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Chord Approach Courseware
A Complete listing of instructional materials that make learning fun!
A - Popular Chord Style Piano (Funbook & CD) - $25.00
The cornerstone of this system. Builds an understanding of all
major, minor, and seventh chords as used in popular music as well as
hymns, Christmas, folk, and country. Teaches the concept of playing
hands together, how chords work in a song, how to form chords,
when to play them, proper fingering for chords, how to get more out of
music by reading less of it. You’ll learn to understand different
keys and time signatures, how to avoid “counting” and how to simplify
hundreds of complex chords.
B - Chord Approach to Piano II (Funbook) - $ 15.00
Helps build the bridge from the introductory course above to any
other resource in the library. The most likely “next step” once
you’ve learned the major, minor, and seventh chords. Other topics
covered: chord inversions, determining chords when chord symbols
aren’t provided in our music (church hymnal), how to use the pedals,
playing chords with both hands, modulations, and introduces four new
chord families: augmented, diminished, augmented sevenths,
and diminished sevenths, plus more.
C - Continuing Chord Piano (Vinyl album, funbook, 4 CD's) - $ 70.00
Addresses chord variations for the right hand and left hand.
Teaches how to use the chords for “fill-in” and adding embellishments
to our music. Teaches how to pump new life into your basic playing,
while simultaneously reinforcing your grasp of chords. By combining
the simple techniques demonstrated on the CD's, you’ll have
hundreds of fresh ideas for playing any song. You’ll be able to
master the major and minor chords on two levels: physically and
mentally.
D - Blues/Boogie Course (Funbook, 2 CD's) - $ 40.00
Opens the door for learning many different styles including rock,
gospel, jazz, boogie-woogie, and improvising. Highlights include the
universal blues chord progression, six-note blues scale, blues rhythm,
7 powerful improvising techniques, eight-to-the-bar left hand boogie
patterns, and how to incorporate blues styles into pop tunes.
E - Piano by Ear Course (Vinyl album, funbook, 5 CD's) - $80.00
Learn to pick out tunes at the piano without written music in
front of you. Covers melody and chords, plus how to learn from
recordings. Thorough treatment of a misunderstood topic. Transposing
made easy with the Universal Chord Chart.
Results guaranteed!
F - Praise! (Funbook & CD) - $ 26.00
You'll learn about solo playing and how to
accompany singers or a whole choir. You’ll learn variations of
the chords that works great for embellishing church music. A great
companion and reinforcement to Popular Chord Style Piano.
G - Chords for Kids (Funbook) - $ 20.00
The funnest way I know to introduce your kids to the keyboard! Teaches basic music fundamentals using the left hand chord method. Teaches all major and minor chords. Designed for ages 5-11
M - Master Pack (ALL ITEMS A - G) - $244.50
VIDEOS: Add one or both videos below to your order. Save $20.00 on each video if ordering a Master Pack!
V-C - Easy Piano Video *** Add the video of the 3-hour Chord Approach Workshop for only $20.00 (regular price $40.00) when ordering a Master Pack. ***
V-E - Piano by Ear Video *** Add the video of the 3-hour Piano by Ear Workshop for only $20.00 (regular price $40.00) when ordering a Master Pack. ***
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