Piano Fitness Book & CD
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$19.95
$19.95
This book is designed to give the beginning-to-intermediate pianist a thorough technical workout, while having fun at the same time! You'll play along with a rhythm section while practicing your scales, chords, and arpeggios in all keys. This unique approach means that, instead of avoiding technique exercises because they were too boring or difficult, you'll actually look forward to playing them along with the cool rhythm section patterns on the accompanying CD.
This book is divided into five main sections:
1) How To Practice
2) Scales (major, minor, pentatonic, blues) and Modes
3) Triads and Arpeggios (major, minor, voice leading and more)
4) Four-part Chords and Arpeggios (major 7th, minor 7th, voice leading and more)
5) Advanced Voicings and Exercises
All the exercises in the book have fingerings provided, so you'll never be unsure about how to play each example. Later in the book you'll also be introduced to various voicings and rhythmic settings, which are very useful in a variety of pop and jazz styles.
Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 30: All 12 pentatonic scales (Rock Shuffle playalong track)
- page 50: All 12 blues scales (Funk Shuffle playalong track)
- page 88: Major 7th chord inversions in all keys (Jazz Swing playalong track)
- page 142: Five-part '4th interval' arpeggios in all keys (R&B/Funk playalong track)
See below for audio examples from these sample pages.
Note regarding audio tracks: in order to fit all of the exercises on a single CD, there is only one recording (at a certain tempo) for each exercise. However, some of our Piano Fitness customers have used free audio software (such as Audacity) to adjust the tempo of the exercises, without changing pitch. This can be helpful if you prefer a slower tempo when practicing with the backing tracks!
This book is divided into five main sections:
1) How To Practice
2) Scales (major, minor, pentatonic, blues) and Modes
3) Triads and Arpeggios (major, minor, voice leading and more)
4) Four-part Chords and Arpeggios (major 7th, minor 7th, voice leading and more)
5) Advanced Voicings and Exercises
All the exercises in the book have fingerings provided, so you'll never be unsure about how to play each example. Later in the book you'll also be introduced to various voicings and rhythmic settings, which are very useful in a variety of pop and jazz styles.
Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 30: All 12 pentatonic scales (Rock Shuffle playalong track)
- page 50: All 12 blues scales (Funk Shuffle playalong track)
- page 88: Major 7th chord inversions in all keys (Jazz Swing playalong track)
- page 142: Five-part '4th interval' arpeggios in all keys (R&B/Funk playalong track)
See below for audio examples from these sample pages.
Note regarding audio tracks: in order to fit all of the exercises on a single CD, there is only one recording (at a certain tempo) for each exercise. However, some of our Piano Fitness customers have used free audio software (such as Audacity) to adjust the tempo of the exercises, without changing pitch. This can be helpful if you prefer a slower tempo when practicing with the backing tracks!