Index

“After the Ball” (CD Tracks 51 and 53), • Numerics • 221–222, 224 2/4 meter (march time), 107 “After You’ve Gone” (CD Track 17), 125 3/4 meter (waltz time) Airplane Sonata (Antheil), 262 about, 107 “Album Leaf” (CD Track 91), 305, 306 “The Beautiful Blue Danube” Alesis Studio Electronics, 45 (CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 Alfred Brendel Plays Schubert (Philips), 21 4/4 meter (common time), 105–107 “All through the Night,” 255 6/8 time, 108 Allegro, 94 8va, play octave above, 89–90 “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (CD Track 65), 8vb, play octave below, 89–90 263, 267 12-bar blues “Amazing Grace,” 197 chord substitutions, 294 “America, the Beautiful,” 205–206 example (Track 87), 293 Andante, 94 infl uence on Rock ’n’ roll, 295 Antheil, George (Airplane Sonata), 262 “Playin’ the Blues” (CD Track 92), 305, 307 arpeggios, 176–180 seventh chords in, 292–293 arrangements, 320 32-note polyphony, 43 arrangers 108-note polyphony, 43 described, 41 recommended brands, 45–46 articulation, 250–252 • A • ascending and descending intervals, 195 augmented and diminished chords, A minor scale, 160, 161, 175 229–230 A to Z of Pianists (Naxos), 21 augmented intervals, 195 A-B-C-D-E-F-G naming system for keys, “Auld Lang Syne” (CD Track 48), 207, 212 61–62 “Aura Lee” (CD Track 46), 203, 207, 210 accelerando (accel.), 253 auto-accompaniment feature, digital accidentals, 85 keyboards, 29 accompaniment patterns. “Autumn” from The Four Seasons (CD See also left-hand accompaniment Track 29), 147, 149 automatic feature on digital keyboard, 29 melody in unison octaves,COPYRIGHTED 184–185 MATERIAL melody plus three-note, 183–184 • B • acoustic (non-electric) keyboards. See also piano Bach, Johann Sebastian described, 19–20 about, 323 harpsichord, 23–25 Bach: Complete Harpsichord Concertos pipe organs, 25–27, 73 (CD Track 2), 25 pros and cons, 33 Gavotte from French Suite No. 4 Adagio, 94 (CD Track 1), 21 342 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Bach, Johann Sebastian (continued) “Worried Man Blues” (CD Track 52), “Minuet” from Notebook for Anna 217–218, 222, 223 Magdelena Bach, 145–146, 199 “Yellow Dog Blues” (CD Track 1), 21 Toccata and Fugue in D minor blues scales, 163–164 (CD Track 3), 26–27 “boogie-woogie” bass line (CD Track 75), “The Well-Tempered Clavier” 278–279 (CD Track 2), 25, 323 books Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, 39 classical, 319 bands, playing in, 323 fake, 179, 320 bar lines, 90–91 method, 317–318 bass (F) clef reference, 318–319 names of lines and space, 86 Borodin, Alexander (“Polovtsian Dance”), overview, 83–85 263, 264 reading and playing in, 171–172 both hands, playing with, 185–190 beams, 100, 101 Brahms, Johannes beats. See also rhythm; time signature about, 324 described, 93 “Lullaby” (CD Track 58), 239, 242 downbeats, 124 brands of keyboards grouping in measures, 95–96 acoustic pianos, 38–39 tempo indications, 94–95 arrangers, 45–46 upbeats, 124 digital keyboards, 44–46 “The Beautiful Blue Danube” synthesizers and workstations, 45–46 (CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 broken strings, 59 Beethoven, Ludwig van Brown, James (R&B musician), 301 about, 324 “Bum-ba-di-da” bass pattern Fifth Symphony, 65, 197 (CD Track 74), 278 “Für Elise,” 196 buying a keyboard “Ode to Joy,” 138–139, 147, 148 acoustic pianos, 32–33 bellows, 26 avoiding scams, 37–38 benches, 67–68 brand recommendations, 38–39, 44–46 Berlin, Irving digital keyboards, 33–35, 40–46 “I Love a Piano,” 9 hybrid keyboards, 13, 35–36 “Simple Melody” (CD Track 31), 147, 151 knowing the right time to buy, 32 Berry, Chuck (rock musician), 277 musical devices for, 49–52 “Berry-Style Blues” (CD Track 73), 277 negotiating a price, 48–49 “Billy Boy Swings (CD Track 95), 305, 310 online shopping, 49, 326 “Bingo” (CD Track 55), 234 overview, 31–32 black keys, 63–65 playing keyboard, 47–48 Blake’s E-Z Key Finder, 60–65 used pianos, 37, 38 blue notes, 164 buying music to play blues music arrangements and transcriptions, 320 “Berry-Style Blues” (CD Track 73), 277 fake books, 320 described, 291–294 printed music, 319 “Limehouse Blues” (CD Track 24), 126, 132 where to buy, 321–322 “Playin’ the Blues” (CD Track 92), 305, 307 “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (CD 12-bar blues, 292–294 Track 22), 126, 130 Index 343

