You Can Teach Yourself Piano Book

This book begins with an extended introduction to note-reading and keyboard orientation. As early as page 9 you will begin playing using both hands. Through a series of short original tunes and exercises, the concepts of dotted note rhythms, rests, accidentals, various time signatures and scales, and the triplet are introduced. The instruction offered on chord structure and its application to jazz and pop-style melodies and songs sets this book apart from the pack. The how and why of construction and use of I, IV, and V chords as well as complex chords, is thoroughly explained.