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    Keyboard Skills for Music Producers
    Keyboard Skills for Music Producers
    Keyboard Skills for Music Producers
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    Keyboard Skills for Music Producers

    By Carlton Clark

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    This book is a beginner manual to creating chords on the keyboard in all keys and forms. The book focus in on reading lead sheets and playing by ear. The process of playing by ear is explained, and the student is given tools to develop their ear to the level needed to play what they hear. The book also illustrates how to make and play chords with both hands.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateNov 1, 2012
    ISBN9781626759510
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      Preface

      Growing up as a young musician, I worked very hard and practiced every day to be proficient on the piano. I was always dreaming that someday I would be good enough to be called a professional musician and make a career of it. As I matured as a player and my ear got better and better, people started to take notice and call me in to play on sessions. It didn't take long for me to figure out all musicians are not producers and all producers are not musicians. The one thing good musicians and good producers have in common is they are very creative individuals. Usually when I get called in to do a session the producer is not looking for the best musician in the world, they are looking for someone to translate what they hear or feel in their head into sound. The producer may not be able to explain it in technical musical terms but they know it when they hear it. The other thing I noticed about producers is they will bang their heads up against a wall for days before they call in a musician to complete an idea that's not fully developed. This book is designed to give producers and musicians the musical foundation needed to play chords, melodies, develop ideas and read enough music to communicate in musical terms to other people you may be collaborating with. The majority of the music you hear is not complicated if you understand how it is put together and what makes it work. This book is really a keyboard lesson on

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