overview, 31–32 • C • playing the keyboard, 47–48 C major scale, 154, 156, 158, 174, 194 Chopin, Frederic (composer), 324 C minor scales, 159, 162–163 “Chopsticks,” as memory aid, 62–63 C position (fi rst position), 137–141, 170 chords. See also harmony Cage, John (composer), 262 augmented and diminished, 229–230 “Camptown Races” (CD Track 63), 263 chord picking style, 272 “Can Can” (CD Track 10), 107, 109, 112 constructing, 235 Canon in D major (Pachelbel), 155 described, 225–227 care and cleaning of keyboard. fi rst inversion, 237 See also maintenance and repair four-note, 232–233 cleaning, 54–56 inversions, 236–239 location for keyboard, 53–54 left-hand accompaniment pattern moving an acoustic piano, 59–60 (CD Track 67), 270 surge protector as safety feature, 50 major, 227–228 tuning acoustic keyboards, 56–57 minor, 228–229 carpal tunnel syndrome, 65, 72 picking, 272–273 Casio Incorporated, 45 rolled, 291 CD with this book root note, 226 customer service, 340 root position, 236, 237 list of tracks on, 337–340 second inversion, 238 chairs, 66–67 seventh, 232–233, 292–293 chamber groups, 322 substitutions, 303–304 Chappell, Jon (Guitar For Dummies, 2nd suspended, 231–232 Edition), 305 symbols, 179, 233–235 “Chiapanecas” (CD Track 27), 141 third inversion, 238 children’s songs tremolo, 262–263 “The Farmer in the Dell” chords, songs featuring (CD Track 33), 157 “Bingo” (CD Track 55), 234 “Little Bo-Peep,” 142–143 “Down by the Station” (CD Track 56), “London Bridge,” 196 239, 240 “Pop! Goes the Weasel” “Lullaby” (CD Track 58), 239, 242 (CD Track 61), 257 “Red River Valley” (CD Track 60), 239, 244 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” 147 “Scarborough Fair” (CD Track 59), “This Old Man,” 143 239, 243 “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” 198–199 “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless choosing a keyboard Child” (CD Track 57), 239, 241 acoustic pianos, 32–33 Circle of Fifths, 218–219 avoiding scams, 37–38 Clark, Francis (Francis Clark Library for brand recommendations, 38–39, 44–46 Piano Students), 318 digital keyboards, 33–35, 40–46 Clarke, Jeremiah hybrid keyboards, 13, 35–36 (“Trumpet Voluntary”), 263 knowing the right time to buy, 32 Classic Music For Dummies (Pogue and musical devices for, 49–52 Speck), 26 negotiating a price, 48–49 “Classic R&R” (CD Track 93), 305, 308 classical books, 319 344 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

classical music cost described, 289–290 acoustic pianos, 33, 37–38 great composers, 323–325 digital keyboards, 34, 40 classical music selections folios, 319 “Also Sprach Zarathustra” hybrid keyboards, 35 (CD Track 65), 263, 267 maintenance, 33 “The Beautiful Blue Danube” negotiating a price, 48–49 (CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 piano lessons, 336 “Can Can” (CD Track 10), 107, 109, 112 piano tuning, 57 Fifth Symphony (Beethoven), 65, 197 sheet music, 319 French Suite No. 4, Gavotte surge protector, 50 (CD Track 1), 21 country music “Für Elise,” 196 chord picking, 272, 273 harpsichord sound (CD Track 2), 25 described, 296–298 “Humoresque,” 79–81 country music selections “Minuet” from Notebook for Anna “Country Riffi n” (CD Track 85), 287 Magdelena Bach, 145–146, 199 “On Top of Old Smoky” (CD Track 41), “A Musical Joke” (CD Track 40), 181, 183 183–184 “Ode to Joy,” 138–139, 147, 148 “Picking and Grinning” (CD Track 69), pipe organ sounds (CD Track 3), 26 272–273 “Polovtsian Dance” (CD Track 62), “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain,” 263, 264 115–116 “Three Gymnopedies” (CD Track 1), 21 “Shenandoah” (CD Track 47), 207, 211 Toccata and Fugue in D minor Cowell, Henry (The Banshee), 262 (CD Track 3), 26–27 Cristofori, Bartolommeo “Trumpet Voluntary” (CD Track 64), (piano inventor), 24 263, 266 crotchet, 100 classical pianists, 291 customer care, Wiley Product Technical clavichord, 32 Support, 340 cleaning a keyboard, 54–56 cleaning tools, 55 clefs • D • bass, 83–85, 86, 171–172 D minor scale, 160, 175 treble, 82–83, 86 damper (sustain) pedal, 23, 73–74 climate, 36, 54 “Danny Boy” (CD Track 34), 165, 166 Clinton, George, 301 deconstructing a piece of music, 314–315 Cohen, Leonard (“Hallelujah”), 319 demo models, 38 comfort while playing, 313 descending and ascending intervals, 195 common time (4/4 meter), 105–107 digital keyboards. composers, classical music masters, See also electric keyboards 323–325 advantages of, 29 computer, connecting to keyboard, 51–52 arrangers, 41, 45–46 concerto, 26 auto-accompaniment feature, 29 concerts, live, 325 brand recommendations, 44–46 consonant and dissonant intervals, 204 buying, 33–35, 40–46 coordination for playing piano, 14 described, 28–30 Index 345

features, 29, 43–44 LCD display problems, 59 • E • liquid spills, 59 E minor scale, 160, 175 maintenance and repair, 34, 57–58 effects rack, 69 no-frills, 46 8va, play octave above, 89–90 obsolescence, avoiding, 35, 42–43 8vb, play octave below, 89–90 pedals, 74–75 eighth notes pianos and organs, 41 described, 100–101 portables, 41 dotted, 119 power needs, 34 four-note arpeggios, 179, 180 problems with, 59 three-note accompaniment, 177–178 speakers, built-in, 43 eighth rests, 104–105 stage pianos, 41–42 eighth-note triplet, 121 upgrading, 42–43 electric keyboards. See also digital upright and grand models, 41 keyboards won’t power on, 59 overview, 27 workstations, 34, 42 synthesizers, 27–28, 42, 44, 45–46 digital recorders, 51 E-Mu Systems Incorporated, 45 diminished chords, 230 end repeat bar line, 91 diminished intervals, 195 Evans, Bill (jazz pianist), 301 dissonant intervals, 204 distractions, shutting out, 314 dotted eighth notes, 119 • F • dotted half notes, 118–119 F (bass) clef dotted notes, 117–120 names of lines and space, 86 dotted quarter notes, 119 overview, 83–85 double bar line, 91 reading and playing in, 171–172 “Down by the Station” (CD Track 56), F major scale, 157, 174 239, 240 fake books, 179, 320 downbeats, 124 famous people who play the piano, dress rehearsals, 315 329–330 duets “The Farmer in the Dell” (CD Track 33), 157 benches for two players, 67–68 FastTrack Keyboard Songbook 1 and 2 piano, 322 (Neely and Meisner), 318 Duke Ellington Orchestra, 123 fermata (pause or hold a note), 253 dusting a keyboard, 55 fi fth interval, 198–200 dynamic markings Fifth Symphony (Beethoven), 65, 197 described, 248 fi fths, circle of, 218–219 indicating gradual volume changes, fi lms featuring pianists, 328–329 249–250 fi nal bar line, 91 list of, 249 fi nales. See introductions and fi nales dynamics, 247–250 fi nger crossing, 144–147 fi nger numbers, 136 fi ngerings, 71, 137 fi ngernails, trimming, 71 346 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

