Rock Keyboard - The Complete Guide Book/Online Audio (Hal Leonard Keyboard Style)

This is probably my all-time favorite practice book, definitely for keyboard and probably for any instrument! I purchased it 2.5 years ago and still use it constantly. My favorite part is that the author provides some discussion of music theory with the practice drills, but doesn't get bogged down in it. I'm almost entirely self-taught and (unfortunately) the result is that I'm generally slower to recognize even the fundamental elements of a piece (e.g., key signature, modulation) without guidance. The author's helpful comments explain what are the primary components of the drill (or section, as not every drill has prefatory text) and what's happening within the piece; even better, with this practical knowledge, I've been able to build from and expand on the exercise on my own, in some cases composing full songs inspired by the exercise.The drills are so much fun to play that's it's almost impossible not to get inspired! I continually go back and review all of the chapters, experimenting with my keyboard's drum beats, changing the tempo of the piece, combining exercises, subbing in my own improvised bits... you can practice with this book almost indefinitely, changing the way you use it as your skills and knowledge improve. I'd HIGHLY recommend this awesome book to nearly any player, including relatively new ones - beginners, just be patient with yourself and work through the exercises as slowly as you need to, and your skills/dexterity will grow! But especially if you feel like you're in a musical rut or a creative lull -- have fun with these exercises, put your own twist on them, and you'll amaze yourself with what you create. 5 enthusiastic stars from me!

The book includes a lot of useful stuff, in every style. After going through the whole thing quickly to sample the content, I have been working my way through trying to master most every example. Taking a while but really useful stuff, the CD is really helpful.The part that is a struggle for me is figuring out how I apply the stuff in the book to the songs I am playing with the band. He starts with really basic chord changes, but then a lot of the lines are over nonstandard chord changes that might work or might have to be 'twisted' to fit, you have to hear it. I think it is going to come naturally, but it is a bit confusing at the moment.

Bought this book for reference material.It teaches 8 different Rock styles which have many different pattern drills(97) for left and right hands to practice to and some also play along with backing track that comes with the book. There are 97 backing tracks on the CD which let you hear what each of the example practice drills sound like and most of them go through the pattern drills twice.Examples are in easy keys, C, G, F, Bb, and Eb.The example practice drills throughout the book really don't pertain to any top artists persay, and there are no songs at the end of the book like some of the other books in this series.For me it is a good reference book on Rock pattern styles,Dave

A great book that includes valuable fingering notation. You should know how to read music, though fluency is not required and the CD examples help re-enforce any question on rhythm. I would recommend listening to the whole CD, marking off the tracks that a "within reach" of your ability and then doing those exercises only. Work the right hand, work the left hand, then maybe try to put them together. Only gripe is sometimes they give you impossible right-handed chords...you could easily shave a note off some of those 4-note chords as long as you have the left handing working. This is a minor gripe. The book is more piano-oriented though there are some raw keyboard stuff in later chapters (Southern Rock for example).

I'm classically trained, but my husband has been begging me to play keyboard accompaniment to his rock/blues guitar. I bought this to get a feel for it, having never tried to play in this style. It's fantastic! I'm learning a lot and it's fun to branch out and try something new. I highly recommend this book, and will be adding more to my collection.

This book made a real difference in my piano playing. So much so I got more books in the Hal Leonard series. The CD was helpful when I couldn't quite imagine the music (because I suck at sight reading). My piano skills did improve. My finger work improved. I went from beginner to somewhere intermediate with this book. I am not a very good piano player and can't sight read much at all, but I did get way better. The examples in this book were right on and lots of fun to play. Everything in this book was FUN.

Great intro to the different styles under the umbrella of rock. The progressions and patterns to practice will set a good basis for jamming in most rock, blues rock, and progressive rock bands.

everything you need to start playing keyboard/piano in the rock style. tons of good examples on recorded cd. plenty of stuff to learn for the novice or advanced player.

Great for building up your chops repertoire.

E' un corso completo che copre vari stili, pieno di spunti interessanti da adattare poi alla propria musica, non molto adatto ai principianti, è l'ideale per chi ha già delle basi e suona in una band. Mi è arrivata la versione con audio on line che è ancora meglio di quella con cd perchè consente di accedere ai contenuti direttamente dal sito di Hal Leonard con il relativo lettore on line.

Dieses Buch vermittelt das komplette Know-how für Rock Keyboarder! Es ist sehr gut strukturiert. Es behandelt die Stilrichtungen Klassik Rock, Pop Rock, Blues Rock, Country Rock, Hardrock, progressive Rock, Alternativen Rock, und Heavy Metal. Ein ideales Lehrbuch für Einsteiger aber auch Profis.

Rock Keyboard von Scott Miller richtet sich an den fortgeschrittenen Keyboarder/Pianist: Ohne viel Einleitungen und seitenweise Dur-, Moll- oder andere modale Skalen, Dreiklangsformen bzw. "Voice Leading" vermittelt das Buch, wie sich die verschiedenen Rock-Typen begleiten lassen ("Comping"), oder wie sie durch Soli/Licks/Riffs interessanter gestaltet werden, wenn die Begleitung ein anderes Instrument in der Band übernimmt.Ein Fingersatz ist vorhanden! Ich habe festgestellt, dass oft ein fehlender Fingersatz bemängelt wird, obwohl ich nicht verstehe, warum. Denn, sobald man anfängt, zu improvisieren bzw. eigene Ideen zu verwirklichen, also frei zu spielen, gibt's auch keinen Fingersatz mehr!Manchen Beispielen wird eine kleinere Übung (bspw. nur die Linke Hand) vorangestellt, um das Üben zu erleichtern oder einfach nur um gewisse Aspekte hervorzuheben.Die Beschreibung zu den einzelnen Phrasen ("Vamps" genannt) beschränkt sich auf das Wesentliche, ohne viel Umschweife. Alles in allem eine sehr gute, abwechslungsreiche, Sammlung von Rock Vamps, Licks, Patterns...

La guia es bastante completa y con ejercicios y explicaciones progresivas. El CD está mejorado respecto otras ediciones anteriores de libros similares de Hal Leonard. En este caso los tracks vienen acompañados por el resto de instrumentos y con contador al principio, es más fácil estudiar con el track de fondo.