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Piano Zen

by Mark Harrison
Resource Type:
Music Score (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2021]
Copyright:
©2021

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Summary:
Improvising your own peaceful, relaxing music on the piano may seem difficult for beginners, but it doesn't have to be! Pianist, composer/arranger, educator, and author Mark Harrison gets you into the Piano Zen mood by taking you through all the necessary steps to create your own "Calm Piano" music. Topics covered include: triad patterns for left and right hands; creating melodies from major, minor and pentatonic scales; using 7th chords in your arrangements; and expanding your style with more sophisticated harmony and rhythm. All of these concepts are demonstrated with over 90 accompanying audio tracks featuring solo piano, and play-along backing tracks for the "Piano Pieces" section at the end of the book.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. What is piano zen?
  • Chapter 2. Triad patterns for the right hand
  • Chapter 3. Triad patterns for the left hand
  • Chapter 4. Creating melodies in the right hand
  • Chapter 5. Using four-part (or "seventh") chords
  • Chapter 6. More advanced techniques
  • Chapter 7. Piano pieces.
Author/Creator:
Harrison, Mark, 1956- , composer, author
Language Notes:
Staff notation.
Main Work:
Piano Zen [by Harrison, M.]
Alternate Titles:
Subtitle on cover: Art of playing peaceful, relaxing music
Subjects:
Piano music — Methods — Self-instruction
Improvisation (Music)
Composition (Music)
Recorded accompaniments (Piano)
New Age music
Piano music
Genres:
New Age music
Recorded accompaniments
Methods (Music)
Scores
Self-instruction
Production Credits:
Includes piano pieces composed, in the style of various musicians, by Mark Harrison.
Performance Medium:
1 performer: piano
General Notes:
"Audio access included"--Cover.
Physical Description:
1 score (53 pages) : illustration ; 31 cm
Physical Characteristics:
illustration
Call Numbers:
MT239 .H358 2021
ISBNs:
9781705104286 (paperback)
1705104282 (paperback)
Other Standard Numbers:
Universal Product Code: 840126933543
Publisher Number, Hal Leonard: HL00350216
OCLC Numbers:
1264675111