fi ngers. See hand and fi nger positions glissando, 259–261 The Firm Soundtrack (Grusin), 262 “Good Night Ladies” (CD Tracks 49 and 50), fi rst position (C position), 137–141, 170 214–215 fl ags on notes, 100, 101 gospel, 299 fl ats, 64, 85, 220–221 grace notes fl atted seventh, 278–279 in country music, 297 folios, 319 described, 256–257 fortissimo (very loud), 248 “Pop! Goes the Weasel” Foster, Stephen (composer) (CD Track 61), 257 “Old Folks at Home,” 230 grand piano “Swanee River” (CD Track 14 and 21), described, 20 120, 126, 129 digital, 41 The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) CD Track 2, 25 lid, 22 4/4 meter (common time), 105–107 grand staff and ledger lines, 87–90 four-note accompaniment pattern, 178–180 “Greensleeves” (CD Track 36), 165, 168 four-note chords, 232–233 Grieg, Edvard (Piano Concerto), 291 four-part harmony Grusin, Dave (The Firm Soundtrack), 262 about, 207 Guitar For Dummies, 2nd Edition “Auld Lang Syne” (CD Tracks 48), 207, 212 (Phillips and Chappell), 305 example, 206 fourth interval, 198–200 Francis Clark Library for Piano Students • H • (Clark), 318 Hal Leonard Student Piano Library (Kreader, free sheet music, 321 Kern, Keveren, and Rejino), 318 French Suite No. 4, Gavotte (Bach) half notes CD Track 1, 21 described, 97–98 “Frere Jacques,” 137–138 dotted, 118–119 friends, exchanging music with, 327 half rests, 103–104 frustration, 12 half-step, 154, 155 funk sounds “Hallelujah” (Cohen), 319 about, 301 hammers, piano, 23, 59 “Motown Is My Town” (CD Track 94), hand and fi nger positions 301, 305, 309 C position, 137–141, 170 described, 70–72 fi nger crossing, 144–147 • G • fi ngerings, 71, 137 G major scale, 156, 174 G position, 142–143, 171 G position, 142–143, 171 playing with both hands, 185–190 G (treble) clef, 82–83, 86 shifting, 144 Gavotte from French Suite No. 4 (Bach) hand cramps, avoiding, 70, 72 CD Track 1, 21 hand positions, music featuring Generalmusic Corporation, 46 “Autumn” from The Four Seasons Geneva International Corporation, 39 (CD Track 29), 147, 149 “Get Ready, Here We Go” intro “Chiapanecas” (CD Track 27), 141 (CD Track 76), 281 “Frere Jacques” (CD Track 25), 138 gigging with others, 322–323 “Ode to Joy” (CD Track 28), 147 Index 347

“Oranges and Lemons” (CD Track 30), 150 chords made from, 227, 228 “Simple Melody” (CD Track 31), 151 consonant and dissonant, 204 “Skip to My Lou” (CD Track 26), 139 diminished and augmented, 195 Handy, W.C. (“Yellow Dog Blues”), 21 fourth and fi fth, 198–200 harmonic minor scales, 160–161, 175 major, minor, and perfect, 195 harmonium, 32 measuring, 193–194 harmony. See also chords; intervals playing two notes together, 202–203 adding intervals to the melody, 203–204 second, 196 four-part, 206, 207, 212 sixth and seventh, 201 left hand playing, 204–206 third, 197–198 two-note, 207, 209 intervals, songs featuring harmony, songs featuring “Amazing Grace,” 197 “America, the Beautiful,” 205–206 Fifth Symphony, 65, 197 “Auld Lang Syne” (CD Track 48), 207, 212 “Für Elise,” 196 “Aura Lee” (CD Track 46), 203, 207, 210 “Here Comes the Bride,” 199–200 “I’m Called Little Buttercup” (CD Track “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring,” 197–198 44), 207, 208 “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” 198 “Marianne” (CD Track 45), 207, 209 “London Bridge,” 196 “Shenandoah” (CD Track 47), 207, 211 “Minuet” from Notebook for Anna harpsichord, 23–25 Magdelena Bach, 145–146, 199 headphones, 34 “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” 201 “Here Comes the Bride,” 199–200 “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of hip-hop music, 299 Oz, 201 “home” key, leaving and returning to, “Somewhere” from West Side Story, 201 221–222 “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” home note, 213 (CD Track 37), 173, 197 “A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” “This Old Man,” 197–198 (CD Track 8), 106–107, 109, 110 “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” 198–199 “House of the Rising Sun” (CD Track 35), Unfi nished Symphony, 198–199 165, 167 introductions and fi nales humidity, 54 adding, 280–281 “Humoresque,” 79–81 “Get Ready, Here We Go” intro hybrid keyboards, 13, 35–36 (CD Track 76), 281 “I Loved You, You Left Me” fi nale (CD Track 81), 284 • I • “Killing Time” intro (CD Track 79), 283 “I Love a Piano” (Berlin), 9 “Last Call” fi nale (CD Track 83), 285 “I Loved You, You Left Me” fi nale “Let’s Load Up the Bus” fi nale (CD Track 81), 284 (CD Track 82), 285 “I’m Called Little Buttercup” “Rockin’ Jam” intro (CD Track 77), (CD Track 44), 207, 208 281–282 improvisation, jazz, 302 “Saloon Salutations” intro (CD Track 80), intervals. See also harmony; octave 283, 284 abbreviations for, 195 “Shave and a Haircut” fi nale (CD Track adding to the melody, 203–204 84), 286 ascending and descending, 195 “Sweet Ballad” intro (CD Track 78), augmented and diminished, 195 282, 283 348 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

