bass on the piano
Montuno
Guajira
Dip
Santana – Thorned Heart
Oscar de León – You will cry
Blues
Rhythm
Blues harmonic formula
Third Blue
pentatonic scales
Blues Scale
walking bass
Ray Charles: What'd I Say
ADVANTAGES OF THE APP
- Adjustable reading on the screen in portrait and landscape mode
- Adjustable audio speed
- Voice reading of texts
- Insertion of notes, highlights, drawings and bookmarks.
- Quick start.
- Change of page by sliding or by button.
- Audios and videos included.
- Search option with filters.
- Dropdown menu.
PERMISSION
- Storage to save notes.