Discovering Rock Piano Volume 2 (book/CD)

Publisher : Schott Music
How to play today's rock and pop music on piano or keyboard
Level : intermediate

Have you ever wished you could play the piano like Elton John, Bruce Hornsby, Stevie Wonder or Alicia Keys? If so, this is the perfect book for you!

This follow-up edition to Discovering Rock Piano Vol.1 enables you to develop your technique even further. By introducing you to a variety of rock styles and melodies, Discovering Rock Piano 2 presents all the possible techniques of playing rock piano from which you can develop your own individual style. Songs, rhythmic and harmonic exercises and studies to sharpen your improvising skills form the focus of this second volume. Includes backing tracks CD.

Chapter I: From Boogie to Rock: Boogie Woogie
  - Blues Piano
  - 12/8-Slow Blues
  - Rock Ballad
  - Rhythm & Blues
  - Rock Shuffle
  - Latin Rock
  - Straight Rock

Chapter II: Solo Studies: Blues-Phrases
  - Rock-a-Boogie
  - Funk Rock I
  - Major-6-Phrases
  - Medium Rock Ballad
  - Half Time Rock
  - Playing Scales
  - Latin Rock Ballad
  - Jazz Rock
  - Twin Solo (two-part)
  - West Coast Style

Chapter III: Creative Keyboard-Playing: Mainstream Rock
  - Jazz Fusion
  - Funk Rock II
  - Chords and Structures
  - Rhythm-Study
  - Keyboards and how to play them
  - Reggae
  - Experimental Rock
  - Appendix: Finger Exercises
  - Figurations
  - Left Hand Exercises
  - Selected Discography