inversions, chord, 236–239 keyboard brands “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring,” 197–198 acoustic pianos, 38–39 “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” arrangers, 45–46 (CD 23 Track ), 126, 131, 198 digital keyboards, 44–46 synthesizers and workstations, 45–46 keyboards. See acoustic (non-electric) • J • keyboards; digital keyboards; electric Jaws (fi lm), 65, 196 keyboards jazz keys in music. See musical keys “Billy Boy Swings” (CD Track 95), 305, 310 keys on keyboard described, 301–304 A-B-C-D-E-F-G naming system, 61–62 “Maple Leaf Rag” (CD Track 1), 21 black, 63–65 “Yankee Doodle” swings Blake’s E-Z Key Finder, 60–65 (CD Track 90), 302 fl ats, 64 The Jazz Book (Levine), 318 replacing, 59 jazz pianists, 303 sharps, 64 Joplin, Scott (“Maple Leaf Rag” total number of, 17 CD Track 1), 21 white, 62–63 “Joy to the World” (CD Track 32), 157, 159 “Killing Time” intro (CD Track 79), 283 “Jumping Octaves” exercise (CD Track 71), Korg USA, Inc., 45, 46 274–275 Kreader, Barbara (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library), 318 “Kumbaya,” 140 • K • Kurzweil Music Systems, 46 Kawai America Corporation, 39, 45 The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge, 327 • L • Kern, Fred (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library), 318 language of music. See reading music Keveren, Phillip (Hal Leonard Student Largo, 94 Piano Library), 318 “Last Call” fi nale (CD Track 83), 285 key signature. See also musical keys “Lavender Blue” (CD Track 11), Circle of Fifths, 218–219 108, 109, 113 described, 216 LCD display problems, 59 with fl ats, 220–221 ledger lines, 87–90 mnemonics, 221 left hand reading, 216–221 adding to right hand, 181–185 with sharps, 219–220 C position (fi rst position), 170 key signature, songs featuring G position, 171 “After the Ball” (CD Tracks 51 and 53), harmonizing with, 204–206 221–222, 224 melody, 172–173 “Worried Man Blues” (CD Track 52), scales, 174–175 217–218, 222, 223 strengthening, 171 keyboard action, 35, 40 Index 349 left-hand accompaniment. See also accompaniment patterns • M • “boogie-woogie” bass line, 278–279 Mager, Jörg (inventor), 29 chord picking, 272–273 maintenance and repair. chord progression (CD Track 67), 270 See also care and cleaning of keyboard “Country Riffi n” (CD Track 85), 287 acoustic piano, 33 “Love Me Like You Used To” cleaning a keyboard, 54–56 (CD Track 86), 271, 288 digital keyboard, 34, 57–58 melodic minor scales, 278–279 moving an acoustic piano, 59–60 octave hammering, 272–275 serious problems, 58–59 overview, 176–180 tuning acoustic keyboards, 56–57 “Picking and Grinning” (CD Track 69), major arpeggio, 178 272–273 major chords, 227–228 rock ’n’ roll pattern, 275–277 major intervals, 195 legato (smooth), 254 major scales “Let’s Load Up the Bus” fi nale exercise, 158 (CD Track 82), 285 for left hand, 174 Levine, Mark (The Jazz Book), 318 measuring intervals, 194 Lewis, Jerry Lee (rock pianist), 295 overview, 155–157 library, music recordings from, 327 “Maple Leaf Rag” (Joplin) CD Track 1, 21 lid, acoustic piano, 22 march time (2/4 meter), 107 lighting, 54 “Marianne” (CD Track 45), 207, 209 “Limehouse Blues” (CD Track 24), 126, 132 Mason & Hamlin World Headquarters, 39 lines and spaces, 79, 81, 86 master composers of classical music, liquid spills on keyboard, 59 323–325 Liszt, Franz (classical pianist/composer), 324 math skills, improving, 12 “Little Bo-Peep,” 142–143 measures “Little Brown Jug” (CD Track 38), 173 beats grouped in, 95–96 live concerts, 325 pickup measure, 116 location for keyboard, 53–54 Meisner, Gary (FastTrack Keyboard location for piano lessons, 335–336 Songbook 1 and 2), 318 Lohengrin (Wagner), 200 melodic minor scales, 161, 175, 278–279 “London Bridge,” 196 melody loud (fortissimo), 248 adding intervals to, 203–204 “Love Me Like You Used To” (CD Track 86), fi nger crossing, 144–147 271, 288 left-hand, 172–173 lullabies melodic bass lines, 278–279 “All through the Night,” 255 passing between your hands, 181 “Lullaby” (CD Track 58), 239, 242 playing in C position, 137–141 L. Bösendorfer Klavier, 39 playing in G position, 142–144 plus three-note accompaniment, 183–184 right hand, 147–151 with single-note accompaniment, 181, 183 in unison octaves, 184–185 350 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

