Outstanding Features List for Keyboard Accompaniment and Improvisation ? A Handb

Posted by jyrkitenni on January 24th, 2017

ü  You learn skills

• You learn how to use chord symbols (harmony) and accompaniment patterns (rhythm) to create music of your own.
• You learn how to apply these skills quickly to songs you know.

ü  Anyone who has played the piano fora couple of years can use this book

• It is fun to begin with improvising on the black notes of the keyboard yet it sounds professional because the backing track is played by professional musicians with real instruments.
• The improvisation also begins with imitating and answering simple questions. You do not have to be able to improvise in a certain style; just listen and play.

ü  From theory to practice

• There is plenty of music theory in the book but its purpose is to support the making of music. Practice comes before theory.

ü  The ultimate combination of improvisation, camping and ear training

• The first exercises encourage you to start playing without sheet music.
• The audio backings help you to learn different styles.
• Special attention is always paid to rhythm and rhythmic feel.
• Ear training is included in the exercises.

ü  Based on experience

• The material has been developed from the practical needs of pupils in music schools and of music education students in Finland & Germany
• Classical musicians need encouragement to improvise or play without sheet music.

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