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Piano for Dummies
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- Condition
- Release Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 9780764551055
- Book Title
- Piano for Dummies
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Music
- Topic
- Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
- Item Width
- 7.4in
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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At first glance, a piano may seem like an intimidating instrument that would be very difficult to learn how to play, but despite what your seventh-grade piano teacher may say, playing piano isn't brain surgery. It just takes time, practice, and patience. Piano For Dummies starts at the very beginning and walks you through everything you need to know to turn that oversized hunk of furniture into an instrument that can make beautiful music. If you don't know how to read music, this book explains in friendly, uncomplicated language all the basics of music theory and applying it to playing the piano. And if you've been playing piano for a while - or took piano lessons when you were a child but haven't played since - you can pick up some valuable tips to improve your playing or use the book as a refresher course. Here are some of the topics you'll find in Piano For Dummies: Buying a piano: Acoustic versus electronic How a piano works, and how to care for one Left- and right-hand piano techniques Examining keys, scales, melodies, harmonies, and chords Plenty of musical examples to play The history of piano musical styles Advice for piano teachers A Top Ten list of pianists you should know about Piano For Dummies also includes a glossary and a free CD, which includes audio of all of the examples in the book so that you can play along. So if you've always wanted to learn to play piano, but you don't have the time to take piano lessons, you can pick up the basics in Piano For Dummies ; you'll be tickling the ivories with ease in no time
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0764551051
ISBN-13
9780764551055
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1048531
Product Key Features
Book Title
Piano for Dummies
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Music
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.4in
Length
9.3in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Mt820.N42 1998
Table of Content
Introduction. Part I: Warming Up to the Keyboard. Chapter 1: Meeting the Keyboard Family. Chapter 2: What Your Parents Never Told You about Posture. Chapter 3: Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Pedals, Ten Fingers, and Two Feet. Part II: Getting Sound Down on Paper . Chapter 4: Following Horizontal and Vertical Lines. Chapter 5: Joining the Rhythm Nation. Chapter 6: Changing the Beaten Path . Part III: One Hand at a Time. Chapter 7: Playing a Melody. Chapter 8: Scaling to New Heights. Chapter 9: Hey, Don't Forget Lefty! Part IV: Living in Perfect Harmony. Chapter 10: The Building Blocks of Harmony. Chapter 11: Understanding Keys. Chapter 12: Filling Out Your Sound with Chords. Part V: Technique Counts for Everything. Chapter 13: Dressing Up Your Music. Chapter 14: Great Grooves. Chapter 15: Perusing the Aisle of Style. Part VI: So Many Toys, So Little Time . Chapter 16: Finding the Perfect Keyboard. Chapter 17: Raising Your Keyboard . Part VII: The Part of Tens . Chapter 18: Ten Types of Performers and Their Recordings. Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Go Beyond This Book. Chapter 20: Blake's Ten Teacher-Tracking Tips. Appendix A: Glossary of Musical Terms. Appendix B: About the CD. Index. Book Registration Information.
Copyright Date
1998
Lccn
98-087104
Dewey Decimal
786.2/071
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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