memorizing music, 316 music publishers, Web sites, 321–322 memory, for electric keyboards, 42 music recordings, resources, 326–327 “Merrily We Roll Along,” 303–304 music selections in this book meter. See time signature “After the Ball” (CD Tracks 51 and 53), method books, 317–318 221–222, 224 metronome “After You’ve Gone” (CD Track 17), benefi ts of, 95 124, 125 for practice sessions, 315 “Album Leaf” (CD Track 91), 305, 306 tempo markings, 94 “All through the Night,” 255 mezzo (medium), 248 “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (CD Track 65), middle C 263, 267 C position using, 137 “Amazing Grace,” 197 locating, 62–63 “America, the Beautiful,” 205–206 staff lines and, 90 “Auld Lang Syne” (CD Track 48), 207, 212 writing with ledger lines, 87–88 “Aura Lee” (CD Track 46), 203, 207, 210 middle (sostenuto) pedal, 37, 74, 256 “Autumn” from The Four Seasons, 147, 149 MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), “The Beautiful Blue Danube” 40, 44, 49–52 (CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 minim, 100 “Berry-Style Blues” (CD Track 73), 277 minor arpeggio, 178 “Billy Boy Swings” (CD Track 95), 305, 310 minor chords, 228–229 “Bingo” (CD Track 55), 234 minor intervals, 195 “boogie-woogie” bass line minor scales (CD Track 75), 278–279 described, 158 “Bum-ba-di-da” bass pattern exercises, 162–163 (CD Track 74), 278 harmonic minor, 160–161, 175 “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” melodic minor, 161, 175, 278–279 (CD Track 22 ), 126, 130 natural minor, 159–160, 175 “Camptown Races” (CD Track 63), 263 “Minuet” from Notebook for Anna “Can Can” (CD Track 10), 107, 109, 112 Magdelena Bach, 145–146, 199 Canon in D major (Pachelbel), 155 mnemonics “Chiapanecas” (CD Track 27), 141 key signature, 221 “Classic R&R” (CD Track 93), 305, 308 lines and spaces, 86 “Country Riffi n” (CD Track 85), 287 modern composers, 262 “Danny Boy” (CD Track 34), 165, 166 monophonic synthesizers, 44 “Down by the Station” (CD Track 56), Moog Music Incorporated, 46 239, 240 “Motown Is My Town” (CD Track 94), “The Farmer in the Dell” 301, 305, 309 (CD Track 33), 157 Motown sound (CD Track 89), 300 Fifth Symphony, 65, 197 movies featuring pianists, 328–329 The Four Seasons (CD Track 2), 25 moving an acoustic piano, 59–60 French Suite No. 4, Gavotte Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (CD Track 1), 21 about, 325 “Frere Jacques” (CD Track 25), 137–138 “A Musical Joke” (CD Track 40), 181, 183 “Für Elise,” 196 multi-note polyphony, 43 Gavotte from French Suite No. 4 multi-timbral sound, 44 (CD Track 1), 21 Index 351

“Get Ready, Here We Go” intro “A Musical Joke” (CD Track 40), 181, 183 (CD Track 76), 281 “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” 201 “Good Night Ladies” note mixing exercise (CD Track 5), 99 (CD Track 49 and 50), 214–215 “Octaves in the Left” exercise “Greensleeves” (CD Track 36), 165, 168 (CD Track 70), 274 Grieg Piano Concerto, 291 “Ode to Joy” (CD Track 28), “Hallelujah” (Cohen), 319 138–139, 147, 148 harpsichord sound (CD Track 2), 25 “Oh, Susannah” (CD Track 19), “Here Comes the Bride,” 199–200 116, 125, 127 “A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” “On Top of Old Smoky” (CD Track 41), (CD Track 8), 106–107, 109, 110 183–184 “House of the Rising Sun” (CD Track 35), “Oranges and Lemons” (CD Track 30), 165, 167 147, 150 “I Loved You, You Left Me” fi nale (CD “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard Track 81), 284 of Oz, 201 “I’m Called Little Buttercup” Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff), 325 (CD Track 44), 207, 208 “Picking and Grinning” (CD Track 69), “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring,” 197–198 272–273 “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” 198 pipe organ (CD Track 3), 26–27 “Joy to the World” (CD Track 32), 157, 159 “Playin’ the Blues” (CD Track 92), 305, 307 “Jumping Octaves” exercise “Polovtsian Dance” (CD Track 62), (CD Track 71), 274–275 263, 264 “Killing Time” intro (CD Track 79), 283 “Pop! Goes the Weasel” “Kumbaya,” 140 (CD Track 61), 257 “Last Call” fi nale (CD Track 83), 285 “Quiet Sunset” (CD Track 66), 264, 268 “Lavender Blue” (CD Track 11), “Red River Valley” (CD Track 60), 239, 244 108, 109, 113 “Rockin’ Intervals” exercise left-hand chord progression (CD Track 72), 276 (CD Track 67), 270 “Rockin’ Jam” intro (CD Track 77), “Let’s Load Up the Bus” fi nale 281–282 (CD Track 82), 285 “Saloon Salutations” intro (CD Track 80), “Limehouse Blues” (CD Track 24), 283, 284 126, 132 “Scarborough Fair” (CD Track 59), “Little Bo-Peep,” 142–143 239, 243 “Little Brown Jug” (CD Track 38), 173 Scheherezade (CD Track 20), “London Bridge,” 196 125–126, 128 “Love Me Like You Used To” (CD Track “Shave and a Haircut” fi nale 86), 271, 288 (CD Track 84), 286 “Maple Leaf Rag” (Joplin) CD Track 1, 21 “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain,” “Marianne” (CD Track 45), 207, 209 115–116 “Merrily We Roll Along,” 303–304 “Shenandoah” (CD Track 47), 207, 211 “Minuet” from Notebook for Anna “The Sidewalks of New York” Magdelena Bach, 145–146, 199 (CD Track 42), 186, 187–188 “Motown Is My Town” (CD Track 94), Simple Melody (CD Track 31), 147, 151 301, 305, 309 6/8 meter (CD Track 11), 108 Motown sound (CD Track 89), 300 “Skip to My Lou” (CD Track 26), 139 352 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

