Keyboard Lessons
Tips and Tricks on Playing Keyboard Chords and Scales to Perfection
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 2023
166 pages
979-8-8689-3411-7 (ISBN)
Description
The keyboard is one of the most impressive, versatile, and rewarding instruments. It looks sleek, modern, and sounds delightful. If you have always wanted to learn the keyboard but did not know where to begin, this book will prove to be an asset for you. It contains tricks, tips, and strategies that will make your keyboard learning experience easy and rewarding.
As a thorough guide about playing the keyboard, this book will help you learn everything that is necessary to know about the keyboard: its basics, chords, and history. If any beginner follows the methods and instructions in this book carefully, he or she will become a decent keyboard player in no time.
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Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Chapter One
- Basics of the Keyboard
- What is a Keyboard?
- Components
- Chapter Two
- History of the Keyboard
- Mechanical Keyboard Instruments
- Early Electrified Keyboards
- Development After Gray's Instrument
- The Arrival of Synthesizers
- Chapter Three
- Types of Keyboards
- Different Types of Musical Keyboards
- Chapter Four
- Chords
- Chord Knowledge
- Different Types of Chords
- Why Should You Have Knowledge About Chords?
- Chapter Five
- Music Theory in Detail
- What is Music Theory?
- Notes
- Musical Scales
- Terms
- Examples of Music Scales
- Different Types of Scales
- Modes
- Musical Intervals
- Half Step Intervals
- The Distance of the Intervals
- The Types of Music Interval Quality
- Harmony
- Textures of Musical Harmony
- Types of Musical Harmony
- Chord Progression
- The Three Primary Colors of Chords
- Harmonic Analysis
- Types of Melodies
- Melodic Resources
- Chapter Six
- Important Keyboard Related Terms
- Other Piano Terminology
- Chapter Seven
- Strategies
- Tips to Become a Good Musician
- Chapter Eight
- How to Play Major Chords on a Keyboard
- Part 1: Chord Basics
- Part 2: Playing Chords
- Part 3: Practicing
- Chapter Nine
- Buying a Keyboard
- How to Choose a Keyboard for Beginners
- Key Considerations
- Chapter Ten
- Caring For Your Keyboard and Digital Piano
- Taking Care of Your Keyboard
- Taking Care of Digital Piano
- Conclusion
- Resources
