Piano & Keyboard Self Instruction for Beginners

Absolute Beginners Keyboard - The Complete Picture Guide to Playing Keyboard. Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backing track. CD audio tracks show you how things should sound, plus 8 full-length accompaniment tracks to play along with. Includes: playing position, hand positions, rhythm, notes, clefs, bass moving in fourths, chords, left and right hand movements more. Book and COMPACT DISC .....$12.95msAM92618-04

Adult Methods

The Complete Piano Player Book 1 Kenneth Baker - How to sit correctly, the piano keyboard, how notes are written, developing a sense of rhythm, musical timing and the beat. Comes with a handy Keyboard Chart to help locate and learn the notes of the piano. 48 pages .....$11.95 ms AM34828-04
The Complete Piano Player Book 2 - Kenneth Baker - Covers sharps and naturals, metronome marks, chord symbols, passing notes, wrist staccato. Includes 22 popular songs. 48 pages .....$11.95 ms M34836-04
The Complete Piano Player Book 5 - Kenneth Baker - Covers the use of left-hand octaves, dynamics in music, two tunes at once, tremolo, and new left-hand rhythm patterns. Includes 20 popular song hits. 48 pages .....$11.95 ms AM34869-04
The Complete Piano Player Omnibus Edition - Kenneth Baker - All five books of the series published in one single volume, at a substantial savings. Complete with Keyboard Chart. 240 pages .....$27.95 Amsco music sales AM39645-07
The Complete Piano Player Collection 1 - A unique collection of music in original form by the greatest composers. 77 works divided into solos, folk songs, etudes, sonatinas, and duets. 96 pages .....$15.95 ms AM39603-01
The Complete Piano Player Collection 3 - 63 works by the greatest composers, divided into solos, folk songs, etudes, sonatinas, and duets. 96 pages .....$15.95msAM39629-01
The Complete Piano Player Great Classical Themes - Famous classical piecesnewly arranged with fingerings and chord symbols. Includes Jupiter from The Planets, and Nessun Dorma from Turandot. 48 pages .....$11.95 msusic Sales AM90150-06
The Complete Piano Player Theory Book - Poldi Zeitlin & David Goldberger - A unique program for learning the fundamentals of music theory. Easy-to-follow text with clear examples; self-test work. 112 pages .....$17.95msAM39595-01

How to Play Piano Despite Years of Lessons - "...the method breaks down music theory into visual concepts which are fun and easy to grasp..." TEXTBOOK .....$19.95 Hal Leonard 00312621-06

Complete IDIOT's GUIDE to Piano Playing (3rd Edition) - By Brad Hill - Includes 85-track play along CD. - (2007 Alfred Pub.) .....$21.95 alfred 92575641-07

Keyboard for the Absolute Beginner - Michael Rodman - National Keyboard Workshop - Introduces the keyboard, the staff, treble and bass Clefs, rhythm and note values, beats measures and time signatures, rests, eighth notes, ties, whole and half steps, accidentals, major scales, keys and key signatures, dynamics and more. Get started playing right away, learn to read music step by step with pieces in a variety of styles. Includes tips for practicing. Book .....$7.50 alfred 20431-06
Keyboard for the Absolute Beginner - Book and DVD - Michael Rodman .....$23.95a22617-05
Keyboard for the Absolute Beginner DVD - Michael Rodman .....$19.95a22616DVD-05
Keyboard for the Absolute Beginner Book and COMPACT DISC - Michael Rodman .....$17.95a20432-04.
Keyboard Made Easy Kristin Kelley beginning book for piano or keyboard (a National Keyboard Workshop Book from Alfred Pub.) .....$7.50a-01
Keyboard Made Easy Kristin Kelley - book & COMPACT DISC .....$17.45a07-1031-01
Keyboard Made Easy Kristin Kelley - COMPACT DISC .....$10.00a071030-01

Piano for Dummies (A Reference for the Rest of Us) - Blake Neely - Book from the popular "Dummies" series with play-along CD .....$24.99mb-04

Play Keyboard Chords Step One Entry level tutor music instruction book and compact disc. All the basic information you need to get started; economically priced. COMPACT DISC contains music examples played by professional musicians. .....$7.95msAM943173-01
Play Keyboard Scales Step One Entry level tutor music instruction book and compact disc. All the basic information you need to get started; economically priced. COMPACT DISC contains music examples played by professional musicians. .....$7.95msAM943184-01

Play Piano - Step One - Entry-level tutor music instruction book and compact disc. All the basic information you need to get started; economically priced. COMPACT DISC contains music examples and tunes played by professional musicians. .....$7.95msAM943162-01
Play Piano - Step One - VIDEO - Expert teachers explain and demonstrate techniques and songs on these accompanying videos. If you are ready to teach yourself, take your first step today with Step One Videos .....$12.95msOV11505-01