music selections in this book (continued) leaving and returning to “home” key, “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless 221–222 Child” (CD Track 57), 239, 241 mnemonic for, 221 “Somewhere” from West Side Story, 201 natural sign, 85, 223 Sonatas (Scarlatti) CD Track 2, 25 recognizing and reading, 215–216 “Stars and Stripes Forever” musical notation (CD Track 43), 186, 189–190 accidentals, 85 suspended chords (CD Track 54), 232 bar lines, 90–91 “Swanee River” (CD Tracks 14 and 21), chord symbols, 179, 233–235 120, 126, 129 clefs, 82–86 “Sweet Ballad” intro (CD Track 78), dotted notes, 117–120 282, 283 8va, play octave above, 89–90 “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” 8vb, play octave below, 89–90 (CD Track 37), 173, 197 fermata (pause or hold a note), 253 synthesizer sounds (CD Track 4), 28 grand staff and ledger lines, 87–90 tempo and beat (CD Track 6), 100 interval abbreviations, 195 “This Old Man,” 197–198 lines and spaces, 79, 81, 86 “Three Gymnopedies” (CD Track 1), 21 measures, 95–96 Toccata and Fugue in D minor notes, 79 (CD Track 3), 26–27 octave lines, 89–90 “Trumpet Voluntary” (CD Track 64), piano score sample, 80 263, 266 reading from left to right, 91–92 12-bar blues example (Track 87), 293 sharps and fl ats, 85 “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” 198–199 slurs, 117, 251 Unfi nished Symphony, 198–199 software programs, 52 “The Well-Tempered Clavier” staff and staves, 81, 86–90 (CD Track 2), 25, 323 ties, notes with, 117, 118 “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” musical styles (CD Track 39), 181, 182 blues music, 291–294 “When the Saints Go Marching In” classical music, 289–290 (CD Track 18), 116, 125, 126 country music, 296–298 “Worried Man Blues” (CD Track 52), gospel, 299 217–218, 222, 223 jazz, 301–304 “Yankee Doodle,” 184–185, 204, 302 overview, 17 “Yellow Dog Blues” (CD Track 1), 21 pop music, 298–299 music stores, 321 rock ’n’ roll, 295–296 Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), soul music, 299–301 40, 44, 49–52 “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” 201 “A Musical Joke” (CD Track 40), 181, 183 musical keys Circle of Fifths, 218–219 • N • fi nding, 213–214 natural minor scales, 159–160, 175 “Good Night Ladies” natural sign, 85, 223 (CD Tracks 49 and 50), 214–215 Neely, Blake (FastTrack Keyboard key signatures and, 216–221 Songbook 1 and 2), 318 Index 353 negotiating a price, 48–49 “Ode to Joy” neighbors, noise considerations, 54 CD Track 28, 147, 148 newsgroups, Web sites, 328 opening melody, 138–139 no-frills keyboard, digital, 46 offbeat rhythm, 120–121 Nord Keyboards, 45 Offenbach, Jacques (“Can Can” notation. See musical notation CD Track 10), 107, 109, 112 notes. See also specifi c types “Oh, Susannah” (CD Track 19), on the bass clef, 84 116, 125, 127 beams, 100 “Old Folks at Home” (Foster), 230 blue, 164 “On Top of Old Smoky” (CD Track 41), described, 96 183–184 dotted, 117–120 108-note polyphony, 43 eighth, 100–101 “Oranges and Lemons” (CD Track 30), fl ags on, 100 147, 150 on the grand staff, 89 organs half, 97–98 digital, 41 home note, 213 pipe, 25–27, 73 mixing exercise (CD Track 5), 99 outros. See introductions and fi nales names of, 16, 100 “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard pausing or holding (fermata), 253 of Oz, 201 pickup, 115–116 quarter, 97 root, 226 • P • sixteenth, 101–102 Pachelbel’s Canon in D major, 155 with slurs, 117 Pärt, Arvo (Tabula rasa), 262 stems, 98 pause or hold a note (fermata), 253 with ties, 117, 118 Pearl, David (Piano Exercises For on the treble clef, 83 Dummies), 144 whole, 98 Pearl River Piano Group America Ltd., 39 Now Playing: Movie Themes — Solo Piano, pedals Dave Grusin (GRP Records), 21 on digital keyboards, 74–75 middle (sostenuto), 37, 74, 256 on pianos, 73–74 • O • on pipe organs, 73 obsolescence, avoiding, 35, 42–43 pentatonic scale, 16 octave perfect intervals, 195 described, 201–202 performance groupings, 62, 64 comfort during, 313 hammering, 272–275 dress rehearsals, 315 hand position, 274 gigging with others, 322–323 “Jumping Octaves” exercise memorizing music, 316 (CD Track 71), 274–275 post-performance syndrome, 316 lines (8va and 8vb), 89–90 recitals, 336 melody in unison octaves, 184–185 smile and bow, 316 “Octaves in the Left” exercise video performances of great (CD Track 70), 274 musicians, 327 354 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

performance piano, practicing on, 315–316 piano styles, recordings, 21 Phantom of the Opera — Broadway Cast piano teachers, interviewing, 331–336 Album (Webber), 27 piano technician Phillips, Mark (Guitar For Dummies, 2nd hiring to appraise a piano, 37–38 Edition), 305 tuning and repairing acoustic keyboards, pianissimo (very soft), 248 56–57 pianists Piano Technicians Guild, 57, 327 classical, 291 Piano World, 327 country music, 298 PianoDisc World Headquarters, 39 jazz, 301, 303 pianoforte, 24 pop music, 299 “Picking and Grinning” (CD Track 69), R&B (“rhythm and blues”), 301 272–273 rock ’n’ roll, 295 picking chords, 272–273 soul legends, 301 pickup measures, 116 piano. See also acoustic (non-electric) pickup notes, 115–116 keyboards; upright piano pipe organ, 25–26, 73 brand recommendations, 38–39 pitch bend and modulation, 44 buying, 32–33, 36–39 pitch range, 22 digital, 41 player piano systems, 35–36 famous people who play, 329–330 “Playin’ the Blues” (CD Track 92), 305, 307 fi lms featuring, 328–329 playing the keyboard. See also getting to know, 13–14 performance; practice sessions grand piano, 20 fi nding a piano teacher, 331–336 hybrid, 13 gigging with others, 322–323 inventor, 24 going beyond this book, 327–330 lid, 22 posture for, 65–66, 72 pedals on, 73–74 Pogue, David (Classical Music For player piano systems, 35–36 Dummies), 26 prepared, 262 “Polovtsian Dance” (CD Track 62), 263, 264 pros and cons, 33 “Pop! Goes the Weasel” (CD Track 61), 257 reasons for learning, 11–12 pop music, 298–299 serial number, tracing online, 36 portable keyboards, 41, 43 soundboard, cracked, 36, 58 post-performance syndrome, 316 string layout, 22 posture, 65–66, 72 uniqueness of, 9–11 Powell, Bud (jazz pianist), 301 used, 37–38 practice pedal, 74, 256 piano action, realistic, 43 practice sessions piano board, 60 comfort during, 313 piano cleaner, making your own, 56 deconstructing a piece of music, 314–315 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff), 325 dress rehearsals, 315 piano duets, 322 list of what you’re working on, 314 Piano Education Page, Web site, 327 making time for, 12 Piano Exercises For Dummies (Pearl), memorizing music, 316 144, 318 metronome use, 315 piano sound, realistic, 43 with performance piano, 315–316 Piano Starts Here, Art Tatum (Sony), 21 scheduling, 314 Index 355

