The "New Way" is aimed at everyone who wants to successfully learn to play the keyboard in methodically thought-out lessons based on popular songs and useful tips through lessons or self-study: beginners of all ages, but also, for example, wind players, singers or guitarists , the musical "Insider" want to become and are looking for an introduction to improvisation, composition, harmony, etc. through keyboard playing. Especially on the keyboard, with its clear, regular structure, scales, chords and harmonic connections can be shown more clearly and systematically than on any other instrument. Musicians with previous knowledge can start with volume 2 or 3. New keys and chords, learned from popular pieces of music, maintain the motivation to continue learning. The training in the areas of improvisation and composition continues with the inclusion of the simple song form. Making the two hands play more and more independently of each other is one of the main goals of this volume. The keyboard player cannot limit himself to playing with the automatic accompaniment. A certain knowledge of the most common music-making styles in pop and jazz music is important and is conveyed here. Harmonies like those played by the keyboard player - enriched chords that can no longer be represented with the automatic system - are the topic. The basics of arranging are addressed as well as improvisation in blues and jazz-rock.
Contents
The metronome
Improvise 1 (alternating notes and rhythm variations)
Composing 1 (melody puzzle and melody construction)
Test 1
Harmony 1 (The Dominant 7th Chord/The Fallacy)
Be Your Own Band
Test 2
Improvise 2 (alternating notes and rhythm variations)
Composing 2 (Melody Puzzle/A New Building Block)
Harmony 2 (The minor triads)
Improvise 3 (alternating note techniques in different rhythms)
Composing 3 (melody puzzle, harmony and self-made in F)
Test 3
Harmony 3 (The minor cadence)
Improvise 4 (melody variations with alternating notes)
Composing 4 (melody puzzle, harmony and DIY)
The circle of fifths
Harmony 4 (The use of the dominant seventh chord)
The metric variation
The lead from below
Improvise 5 (The Use of Metric Variation)
Test 4
SFC chord charts
List of songs and plays
Test resolutions -- songs and plays: Air
American Patrol
Bass & Harmony
Black and White
Blue Sixteen
Broken Glass
the moon has risen
English sailor dance
Hylta Express
Imperial Quartet
Clarinet muckel
melancholy
minuet
No problem ?!
ostinato
Red River Valley
Shunshine
Three Flats