Play Piano in a Flash for Kids! A Fun and Easy Way for Kids to Start Playing the Piano

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Pub. Date: 2006-04-04
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

As seen on public television nationwide, Scott The Piano Guy Houston is the leading authority on fast and fun piano instruction. In Play Piano in a Flash for Kids! he simplifies his unique and effective method of learning to play piano, making it accessible to even the youngest want-to-be pianists. Highlighting popular, not classical, music, this book fosters and nourishes an early love for music by giving children the tools to play their favorite popular songs. Your child will be able to: lLearn the basics of piano playing using a simple technique that pros use, which focuses on becoming a good player versus becoming a good notation reader lUse easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations that demonstrate each stage of learning lPlay popular music on the piano without having to learn how to read complicated sheet music It is a great book for kids who may have taken lessons previously but became frustrated by the long and complicated process. And all at a fraction of the cost of piano lessons! Both parents and children can have fun learning the piano or keyboard together, or children can work through the book on their own, with parents providing support only when needed. Play Piano in a Flash for Kids! is the perfect tool for parents or teachers to help their kids learn to play the piano quickly and easily.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vi
Introductionp. 1
Which Key Is Which?p. 7
The Key to Reading Musicp. 15
What Do I Do with My Right Hand?p. 31
What Do I Do with My Left Hand?p. 40
Yikes! How Can I Play Both Hands at the Same Time?p. 60
Playing from a Fake Book Isn't Fakep. 79
Some Fun Tricks that Sound Great!p. 91
Raising the Melody Line One Octavep. 91
Playing the Melody Line in Octavesp. 95
Filling in Chords with Your Right Handp. 95
Playing Multiple Chords per Measurep. 98
Rhythmic Patterns with Chordsp. 101
Playing Only Roots with Your Left Handp. 102
Root First, Then Chordp. 106
Broken Chordsp. 107
Accompaniment-Style Playing or How to Play Along with Other Peoplep. 111
Now You're Starting to Play Like a Pro!p. 115
List of Songs Included in the Bookp. 117
Nuts & Bolts Follow-Up Info for Chapter 2p. 118
Nuts & Bolts for Chapter 3p. 125
Nuts & Bolts for Chapter 4p. 127
Nuts & Bolts for Chapter 5p. 130
Nuts & Bolts for Chapter 6p. 133
Nuts & Bolts for Chapter 8p. 136
Chord Charts for All Major, Minor, Seventh, Major Seventh, Minor Seventh, Augmented, and Diminished Chordsp. 138
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