shutting out distractions, 314 repairs. See maintenance and repair time spent in, 332–333 rests tips for, 16 counting (CD Track 7), 105 prepared piano, 262 described, 102–103 Presley, Elvis (singer), 207 with dots, 117 Presto, 94 eighth, 104–105 printed music music beginning with, 115 arrangements and transcriptions, 320 quarter, 104–105 classical books, 319 sixteenth, 104 fake books, 179, 320 whole and half, 103–104 folios, 319 rhythm. See also beats; notes; time publishers, 321–322 signature sheet music, 319, 321 described, 108 psalteries, 32 dotted notes, 117–120 measures, 95–96 note values, 96–99 • Q • notes with ties, 118 quarter notes offbeat, 120–121 counting and playing, 97 pickup beats and measures, 115–116 dotted, 119 shuffl e feel, 123 four-note arpeggios, 179, 180 slurs, 117, 251 three-note accompaniment pattern, 177 swing beat, 121–123 quarter rests, 104–105 syncopation, 124–125 “Quiet Sunset” (CD Track 66), 264, 268 tempo, 94–95 tied notes, 117 triplets, 121–122 • R • rhythm, songs featuring Rachmaninoff, Sergei “After You’ve Gone” (CD Track 17), 125 (Piano Concerto No. 3), 325 “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” racks and stands, 69 (CD Track 22), 126, 130 R&B (“rhythm and blues”), 299, 300, 301 “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” rap music, 299 (CD Track 23), 126, 131, 198 reading music. See also musical notation “Limehouse Blues” (CD Track 24), from left to right, 91–92 126, 132 overview, 14–16 “Oh, Susannah” (CD Track 19), tempo indications, 94 116, 125, 127 recitals, 336 Scheherezade (CD Track 20), record stores, 326 125–126, 128 recording features, digital keyboards, 44 “Swanee River” (CD Track 21), recording your music, 50–52 120, 126, 129 recordings, resources, 326–327 “When the Saints Go Marching In” “Red River Valley” (CD Track 60), 239, 244 (CD Track 18), 116, 125, 126 reference books, 318–319 right hand Registered Piano Technician (RPT), 57 adding left hand to, 181–185 Rejino, Mona (Hal Leonard Student C position (fi rst position), 137–141 Piano Library), 318 playing melody with, 147–151 356 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Rimsky-Korsakov (Scheherezade Schimmel Piano Company, 39 CD Track 20), 125–126, 128 Schubert, Franz ritardando (rit.), 253 Alfred Brendel Plays Schubert (Philips), 21 rock ’n’ roll Unfi nished Symphony, 198–199 bass pattern, 275–277 second interval, 196 described, 295–296 second inversion chords, 238 pianists, 295 self-criticism, 12 “Rockin’ Intervals” exercise semibreve, 100 (CD Track 72), 276 serial number, tracing online, 36 “Rockin’ Jam” intro (CD Track 77), seventh, fl atted, 278–279 281–282 seventh chords Rogers, Roy (singer/actor), 278 described, 232–233 Roland Coporation U.S., 45, 46 in 12-bar blues, 292–293 rolled chords seventh interval, 201 about, 291 sharps “Album Leaf” (CD Track 91), 305, 306 described, 64, 85 root note, 226 key signatures with, 219–220 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” 147 “Shave and a Haircut” (CD Track 84), 65, 286 sheet music, 319, 321 • S • “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain,” Saint-Saëns, Camille (Symphony No. 3 115–116 for Organ), 27 “Shenandoah” (CD Track 47), 207, 211 “Saloon Salutations” intro (CD Track 80), Shrek (fi lm), 319 283, 284 shuffl e feel, 123 Samick Music Corporation, 39 “The Sidewalks of New York” Satie, Erik (“Three Gymnopedies” (CD Track 42), 186, 187–188 CD Track 1), 21 signatures. See key signature; time scales. See also minor scales signature blues, 163–164 “Simple Melody” (CD Track 31), 147, 151 building, 154 single bar line, 91 experimenting with, 162 sitting posture, 65–66 left hand, 174–175 6/8 meter, 108 major, 155–158, 174, 194 sixteenth notes, 101–102 overview, 153 sixteenth rests, 104 pentatonic, 16 sixth interval, 201, 299 scales, songs featuring “Skip to My Lou” (CD Track 26), 139 about, 165 slurs, 117, 251 “Danny Boy” (CD Track 34), 165, 166 smooth (legato), 254 “Greensleeves” (CD Track 36), 165, 168 soft (pianissimo), 248 “House of the Rising Sun” (CD Track 35), soft-pedal (una corda), 74, 255 165, 167 software programs “Scarborough Fair” (CD Track 59), 239, 243 musical notation, 52 Scarlatti, Domenico (Sonatas CD Track 2), 25 recording and sequencing, 51 scheduling practice sessions, 314 “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” Scheherezade (CD Track 20), 125–126, 128 (CD Track 57), 239, 241 Index 357

