Download or read book Berklee Instant Keyboard written by Paul Schmeling and published by Berklee PressPublications. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Methods). This cool new keyboard method will have students of all ages jammin' right away! It features simple lessons to get you playing instantly, tips on playing and locking in with a bass player and rhythm section, and strategies to help you understand the keyboard and develop your own keyboard parts. Jam with the band in a variety of musical styles including rock, blues, country and funk on the accompanying CD.
Download or read book Instant Keyboard Instruction Music Instruction written by Gary Meisner and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1987-11-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Reference). Quick and easy instruction for the impatient student! The electronic keyboard is by far today's most popular way of making music. Recent advances in the development of portable keyboards have resulted in features that are easy to use, sophisticated-sounding, and accessible for novice players. With the aid of this book, even the individual who doesn't know a quarter note from a bank note can have fun with the portable keyboard! The easy-to-follow, four-part instruction takes you from absolute music basics right up through some musical 'tricks of the trade' to dress up your playing style. A comprehensive chord chart is also provided for those who choose to play fingered chords.
Download or read book Instant Keyboard written by Gary Meisner and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1987 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Reference
Download or read book Berklee Practice Method Keyboard Book Online Audio written by Russell Hoffmann and published by Berklee Press Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Methods). Make your band better, or prepare yourself to join one! This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty band on the accompanying online audio, then play with your own band!
Download or read book Berklee Music Theory written by Paul Schmeling and published by Berklee Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Methods). This essential method features rigorous, hands-on, "ears-on" practice exercises that help you explore the inner working of music, presenting notes, scales, and rhythms as they are heard in pop, jazz, and blues. You will learn and build upon the basic concepts of music theory with written exercises, listening examples, and ear training exercises. The included audio will help reinforce lessons as you begin to build a solid musical foundation. Even includes an answer key!
Download or read book Berklee Music Theory Book 2 written by Paul Schmeling and published by Berklee Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Methods). The second in a two-volume series based on over 40 years of music theory instruction at Berklee College of Music. This volume focuses on harmony, including triads, seventh chords, inversions, and voice leading for jazz, blues and popular music styles. You'll develop the tools needed to write melodies and create effective harmonic accompaniments from a lead sheet. This edition includes an answer key for all exercises and lessons to check your progress.
Download or read book Beginning Songwriting written by Andrea Stolpe and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Learn to write songs! This book presents the basic concepts of popular songwriting, such as song construction, creativity techniques, melodic and harmonic development, how to write memorable lyrics, and other core topics. Hands-on exercises make it practical, and the accompanying recording illustrates the concepts for those who don't yet read music.
Download or read book Song Sheets to Software written by Elizabeth C. Axford and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Song Sheets to Software includes completely revised and updated listings of music software, instructional media, and music-related Internet Web sites of use to all musicians, whether hobbyist or professional. This book is a particularly valuable resource for the private studio and classroom music teacher.
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Download or read book Hammond Organ Complete written by Dave Limina and published by Berklee Press Publications. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Build your Hammond chops! The secret to creating funky sizzles and classic Hammond sounds is mastering the combined use of the drawbars, expression pedal, and the Leslie speaker speed switch. Sound complicated and intimidating? It doesn't have to be! This hands-on guide takes you step-by-step through the techniques of playing the drawbar organ, one skill at a time. Whether you're comping a rock tune or playing lead in a jazz trio, command of the Hammond organ will make you a sought-after player. Groove with this fun and comprehensive Hammond method! Learn to: play gospel, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and rock with an authentic Hammond feel; Improve your playing skills with hands-on exercises. The accompanying recordings include 21 exercises, plus performance demonstrations of eight songs with minus-organ versions so you can play along; Achieve special effects used by the great Hammond organists, including unique tips and tricks for all drawbar instruments; Understand all the parts of the organ and how to use them, including percussion, expression pedal, vibrato, chorus, and the Leslie speaker; and much more! Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Download or read book Behind Bars written by Elaine Gould and published by Faber Music Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors, and music processors. In the most thorough and painstakingly researched book to be published since the 1980s, specialist music editor Elaine Gould provides a comprehensive grounding in notational principles. This full eBook version is in fixed-layout format to ensure layout and image quality is consistent with the original hardback edition. Behind Bars covers everything from basic rules, conventions and themes to complex instrumental techniques, empowering the reader to prepare music with total clarity and precision. With the advent of computer technology, it has never been more important for musicians to have ready access to principles of best practice in this dynamic field, and this book will support the endeavours of software users and devotees of hand-copying alike. The author's understanding of, and passion for, her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable. This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and, at 704 pages, it is supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis. This is the full eBook version of the original hardback edition.
Download or read book A Modern Method for Keyboard written by James Progris and published by Berklee Press Publications. This book was released on 1986-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic text for the Berklee College of Music keyboard program, this beginning-level book featuring original music examples is designed to teach all of the fundamentals of keyboard musicianship. Includes information on: sight reading, developing technical facility, harmonic motion, effective and contemporary chord voicings and progressions and more.
Download or read book How MIDI Works written by Peter L. Alexander and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beginners guide to MIDI, sequencing & digital audio recording with chapter summaries and practice exams.
Download or read book Berklee Jazz Piano written by Ray Santisi and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Play jazz piano with new facility and expression as Ray Santisi, one of the most revered educators at the Berklee College of Music and mentor to Keith Jarrett, Diana Krall, Joe Zawinul, and thousands of others reveals the pedagogy at the core of Berklee's jazz piano curriculum. From beginning through advanced levels, Berklee Jazz Piano maps the school's curriculum: a unique blend of theory and application that gives you a deep, practical understanding of how to play jazz. Concepts are illustrated on the accompanying online audio, where you'll hear how one of the great jazz pianists and educators of our time applies these concepts to both jazz standards and original compositions, and how you can do the same. You will learn: * Jazz chords and their characteristic tension substitutions, in many voicings and configurations * Modes and scales common in jazz * Techniques for comping, developing bass lines, harmonizing melodies, melodizing harmonies, and improvisation * Practice techniques for committing these concepts to your muscle memory * Variations for solo and ensemble playing * Advanced concepts, such as rhythmic displacement, approach-chord harmonization, and jazz counterpoint
Download or read book Berklee Jazz Bass written by Rich Appleman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Learn the art of jazz bass. Whether you are new to playing jazz or wish to hone your skills, and whether you play acoustic or electric bass, this book will help you expand your basic technique to create interesting and grooving bass lines and melodically interesting solos. Included are 166 audio tracks of demonstrations and play-alongs, featuring a complete jazz combo playing bass lines and solos over standard jazz progressions.
Download or read book Berklee Jazz Standards for Solo Piano written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Twelve arrangements for solo jazz piano of standard jazz tunes. These arrangements are fun to play, musically suitable for performance, and support the Berklee piano curriculum and other activities (e.g., auditions). They are organized by performance level, with examples from Levels 1 through 4, so this collection will support every pianist's journey through Berklee and other jazz piano programs. The accompanying recording features performances of the pieces by the arrangers. Tunes include: Autumn Leaves * Black Orpheus * Body and Soul * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * In a Mellow Tone * My Foolish Heart * Stolen Moments * and more.
Download or read book A Modern Method for Keyboard written by James Progris and published by Berklee Press Publications. This book was released on 1986-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This progressive method for learning the fundamentals of keyboard technique is used as the basic text for the Berklee College of Music keyboard program. Volume 2 covers: sight reading, developing strong technical skills, understanding musical structure, the principles of harmonic motion, effective and contemporary chord voicings and progressions and more.
