Piano for dummies
By: revised by Alan Perlmutter
Contributors: Neely, Blake
Edition: 3rd edition.
Series: ---For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: For Dummies; John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781118900055
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Instruction and study; Piano
Notes: Previous edition authored by Blake Neely.

"View video demonstrations and listen to audio tracks online"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Getting started with piano. Preparing to play a piano ; Meeting the keyboard family ; Finding the perfect keyboard ; Taking good care of your keyboard ; Eighty-eight keys, three pedals, ten fingers, and two feet; title: Deciphering squiggles on paper to create sound. Reading lines and spaces ; Joining the rhythm nation ; Changing the beaten path; title: One hand at a time. Playing a melody ; Scaling to new heights ; Hey, don’t forget lefty!; title: Living in perfect harmony. The building blocks of harmony ; Understanding keys ; Filling out your sound with chords; title: Technique counts for everything. Dressing up your music ; Great grooves ; Perusing the aisle of style; title: The part of tens. Ten ways to improve your practice and performance ; Ten ways to supplement this book ; Ten questions to ask prospective teachers; title: Appendix. About the website: audio tracks and video clips.