Functional Piano For Music Therapists And Educators An Exploration Of Styles

this book is an ideal resource for students professionals and anyone looking to develop their functional piano skills from basic harmonic accompaniments to engaging stylistic renditions and improvisations it can be used as a collegiate text a supplement to classroom or private instruction or for self guided practice by music therapists educators and amateurs using a step by step approach the book demystifies such diverse styles as blues country gospel rock pop latin and jazz explores modal and pentatonic improvisation and provides a process for simplifying written scores through characteristic song leadsheets examples and exercises projects at the end of each chapter challenge the reader to take the content in creative directions chapter summaries and an appendix of accompaniment patterns are provided for easy reference the print version of this book may also be purchased and shipped from our australian distribution center in adelaide when you click this url you will be taken to the website of digital print australia where you can purchase selected barcelona books on their shopping cart buy functional piano for music therapists and music educators an exploration of styles digital print australia table of contents introduction functional piano xiii differences between functional piano and classical piano xiii why music therapists and music educators need functional piano skills xiii how this curriculum was developed for students and professionals xiv organization and aims of this book xiv how to use this book xv acknowledgments xvii chapter 1 the nature of chords 3 scales chords and triads 3 scales 3 chords and triads 4 triad inversions common tone voicing chord progressions 7 triad inversions 7 common tone voicing 8 chord progressions 9 glossary 11 chapter 2 accompanying in duple meter 13 range and register basic rhythmic accompanying basic arpeggiation 14 range and register 14 lightly row 14 basic rhythmic accompanying 16 basic arpeggiation 18 lament bass and melod