Total Keyboard: The Complete Guide to Playing, Performing and Recording on the Piano and All Types of Electronic Keyboards

by Terry Burrows

Book Overview

You can sound like Thelonius Monk, Art Tatum, Herbie Hancock--and you'd love to sound like them. But, you can't become a great keyboardist without becoming a good one first. Once you have those skills, the whole world of music opens up to you-and then you can partake of the infinite possibilities provided by modern technology: the fundamentals of MIDI programming and sequencing, digital sampling, and computer hard disk recording. Start by developing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402709811
• ISBN13: 9781402709814
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Absolutely the first book you should buy.

I have some experience playing the accordion, and when I decided to learn the keyboard, I flipped through several books and bought a couple of the cheaper ones. This one caught my eye from the beginning. ... .Well, when I saw it here for such a low price I decided I couldn't resist and bought it. A week later I tore into it - and let me tell you, it's great. Some people may feel put off by its coverage of musical theory, but DON'T BE! Too many "teach yourself to play" books ignore the important theoretical side of music, and the author manages it in a very light and easy-to-follow way. This book is marvelous and if you do what he says and take it slow and steady and concentrate a little bit on what you're doing you'll find yourself very well on your way to a technical understanding of keyboard instruments by the time you're finished.He also demystifies the "tech" behind keyboards and synthesizers, which I thought would never be possible. ;)Although this section won't be useful to acoustic piano players, that doesn't mean you should pass it by. The "teach yourself" part alone is worth the full ... price tag on the back of the book.In short: BUY IT! Don't waste your time with other books.