The fastest way to learn to play piano/keyboard chords! No music theory is required. This is suitable for all ability levels from complete beginner to experienced player. This 15,000 word e-book is packed full of diagrams and simple instructions to help you to learn to play all of the commonly used chords on the piano/keyboard really quickly. The unique "Quick Keys" method involves simply counting notes to create each chord. Every single one of the many chords covered in this book can be worked out and played within seconds. This "Quick Keys" method has been tried and tested with thousands of students over a period of 25 years, in the UK, by author Buzz Hale. Now this new e-book introduces this super-fast learning method to the wider world. The "Quick Keys" e-book is designed to work in conjunction with a series of free short instructional videos on the "Quick Keys" YouTube channel.
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978-1-716-06560-6 (9781716065606)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
'Buzz' aka Linden Hale has been playing the piano/keyboard professionally for over 35 years. He has been a teacher of music for over 25 years and during that time has taught over 2000 students of all ages to play the keyboard, using the unique techniques taught in this book. He is the composer and band leader of the jazz group Elevation Quintet, who have released two original albums since 2014 and he also released a solo piano album of his own compositions, in 2013, entitled "Into the Light". He has an MMus in Popular Music from Goldsmiths College, University of London along with a Certificate in Education (FE) from the University of Warwick.
1. Introduction
2. Getting ready
- Names of the notes, white notes and black notes
- Semitones/half-steps and octaves
- Finger technique
- Playing chords using both hands: technique and rhythms
- How chords are written: using symbols and charts
3. 3-note chords (triads)
- Major
- Minor
- Suspended 4th
- Suspended 2nd
- Power
- Diminished
- Augmented
4. 4-note chords
- Dominant 7th
- Major 7th
- Minor 7th
- Major 6th
- Minor 6th
- Diminished 7th
- Half-diminished 7th
5. 5-note chords
- Dominant 9th
- Major 9th
- Minor 9th
6. 'Slash' chords
7. Extending and varying your playing technique
- Inversions
- Arpeggios
- LH 10ths
- Combinations of the above
8. Occasional and more complex chords
- Dominant 7th #9th
- Dominant 7th b9th
- Dominant 7th #5th
- Dominant 7th sus4
- Dominant 9th sus4
- Dominant 9th #11th
- 6 9
- 11th
- Minor 11th
- Dominant 13th
- Major 13th
9. Quick-keys reference chart
