Koala Music Publications Progressive Beginner Keyboard - Turner/Gelling - Keyboard - Book/CD/DVD

Author: Gary Turner, Peter Gelling
Format: Book with CD and DVD
Instrumentation: Piano and Keyboard
Level: Absolute Beginners

Teach yourself how to play keyboard with these easy keyboard lessons for beginners.

***Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing keyboard videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and keyboard animation for easy music learning.***

"I have always dreamed that someday I will teach myself keyboard. This is the book that helped me achieve my dream!" - Anita Sloan

Progressive Beginner Keyboard contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great keyboard player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson keyboard tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of keyboards and pianos. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the keyboard is required to teach yourself to learn to play keyboard from this book.

Teach yourself:

• How to read music including keyboard notes and keyboard chords on both bass and treble staves
• Correct posture, hand positions and fingering techniques
• Basic music theory as it applies to keyboard playing, including key signatures, time signatures, sharps and flats, ties, rests and major scales
• Essential chord progressions that will enable you to play hundreds of songs
• Essential accompaniment techniques used by the world's best keyboard players
• Keyboard tips and keyboard tricks that every player should know when learning keyboard
• Shortcuts for how to learn keyboard and learn to read music fast by getting the most from keyboard practice sessions

Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the keyboard today.

Features include:

• Progressive step-by-step easy beginners keyboard lessons written by a professional keyboard teacher
• Easy-to-read keyboard music and keyboard chords for beginners
• Full colour photos and diagrams
• Keyboard chord chart containing formulas and chord diagrams for all important keyboard chords
• 40+ keyboard exercises and well know easy keyboard songs for beginners including instrumental pieces and melodies
• Many well known songs in a variety of styles including rock keyboard, pop keyboard, blues keyboard, country keyboard and folk keyboard
• Free poster

Beginner keyboard lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the keyboard, fast.