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Piano & Keyboard All-in-One For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020939020

ISBN 978-1-119-70084-5 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-70085-2 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-119-70095-1 (ePDF)

1. Book 2 Chapter 3
2. Book 3 Chapter 6
3. Book 4 Chapter 1
4. Book 6 Chapter 1
5. Appendix

1. Book 1 Chapter 2
2. Book 1 Chapter 5
3. Book 2 Chapter 1
4. Book 2 Chapter 2
5. Book 2 Chapter 3
6. Book 2 Chapter 4
7. Book 2 Chapter 5
8. Book 3 Chapter 1
9. Book 3 Chapter 2
10. Book 3 Chapter 3
11. Book 3 Chapter 4
12. Book 3 Chapter 5
13. Book 3 Chapter 6
14. Book 4 Chapter 1
15. Book 4 Chapter 2
16. Book 4 Chapter 3
17. Book 4 Chapter 4
18. Book 6 Chapter 1
19. Book 6 Chapter 2
20. Book 6 Chapter 3
21. Book 6 Chapter 4
22. Book 6 Chapter 5

Welcome to Piano & Keyboard All-In-One For Dummies! You hold in your hands a well-rounded compendium of tips and advice about playing piano and other keyboard instruments, including electronic keyboards.

If youve never seen or put your hands on a piano or keyboard, no problem. This book starts at the very beginning and walks you through everything you need to know to tame that beast and make it sing sweet music. Youll also have fun along the way. Thats the whole idea.

Maybe you have a little experience like, say, maybe you were encouraged to take piano lessons as a youngster but are just now actually becoming interested in playing as an adult. Or maybe you poke around on your grandmas upright, or you got a Casio keyboard for your last birthday, and you want to start taking your playing a little more seriously. You too are in the right place. Or perhaps youre not bad on piano but are thinking of digging in to your wallet to buy a fancy new synthesizer or arranger keyboard, but arent sure you can deal with the complicated-looking technology. This book can help you, too.

Basically, theres a whole lot here for anyone interested in playing piano or keyboards or taking their playing to the next level.

Piano & Keyboard All-In-One For Dummies covers a wide range of topics, ranging all the way from what a quarter note is and how to find middle C, to breaking down the 12-bar blues structure, to hooking your keyboard up to your music player so you can jam out to your favorite tunes on headphones.

The chapters in brings all that together and introduces scales, melodies, harmonies, keys and key signatures, and chords.

is all about electronic keyboards, how to choose one, how to find out what it can do and get the most out of it, and how to take advantage of its more complex features. The book finishes with a guide to the free online music tracks that are sprinkled throughout this book. Listening to these tracks can speed up your understanding and help sharpen your playing skills.

The book also contains an absolute ton of music. Youll have plenty plen-tee of songs and snippets to play and have fun with. And a lot of it is available for listening on the free online audio tracks.

Within this book, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If youre reading this book in print and want to visit one of these web pages, simply key in the web address exactly as its noted in the text, pretending as though the line break doesnt exist. If youre reading this as an e-book, youve got it easy just tap the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

This books makes a few assumptions about you, the reader:

• You like to listen to music and especially like the sound of piano and keyboard.
• When you hear someone play the piano, it sparks something in you. You say to yourself something like, I wish I could play like that.
• You havent had any piano lessons before, or you had some lessons at some point in your life, but you basically see yourself as a beginner. Either way, youd like it all laid out and explained in a simple and easy-to-understand way.