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Knack piano for everyone, a step-by-step guide to notes, chords, and playing basics, Margaret Ann Martin, Julie Keefe ; photographs by Keira Schwarz

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227) and index

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Knack piano for everyone

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Margaret Ann Martin, Julie Keefe ; photographs by Keira Schwarz

Knack make it easy

a step-by-step guide to notes, chords, and playing basics

A step-by-step guide to playing the piano that explains the basics of reading music, finger positioning, and playing and includes fifty music exercises

1. Getting acquainted -- Choosing a piano -- Moving around the keyboard -- Pedals -- Finger patterns & numbers -- Listening -- Rhythm notation -- 2. Music notation -- Rhythm & note values -- More rhythm -- Origins of notation -- Treble & bass clefs -- The grand staff -- "oh! Susanna" in notation -- 3. More basics -- Rhythms of famous tunes -- Marker notes & intervals -- Intervals around marker notes -- Fingering relates to intervals -- Symbols for silence -- 4. Let's play! -- Basic exercises -- Treble clef melodies -- Bass clef melodies -- Piano melodies -- More grand staff tunes -- The octave sign -- 5. Black keys names -- Naturals -- Half steps & whole steps -- Enharmonic keys -- New markers -- The symmetry of the Cs -- 6. Five-finger patterns -- Eighth notes -- Major five-finger patterns -- Playing five-finger patterns -- Minor five-finger patterns -- Topography of patterns -- The major/minor patterns -- 7. Chords -- From patterns to chords! -- Blocked & broken triads -- Intervals: 6ths -- First inversion -- Second inversion -- Triads with black keys -- 8. Perfect 5ths, etc. -- Perfect 5ths accompaniments -- Chromatic scale in perfect 5ths -- Dotted quarter & eighth notes -- "Oh Susanna" again -- Triplets in music -- More music -- 9. The major scale -- Playing a scale -- Half & whole steps -- The C major "template" -- Starting on different keys -- Scale degrees numbered -- The magic circle of 5ths -- 10. Questions -- Music & questions -- Music to analyze -- Organizing practice time -- Dynamic variety -- Ritardando, fermata, a tempo -- More music -- 11. More scales -- D-flat major scale -- Using all five black keys -- Technique for white key scales -- C major/contrary motion -- Topography of scales -- Circle of 6ths, again -- 12. Minor scales -- The family of keys -- Harmonic minor -- Melodic minor -- Relating minor to major -- Music with minor sound -- More music -- 13. Building chords -- Triads on every note -- Other keys, other triads -- Primary chords -- "La Bamba" -- Add syncopation -- Simple tunes to accompany -- 14. Put it together -- Chords for other tunes -- A two-hand accompaniment -- Transpose! -- Same tune in F major -- Same tune in D major -- Rhythms for accompaniments -- 15. Smooth connections -- Connect I & V (both hands) -- Connecting I & IV (both hands) -- Connect, I, IV, & V -- Start in different positions -- Music -- 16. Hands together -- Accompany with 5ths & 6ths -- Learn to accompany -- Switch hands -- Accompany the major scale -- Challenge your brain! -- Apply your knowledge -- 17. Duets = fun -- Sitting together -- Music for duets -- Practice tips -- More tips for duet playing -- Music for duet playing -- More music for duet playing -- 18. Use your knowledge -- Practice tips -- How does it feel? -- Slow & steady -- The metronome -- Exercise fingers/hands/brain -- Music -- 19. Arpeggios -- Arpeggiating a major triad -- Major chord within an octave -- One note at a time -- Equal time: left hand -- Open-chord accompaniment -- Music