How To Play Keyboard: A Complete Guide for Absolute Beginners
£8.50
This great beginner’s guide also provides an easy introduction to reading and playing music – so whether you have no previous musical experience OR are simply new to the keyboard, this clear and concise guide will have you playing tunes on your new keyboard in no time !
- Easy to follow instructions and illustrations
- Simple exercises to follow and practice
- Learn at your own pace
- Fun and easy songs, exercises and tunes to play
- Simply follow the lessons in the book and you will be playing Keyboard in no time !
For kids under the age of 10, you may prefer Ben’s ‘My First Keyboard’ book instead – created especially for the youngest beginner.
Ben Parker is an established professional musician, songwriter and producer and has been teaching music to children and adults for over 10 years.
Ben’s best-selling range of beginner’s music tuition books for adults and children include: How To Play Keyboard, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele, Banjo, Harmonica and Recorder.
Check out his Amazon Author page for the whole range!
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Additional information
| Publisher | Kyle Craig Publishing (29 May 2013) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 48 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1908707143 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1908707147 |
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 0.28 x 27.94 cm |
by Shirley Asquith
I bought this for my granddaughter to start piano lessons with.
by ken
Written for complete beginners. great for getting you started
Nothing to dislike
by steelman
A lovely little book for my granddaughter easy to understand
by Robbo
The book is very clear and straightforward and easy to follow. You will not be playing properly if you are a complete beginner immediately but following the instructions and with a lot of effort it does get easier.
Instructions are clear and easy to follow. I am surprised that at my age (80) and the fact I have not read music there are signs that I can manage simple tunes after 6 weeks. Enjoy .
M Robertson
by Andy Mckenna
Good and value for money
by Polypop
Very useful book to introduce you to keyboards
by Carrie-Anne
Simple enough for a complete beginner. As you practice more and make your way through the pages, it gets a little more challenging, but that’s good. It lets me practice over what I have done closer to the start, and as I make my way through I can get a good challenge without having to go buy another book. My sister also had a look though out of curiosity, and although being a child she didn’t take most of it seriously, she understood the concepts once she paid attention.
by Amazon Customer
I ‘m effectively a beginner on keyboard, but with reasonable musical knowledge from other instruments. The book introduces keyboard concepts well (e.g. keyboard functions)- but not piano, it doesn’t get your left hand moving well enough.
I raced through the first half of the book in my first session, but for an absolute beginner it doesn’t give enough detail e.g. how to count half beats, or give any tips on how to make sure you’ve got the right rhythm. The exercises were all pretty basic and don’t build to anything even approaching difficult so it’s pretty easy to complete the book and not have a great understanding of how to actually play.
I tried to teach myself to play about 20 years ago, and stopped after a year or so. At that point I was using a beginner piano book and if I still had that would find it much more useful. There were more tips on technique, more exercises and tunes to learn, and the tunes were more interesting. I wish I still had that book, or could find it to buy.
I think this book would really suit someone with a little musical knowledge who wants to transfer it to keyboard. The book is really a taster to see if you want to learn properly.