“Somewhere” from West Side Story, 201 “Swanee River” (CD Tracks 14 and 21), sonata, 26 120, 126, 129 Sonatas (Scarlatti) CD Track 2, 25 “Sweet Ballad” intro (CD Track 78), sostenuto (middle) pedal, 37, 74, 256 282, 283 soul music, 299–301 swing beat, 121–123 sound cards or libraries, adding, 43 “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (CD Track 37), sound effects, 44 173, 197 sound quality Symphony No. 3 for Organ (Saint Saëns), 27 acoustic piano, 33, 38 syncopation digital keyboard, 35, 43 “After You’ve Gone” (CD Track 17), 125 soundboard, cracked, 36, 58 described, 124 soundtracks “Limehouse Blues” (CD Track 24), 126, 132 The Firm, 262 Motown sounds (CD Track 89), 300 Jaws, 65, 196 synthesizers Shrek, 319 brand recommendations, 45–46 2001: A Space Odysessy, 263 buying, 42 spaces and lines, 79, 81, 86 described, 27–28 speakers, built-in, 43 monophonic, 44 Speck, Scott (Classical Music For Dummies), 26 recordings, 28 staff and staves synthesizer sounds (CD Track 4), 28 described, 81 grand staff and ledger lines, 87–90 reading from left to right, 91–92 • T • stage pianos, 41–42 Tabula rasa (Pärt), 262 standing posture, 65 Tatum, Art (jazz pianist), 301 stands and racks, 69 teachers, interviewing, 331–336 “Stars and Stripes Forever” (CD Track 43), technician, piano 186, 189–190 hiring to appraise a piano, 37–38 start repeat bar line, 91 tuning and repairing acoustic keyboards, Steinway & Sons, 39 56–57 steps, 154–155 temperature changes, 54 stops, 26 tempo Story & Clark, 39 beat (CD Track 6), 100 Strauss, Johann (“The Beautiful Blue changing, 252–253 Danube” CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 described, 108 strings indications, 94–95 broken, 59 metronome markings for, 94 layout, 22 third interval, 197–198 vibrating, 23 third inversion chords, 238 student recitals, 336 32-note polyphony, 43 sunlight, caution for, 53 “This Old Man,” 143, 197–198 surge protector, 50 “Three Gymnopedies” (CD Track 1), 21 suspended chords 3/4 meter (waltz time) described, 231 about, 107 example (CD Track 54), 232 “The Beautiful Blue Danube” sustain (damper) pedal, 23, 73–74 (CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 358 Piano For Dummies, 2nd Edition

three-note accompaniment patterns “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” 198–199 described, 176–178 2/4 meter (march time), 107 “On Top of Old Smoky” (CD Track 41), two-handed playing 183–184 “The Sidewalks of New York” thumb (CD Track 42), 186, 187–188 crossing over, 145–146 “Stars and Stripes Forever” passing under, 146–147 (CD Track 43), 186, 189–190 ties, notes with, 117, 118 two-note harmony time signature. See also rhythm described, 207 common (4/4 meter), 105–107 “Marianne” (CD Track 45), 207, 209 described, 105–106 2001: A Space Odysessy (fi lm), 263 march time (2/4 meter), 107 6/8 meter, 108 waltz time (3/4 meter), 107 • U • time signature, songs featuring una corda (soft-pedal), 74, 255 “The Beautiful Blue Danube” Unfi nished Symphony (Schubert), 198–199 (CD Track 9), 107, 109, 111 upbeats, 124 “Can Can” (CD Track 10), 107, 109, 112 upright piano “A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” described, 20 (CD Track 8), 106–107, 109, 110 digital, 41 “Lavender Blue” (CD Track 11), moving, 60 108, 109, 113 pedals, 37, 74, 256 Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach) used pianos, 37, 38 CD Track 3, 26–27 Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 123 tonal center, 214 • V • toned (pitched) instruments, 22 ventilation, 54 touch-sensitive keyboard, 29 vibrato pedal, 74 transcriptions, 320 video performances of great musicians, 327 transposing, 320 virginals, 32 treble clef (G clef), 82–83, 86 Vivace, 94 tremolos Vivaldi, Antonio in country music, 297 “Autumn” from The Four Seasons, 147, 149 playing, 261–263 The Four Seasons (CD Track 2), 25 triads, 226–227 volume, 248–250 trills, 257–258 volume pedal, 74 triplets, 121–122 “Trumpet Voluntary” (CD Track 64), 263, 266 • W • tuning acoustic keyboards, 56–57 Wagner, Richard ( ), 200 12-bar blues Lohengrin waltz time (3/4 meter) chord substitutions, 294 about, 107 example (Track 87), 293 “The Beautiful Blue Danube” (CD Track infl uence on rock ’n’ roll, 295 9), 107, 109, 111 “Playin’ the Blues” (CD Track 92), 305, 307 Webber, Andrew Lloyd ( seventh chords in, 292–293 Phantom of the Opera — Broadway Cast Album), 27 Index 359 weighted keys, 29 “Worried Man Blues” (CD Track 52), “The Well-Tempered Clavier” (CD Track 2), 217–218, 222, 223 25, 323 wrist pain, 72 “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” written music. See musical notation (CD Track 39), 181, 182 “When the Saints Go Marching In” (CD Track 18), 116, 125, 126 • Y • white keys, 62–63 Yamaha Corporation of America, 39, 45, 46 whole notes, 98 Yamaha Disklavier, 35 whole rests, 103–104 “Yankee Doodle” whole-step, 154, 155 harmonizing, 204 Wiley Product Technical Support as swingin’ jazz tune (CD Track 90), 302 Web site, 340 in unison octaves, 184–185 Williams, John (Jaws theme), 196 “Yellow Dog Blues” (CD Track 1), 21 workstations brand recommendations, 45–46 complexity of, 34 described, 42 Notes ______

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