Start Reading Music - Darryl Winston - Compact Reference Library. Proven method to mastering sightreading basics. Whether you are an instrumentalist, singer or composer, you can take a giant leap forward by learning to read music. 64 pages .....$5.95msAM80219-01

Step One - Teach Yourself Keyboard - Designed for the learner to understand the keys and play scales and chords for any keyboard, To supplement the book, helpful audio tracks allow the listener to hear the correct sounds while the DVD presentation demonstrates proper hand and finger positioning. With chapter menus and more, for easy navigation through the lessons. Softcover 9" x 12", 32 pages; Book and Digital Versatile Disc(DVD) .....$14.95 ms AM971322-04

Teach Yourself To Play Piano - Delux Edition - CD, Booklet and Essential Dictionary of Music - Palmer/Palmer/Manus - Everything you need to know to start playing now! This step-by-step approach to learning the entire keyboard is perfect for beginners of all ages. Learn how to form the most important chords and scales with the interactive PianoView song player. With the player, pianists can see exactly how each song should be played, including note names, finger numbers, and scale degrees. The piano keyboard syncs note-for-note with the music notation, with the lessons featured in full-motion video. Start learning today with high quality digital audio sound, not unrealistic MIDI sounds. Get your copy and teach yourself to play piano! - (2007 Alfred Pub.) .....$29.95 Alfred 21932-07
Teach Yourself To Play Piano - Palmer/Palmer/Manus - book ....$12.95 alfred 6184-01
Teach Yourself To Play Piano - Palmer/Palmer/Manus - book & COMPACT DISC ....$19.95 alfred 11763-01
Teach Yourself To Play Piano - Palmer/Palmer/Manus - COMPACT DISC ....$9.95 alfred 11764-01
Teach Yourself to Play Piano CD-ROM Windows/Mac - teaches piano from the very beginning. No need for a special keyboard - good for acoustic or electronic keyboards. Includes an interactive song player that let's you see exactly how each song should be played - plus, record your performance! (requires microphone or 1/4" adapter) Download new lessons from the internet with the "Add-A-Lesson Course Customizer". Windows: Pentium processor or compatible, Windows 95/98/NT 4 or later, 32 MB RAM, 30 MB hard drive space, 640 x 480, 16 bit color display, CD-ROM Drive, Windows-compatible sound card, Modem (to download additional optional lessons); Macintosh: Power PC or Power Macintosh, System 7.5.3 or later, 32 MB RAM, 30 MB of hard drive space, 640x480 thousands of colors display, CD-ROM Drive, Modem (to download additional optional lessons) .....$29.95 alfred 17174-01

You Can Teach Yourself Gospel Piano - An older beginner's piano book using Gospel songs .....$10.95mb97099-03

Essentials of Music Theory For Self-Study

Essentials of Music Theory Complete - Book and 2 CDs - A Complete Self-Study course for all musicians (pianists, Guitarists, Instrumentalists, Vocalists, Songwriters, Arrangers, and Composers) by Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, and Morty Manus - Includes Answer Key - (2004 Alfred Pub.) ....$39.95 alfred 23194-08+533

Electronic Keyboard Instruction:

Instant Electronic Keyboard - Instruction Book A .....$5.95HL00244002
Instant Electronic Keyboard - Instruction Book B ....$5.95 Hal Leonard 00244003
Instant Electronic Keyboard Supplementary Songbook B .....$5.95 Hal Leonard 00244001
Instant Electronic Keyboard CASSETTE Course - (instruction/songbook and Instruction/accompaniment audio cassette tape .....$12.95 Hal Leonard 00244014

Keyboard Made Easy - Kristin Kelley - beginning book for piano or keyboard (a National Keyboard Workshop Book from Alfred Pub.) .....$7.50 alfred 07-1029
Keyboard Made Easy - Kristin Kelley - beginning book for piano or keyboard (a National Keyboard Workshop Book from Alfred Pub.) - book & COMPACT DISC .....$17.45 alfred 07-1031-01
Keyboard Made Easy - Kristin Kelley - beginning book for piano or keyboard (a National Keyboard Workshop Book from Alfred Pub.) - COMPACT DISC .....$10.00 alfred 07-1030-01

Teach Yourself to Play Electronic Keyboards - (Palmer/Palmer/Manus) .....$11.95 alfred 2120-06

Chord Approach:

Alfred's Basic Chord Approach

E-Z Play Today

EKM Series

Hal Leonard Pop Instruction Directory

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