Keyboard Method

About Keyboard Method

The Keyboard course is designed to accompany the self-taught person, and the one with a musical tutor. You will learn to read melodies and to make the accompaniment. With this book you can play famous melodies and themes from recognized bands. You will learn several world popular styles, and a selected repertoire for all tastes. Also included are technique exercises, a compilation of basic piano exercises, progressive reading of notes and chords, and studies of form and musical resources.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Keyboard Method
BASIC MUSIC THEORY
Music notation
What is Music?
Notes and Chord Letters
Staff
Treble clef
Bass clef
Name of the notes on the keyboard
Name of the notes on the staff
Sharps # and Flats
Duration figures
Time signature
Repeat bars
Playing posture
Exercises with 5 fingers in one position
Melodies
Melody: The Simpsons
Playing the accompaniment
Traditional: Jingle Bells
Traditional: Happy Birthday
Chords types
Chord in two hands
C Major triad notes
Intervals of the C Major chord
Chords on natural notes
Letters on the natural chords
Arpeggios
INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE
Musical scale
The ascending scale
Pass the thumb. Right hand
Left hand
The descending scale. Right hand
Pass the thumb. Left hand
The hands together scale
Scales in two octaves
Scale in eighths
G Major scale
F Major scale
Hanon
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
SONGS ARRANGEMENTS
Quarter and half duration combination
Traditional: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Subdivision of eighth notes
Traditional: Frere Jacques
S. C. Foster: Oh Susana
Dotted Quarter
Accidental alterations
Richard Rogers: Do Re Mi
Traditional British: Deck The Hall
J. Pierpont: Jingle Bells
Barlines with repeat box
Ludwig van Beethoven: Hymn To Joy
Classic accompaniment: Bass of Alberti
CHORDS AND REPERTOIRE
Chord inversion
First C Major inversion
Marching rhythm
The Beatles: Don't Pass Me By
First inversion of G Major
The bass in the left hand
F Major chord first inversion
Second inversion
Right hand chord inversion study
Fool’s Garden: Lemon Tree
Dotted half
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
Chord with bass indication
Radiohead: Karma Police
March accompaniment with chords
Sixteenth Note Subdivision
Melodic filling
Ludwig van Beethoven: Marcha alla Turka
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THEORY
Scale grades
Minor natural and harmonic scales
Relative minor
A minor natural scale
Leading tone
The minor harmonic scale
Song sections
Cadence
Sections in popular music
Semi circle of fifths
Chord combinations for the composition
General table of scales and 7th chords
Time signature of ternary rhythm
Three beats measure
Ternary beats
MUSICAL STYLES
Pop
Kansas: Dust In The Wind
The Beatles: Let It Be
Melodic fillers
Rock
The Doors: Hello, I Love You
Electronic
Moby: Why Does My Heart
Bolero and Ballad accompaniment
Farres, Oswaldo – Quizás
Domínguez, Alberto – Perfidia
Cumbia
Ska
Tango
Rodríguez, Matos: La Cumparsita
Huayno
Daniel Alomía Flores: El Condor Pasa
Peruvian waltz
Adrián-Flores Alba: Alma, Corazón y Vida
Mexican waltz
Quirino Mendoza y Cortes: Cielito Lindo
Salsa, montuno & caribbean variants
Clave
Rumba
Rhythm and harmony
Bamba
Guajira – Guantanamera
Playing the bass on the piano
Montuno
Guajira
Salsa
Santana – Corazón espinado
Oscar de León – Llorarás
Blues
Rhythm
Blues harmonic formula
Blue note
Pentatonic scales
Blues scale
Walking bass
Ray Charles: What´d I Say

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