Keyboard for Commercial Music Production : Essential Skills for Music Producers, Songwriters, Audio Engineers, Studio Composers, and Creative Musician

Half Title
Title page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Foundations
UNIT ONE
Five-Finger Patterns
Practicing Five-Finger Patterns
Music for Reading (Treble)
Music for Reading (Bass)
Music for Reading (Grand Staff)
Triads 101
Practicing Triads
Lead Sheet Reading
Chord Charts
Introduction to Rhythm Exercises
Solo Repertoire:
“Morning Coffee”
“Cave of Wonders”
“Jumpin’”
Introduction to Harmonization
Identifying Triads by Ear
Melodic Playback
Unit One Melodies for Playback: Instructor Page
ADVANCED TOPICS I: How the Pros Practice
Practice Strategy Worksheet
UNIT TWO
Building Major and Minor Scales
The Foundations of Scale Practice
Scale Groupings
Practicing Scales: Essential Patterns and Variations
Scalar Melodies and Basslines
Music for Reading
Lead Sheet Reading
Unit Two Rhythm Training
Diatonic Triads and Nashville Numbers
Chord Charts
Chord Functions and Harmonization
Melodies to Harmonize
Reharmonization Using Simple Substitution
Melodies to Harmonize (and Reharmonize)
Unit Two Diatonic Triads Playback
Unit Two Melodies for Playback
UNIT THREE
Chord Inversions
Practicing Chord Inversions
Expanded Scale Practice (Group 1 and 2)
Intro to Keyboard Style
Keyboard Style Reading
Lead Sheets:
“Dreamer”
“House of the Rising Sun”
Keyboard Style with Chord Charts
Common Chord Progressions with Triads
Harmonization with Target Chords and Types of Cadences
Unit Three Diatonic Triads Playback
Unit Three Melodies for Playback
Unit Three Rhythm Training
Twinkle Twinkle Challenge
Solo Repertoire: “Petite Prelude”
Composing with Chord Inversions
ADVANCED TOPICS II: Understanding Performance Mistakes
UNIT FOUR
Scale Fingering Review
Expanded Scale Practice (Group 3)
Technique: Introduction to Hanon
Music for Reading (Riffs and Basslines)
Solo Repertoire:
“Song Without Words”
“Forward”
“Around the Corner”
“Samba”
“Samba” (Duet)
Lead Sheet Reading
Creating Basic Accompaniment Patterns
Common Chord Progressions with Triads
Chord Charts with Accompaniment Patterns
Harmonization with Mode Mixture
Melodies to Harmonize
Unit Four Diatonic Triads Playback
Unit Four Melodies for Playback
Unit Four Rhythm Training
UNIT FIVE
Introduction to 7th Chords
7th Chord Building
Identifying 7th Chords
Practicing 7th Chords
Lead Sheets with 7th Chords
Keyboard Style with 7th Chords
Lead Sheet Reading with 7th Chords “Blue Skies”
“The New World”
Chord Charts with 7th Chords
Common Chord Progressions with 7th Chords
Diatonic 7th Chords in Major Keys
7th Chord Functions and Harmonization
Unit Five Rhythm Training
Solo Repertoire: “Piazza”
“Adieu”
Unit Five Harmonic Playback
Unit Five Melodies for Playback
ADVANCED TOPICS III: Writing Great Melodies
UNIT SIX
Transilient Scales
Building Pentatonic Scales
Building Blues Scales
Practicing Transilient Scales
Riffs and Melodies with Transilient Scales
7th Chord Inversions
Practicing 7th Chord Inversions
Lead Sheets with 7th Chords
Chord Charts with 7th Chords
Diatonic Chord Exercises and Secondary Chords
Harmonization Using Secondary Chords and Displacement
Unit Six Rhythm Training with Beat Patterns
Lead Sheet Ensembles
“Laying Low”
“Low Tide”
Solo Repertoire:
“Good Times”
“Mini Gymnopedie”
Final Project: Arranging a Tune
Acknowledgements
UNIT ONE
Five-Finger Patterns
Practicing Five-Finger Patterns
Music for Reading (Treble)
Music for Reading (Bass)
Music for Reading (Grand Staff)
Triads 101
Practicing Triads
Lead Sheet Reading
Chord Charts
Introduction to Rhythm Exercises
Solo Repertoire:
