Keyboard Method book 1

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 make the accompaniment with the reading of chord and harmony ciphers. With this book you can play and listen 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 ciphers, and studies of form and musical resources. Every example came with audio.

TABLE OF CONTENT
MUSIC THEORY
Music Notation
What is music?
Notes and Chord letters
Staff
Treble Clef
Bass clef
Brief History of the Keyboard
Name of the notes on the keyboard
Name of the notes on the staff
Sharps and Flats
Duration figures
Time Signature
Keyboard controls
Playing posture
Exercises with 5 fingers in one position
Melodies
Melody: The Simpsons
Traditional: Jingle Bell
Traditional: Happy Birthday
Traditional: Little Chick
Linkin Park: In The End
Chords types
Chord in two hands
C Major Triad Notes
Accompaniment both hands
Chords on natural notes
Letters on the natural chords
Arpeggios
INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE
Exercise of independence
Herz
Metronome
C Major 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
Hanon
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
G Major Scale
F Major scale
CHORDS AND REPERTOIRE
Chord inversion
First C Major inversion
Bass and chord
First inversion of G Major
The bass in the left hand
The Beatles: Don't Pass Me By
F Major chord first inversion
Repertoire en C Major
Second inversion
Right-hand chord inversion study
Chord letters with bass indication
Lennon: Imagine
Root chords, 1st and 2nd inversion
Radiohead: Karma Police
Eighths exercises
Chords with rhythm
Dotted Half
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
Sixteenths
Arpeggios
Kansas: Dust In The Wind
MUSICAL STYLES
Pop
Beatles: Let It Be
Melodic fillers
Rock
Preparatory Exercises
The Doors: Hello, I Love You
Classic: Bass of Alberti
March
Fool’s Garden: Lemon Tree
SONGS ARRANGEMENTS
Traditional: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Traditional: Frere Jacques
S. C. Foster: Oh Susana
Richard Rogers: Do Re Mi
Ludwig van Beethoven: Hymn of Joy
Structure and resources of the accompaniment
Ludwig van Beethoven: Marcha alla Turka
Marching Accompaniments
Traditional: Yankee Doodle
Traditional British: Deck The Hall
Harry Simeone: The Little Drummer Boy
J. Pierpont: Jingle Bells
Try new accompaniments