Piano Aerobics
Title | Piano Aerobics PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne Hawkins |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2011-09-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 149503142X |
(Keyboard Instruction). Written by Kansas City's first-call keyboardist Wayne Hawkins, Piano Aerobics is a multi-style, 40-week workout program for building real-world technique. Often when students decide to play in contemporary styles, they lack the chops for the job. The exercises in Piano Aerobics will introduce students to styles such as jazz, salsa, swing, rock, blues, new age, gospel, stride and bossa nova, and help them play with more musical flair. Concepts covered include: keeping time; hand independence; articulations; building a better touch; strengthening weak fingers; accompanying; using the thumb; ear training; and more. The accessible online audio features professional musicians performing accompaniment tracks in each style.
Guitar Aerobics
Title | Guitar Aerobics PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Nelson |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2007-11-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781423414353 |
(Guitar Educational). From the former editor of Guitar One magazine, here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned! Musical styles include rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk. Techniques taught include alternate picking, arpeggios, sweep picking, string skipping, legato, string bending, and rhythm guitar. These exercises will increase speed, and improve dexterity and pick- and fret-hand accuracy. The accompanying CD includes all 365 workout licks plus play-along grooves in every style at eight different metronome settings.
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Finger Aerobics Book 1
Title | Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Finger Aerobics Book 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Willard A. Palmer |
Publisher | Alfred Music |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2005-05-03 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781457431098 |
Exercises designed to develop strength, flexibility and agility, and coordinated page-by-page with Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course. These exercises make a great warm-up and conditioner for the hands during practice time.
The Virtuoso Pianist
Title | The Virtuoso Pianist PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Louis Hanon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Piano music |
ISBN |
Mastering Piano Technique
Title | Mastering Piano Technique PDF eBook |
Author | Seymour Fink |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780931340468 |
(Amadeus). This holistic approach to the keyboard, based on a sound understanding of the relationship between physical function and musical purpose, is an invaluable resource for pianists and teachers. Professor Fink explains his ideas and demonstrates his innovative developmental exercises that set the pianist free to express the most profound musical ideas. HARDCOVER.
Easy Hanon
Title | Easy Hanon PDF eBook |
Author | Christos Tsitsaros |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 2014-12-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1495012867 |
(Educational Piano Solo). Since its first publication in 1873, Charles-Louis Hanon's Le Pianiste Virtuose ( The Virtuoso Pianist ) has became an undisputed classic, the staple of technical study in music schools and conservatories worldwide. Easy Hanon is a simplified version of the first part of the book (20 exercises), along with the major and minor scales, arpeggios, and additional excerpts. The exercises have been shortened and condensed to make them more accessible for the elementary to intermediate level pianist. A bonus practicing plan created by the editor includes suggested rhythmic and articulation variations to the exercises. Includes: exercises 1-20; exercises for turning the thumb under; preparatory exercises for the scale; major and minor scales; chromatic scales; arpeggios; practicing plan; and more!
Bass Aerobics
Title | Bass Aerobics PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Liebman |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2011-09-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1480351822 |
(Bass Builders). Perfect for beginning to advanced players, this book with audio by world-renowned bassist and educator Jon Liebman provides a 52-week, one-exercise-per-week workout program for developing, improving and maintaining bass guitar technique. Liebman teaches: chromatics; scales & arpeggios; string-crossing and advanced patterns; slapping & popping; and more -- all in styles ranging from rock, funk and R&B to jazz, disco, reggae and more. Bassists using "Bass Aerobics" will benefit from increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy and heightened coordination not to mention an awesome new groove vocabulary! The accompanying audio contains all 52 workout grooves for both demonstration and play-along.