Piano Exercises For Dummies

The fun and easy way(r) to tune up your technique and improve your playingIs the piano your passion? This easy-to-read guide is bursting with fun exercises designed to hone your piano-playing technique, from warm-ups and major and minor scales to octaves, chord cadences, and more. You'll play challenging rhythms, practice with different tempos, play a performance piece at the end of each chapter, and find inspiration for performing music your way.* Warm up away from the piano - release tension in your hands, wrists, and arms and go to the piano feeling loose and comfortable* Wake up those fingers - perfect your hand position and develop left and right hand finger independence* Develop greater control - practice smoother finger crossovers and pass-unders for speedier scales and arpeggios* Incorporate greater movement - play chords without tension, jump across the keyboard, and move with ease in parallel and contrary motion* Ramp up your skills - perfect your pedaling, play grace notes, trills, and other fancy ornamentsOpen the book and find:* More than 150 exercises that vary in style, key, and tempo* Major and minor scales* Blues, diminished and chromatic scales* Finger, rhythm, and chord progression exercises* Left-hand accompanimentpatterns* Performance pieces with every chapter* Ten one-page dance piecesBonus CD IncludesMore than 70 tracks all played by the authorSelected exercises from each chapterEvery performance pieceTen dance pieces from the book