2nd Edition

Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician

By Cole Burger Copyright 2027
414 Pages 381 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

414 Pages 381 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

414 Pages 381 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician , Second Edition, provides undergraduate music majors in class piano courses with the techniques and fundamentals they need to flourish into independent, versatile musicians who play with confidence and sensitivity. Organized by skill (rather than level), the topics sequenced in this textbook offer endless flexibility for instructors while guiding... Read more

PART I – Skills

1. Keyboard Theory

2. More Keyboard Theory

3. Sightreading and Transposition

4. Harmonization

5. Improvisation

6. Blues Improvisation

7. Chorales

8. Score Reading

9. Accompaniment

PART II – Repertoire

10. Solo Repertoire

11. Duet Repertoire

12. Ensemble Repertoire

Biography

Cole Burger is Teaching Professor of class piano and piano pedagogy in the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University.