Piano Methods

Enrich your playing with advanced jazz harmonies. This workbook will help you play with a contemporary jazz sound, interpret leadsheets, and use upper-structure triads to expand your comping palette....

Starting with the basics, the student becomes actively involved in creating improvised melodies based on blues progression, walking bass, boogie-woogie and other patterns.

More sequentially organized lessons combining music notation with instruction in additional basic, compositional techniques... ostinato, pedal point, altered forms of repetition and sequence, and 12-b...

The purpose of this book is to develop facility in reading alphabetical chord symbols at the keyboard, with the ultimate goals being the ability to play fakebook leadsheets and understand popular shee...

This book is designed for the older beginner at the piano, without reference to age limits. It is intended to fill the need of the student who has never had lessons or the student who had lessons in c...

Einstieg in die Begleittechniken für Jazz-Piano

Essential Elements Piano Theory is a comprehensive course designed to help students master theory concepts. New concepts are gradually introduced in a clearly presented format, followed by sufficient...

Piano for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play piano or keyboard faster than ever before. Popular songs such as Let It Go, Beauty and the Beast, Over the Rainbow, Heart and Soul, W...

The authentic guide to traditional and modern blues keyboard playing, with rhythm and soloing concepts for piano and organ. Build your blues vocabulary with ideas for ensemble playing; intros, turnaro...

This highly effective sightreading course is developed specifically for the needs of the older beginner. There are five variations of each piece from the Accelerated Lesson Book 1, one for each day be...

Good sightreading ability is a necessary skill for the developing musician. The Accelerated Sightreading Book 2 builds confident readers as students play musical variations based on their Lesson Book...

This comprehensive book/Online Audio will teach you the basic skills needed to play boogie-woogie. From learning the basic chord progressions to inventing your own melodic riffs, you'll learn the theo...

Bill Evans, the pianist, is a towering figure acknowledged by the jazz world, fans, musicians and critics. However Bill Evans, the composer, has yet to take his place alongside the great masters of co...

This comprehensive book/CD pack will teach you the basic skills needed to play new age piano. From melodic development to chord progressions to left-hand accompaniment patterns, you'll learn the theor...

Group Piano - Proficiency in Theory and Performance is a comprehensive group piano course for adult beginners. Each of the 28 chapters begins with a chart of clearly outlined objectives so students ha...

This step-by-step guide will help you develop the skills essential for a stylistic performance. The hands-on instruction presents information on patterns, grooves, rhythms, Keyboard instrumentation, a...

The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 2 is a detailed, easy-to-use guide for anyone interested in furthering their jazz piano skills. There are many harmonic concepts, useful licks, and comping techn...

This award-winning method starts children on their musical journey by teaching the basic principles of playing piano. It begins with proper posture and hand positioning for effective learning. Next fo...

9 Gifts for Pianists is a ground-breaking manual for piano teachers. It uses iconic figures and anatomical illustrations that effortlessly clarify principles of piano playing. It answers 9 crucial tec...

Often, jazz pianists are called upon to play solo gigs. This book attempts to ease the transition from group to solo jazz piano playing with a step-by-step practical appraoch to learning and playing s...

Whether the goal is to be a classical or a jazz performer, improvisation is a deep, intense way to learn the rules of music. Good improvisers become native speakers of musical language and not just re...

Reading by interval is a musical, logical, and successful approach to music reading. Use this book to supplement a beginning method, or as a new way to help improve already existing reading skills. Ea...

Piano Solos books feature original performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts learned in the corresponding-level...

Piano Solos features original performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts learned in the corresponding-level Pian...

Piano Solos books feature original performance repertoire from 14 different composers. These inviting compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts learned in the corresponding-level...