There's no better way to start learning music than by learning how to play piano. It doesn't matter if you've never had a lesson or need a refresher on piano basics, this book helps you discover the joy of making music on the most versatile instrument of all. Simple step-by-step instruction gets you started, guiding you from basic beginner tunes into more advanced techniques. Get acquainted, or reacquainted, with how to read music, play chords, and...

"Offers a broad selection of practice tips with musical examples to help students of all ages find imaginative solutions to pianistic problems. The book explores how to: organize practice time; map music before practicing to uncover the musical terrain that lies ahead; use practice time effectively from the first reading through performance; develop fluency with accuracy; polish and memorize a piece; and lay the foundation for confident performance."--Amazon.com....

Posture and position -- Basic fingering -- Starting to move -- Major pentascales and chords -- Minor pentascales and chords -- Finger gymnastics -- More about chords -- Minor scales -- Major scales -- Music à la mode -- Singing the blues -- Good grief, more scales -- I've got rhythm -- Expressive exercises -- One brain, two hands -- Advanced fingering -- Variations on a theme by Hanon --Teaching your fingers to fly -- Full arpeggios -- Scale olympics...

Alfred Rock Ed. series presents many of the greatest rock songs of all time, in professionally arranged guitar, bass, keyboard, and drum folios for beginning and intermediate rock bands. This series is perfect for schools that teach students to perform together in a rock group context and for those wanting to form garage bands. Each instrument-specific folio includes parts: the full score; instruction; a CD-ROM with sound-alike and play-along MP3s...

This book gives you all the information you need to get started on the keyboards. A series of short, illustrated lessons build up your knowledge one step at a time. Essential aspects of keyboard technique are covered as well as music theory - notation and harmony. Over 60,000 copies sold worldwide. This is a laid-back tutorial book aimed at building skills and confidence quickly, and above all, making learning to play keyboards fun. The main section...