“Morning Coffee”
“Cave of Wonders”
“Jumpin’”
Introduction to Harmonization
Identifying Triads by Ear
Melodic Playback
Unit One Melodies for Playback: Instructor Page
ADVANCED TOPICS I: How the Pros Practice
Practice Strategy Worksheet
UNIT TWO
Building Major and Minor Scales
The Foundations of Scale Practice
Scale Groupings
Practicing Scales: Essential Patterns and Variations
Scalar Melodies and Basslines
Music for Reading
Lead Sheet Reading
Unit Two Rhythm Training
Diatonic Triads and Nashville Numbers
UNIT ONE
Five-Finger Patterns
Practicing Five-Finger Patterns
Music for Reading (Treble)
Music for Reading (Bass)
Music for Reading (Grand Staff)
Triads 101
Practicing Triads
Lead Sheet Reading
Chord Charts
Introduction to Rhythm Exercises
Solo Repertoire:
“Morning Coffee”
“Cave of Wonders”
“Jumpin’”
Introduction to Harmonization
Identifying Triads by Ear
Melodic Playback
Unit One Melodies for Playback: Instructor Page
ADVANCED TOPICS I: How the Pros Practice
Practice Strategy Worksheet
UNIT TWO
Building Major and Minor Scales
The Foundations of Scale Practice
Scale Groupings
Practicing Scales: Essential Patterns and Variations
Scalar Melodies and Basslines
Music for Reading
Lead Sheet Reading
Unit Two Rhythm Training
Diatonic Triads and Nashville Numbers
Chord Charts
Chord Functions and Harmonization
Melodies to Harmonize
Reharmonization Using Simple Substitution
Melodies to Harmonize (and Reharmonize)
Unit Two Diatonic Triads Playback
Unit Two Melodies for Playback
UNIT THREE
Chord Inversions
Practicing Chord Inversions
Expanded Scale Practice (Group 1 and 2)
Intro to Keyboard Style
Keyboard Style Reading
Lead Sheets:
“Dreamer”
“House of the Rising Sun”
Keyboard Style with Chord Charts
Common Chord Progressions with Triads
Harmonization with Target Chords and Types of Cadences
Unit Three Diatonic Triads Playback
Unit Three Melodies for Playback
Unit Three Rhythm Training
Twinkle Twinkle Challenge
Solo Repertoire: “Petite Prelude”
Composing with Chord Inversions
ADVANCED TOPICS II: Understanding Performance Mistakes
UNIT FOUR
Scale Fingering Review
Expanded Scale Practice (Group 3)
Technique: Introduction to Hanon
Music for Reading (Riffs and Basslines)
Solo Repertoire:
“Song Without Words”
“Forward”
“Around the Corner”
“Samba”
“Samba” (Duet)
Lead Sheet Reading
Creating Basic Accompaniment Patterns
Common Chord Progressions with Triads
Chord Charts with Accompaniment Patterns
Harmonization with Mode Mixture
Melodies to Harmonize
Unit Four Diatonic Triads Playback
Unit Four Melodies for Playback
Unit Four Rhythm Training
UNIT FIVE
Introduction to 7th Chords
7th Chord Building
Identifying 7th Chords
Practicing 7th Chords
Lead Sheets with 7th Chords
Keyboard Style with 7th Chords
Lead Sheet Reading with 7th Chords “Blue Skies”
“The New World”
Chord Charts with 7th Chords
Common Chord Progressions with 7th Chords
Diatonic 7th Chords in Major Keys
7th Chord Functions and Harmonization
Unit Five Rhythm Training
Solo Repertoire: “Piazza”
“Adieu”
Unit Five Harmonic Playback
Unit Five Melodies for Playback
ADVANCED TOPICS III: Writing Great Melodies
UNIT SIX
Transilient Scales
Building Pentatonic Scales
Building Blues Scales
Practicing Transilient Scales
Riffs and Melodies with Transilient Scales
7th Chord Inversions
Practicing 7th Chord Inversions
Lead Sheets with 7th Chords
Chord Charts with 7th Chords
Diatonic Chord Exercises and Secondary Chords
Harmonization Using Secondary Chords and Displacement
Unit Six Rhythm Training with Beat Patterns
Lead Sheet Ensembles
“Laying Low”
“Low Tide”
Solo Repertoire:
“Good Times”
“Mini Gymnopedie”
Final Project: Arranging a Tune
Acknowledgements