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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Piano Chords Paperback – February 7, 2006
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAlpha
- Publication dateFebruary 7, 2006
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions4.25 x 0.75 x 7.25 inches
- ISBN-101592574599
- ISBN-13978-1592574599
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- Publisher : Alpha (February 7, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1592574599
- ISBN-13 : 978-1592574599
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 4.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.25 x 0.75 x 7.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,580,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #617 in Sheet Music Folders
- #3,174 in Music Theory (Books)
- #5,542 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books)
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Karen Berger is the author of 20 books including Hiking America’s National Parks (Rizzoli, 2023), America’s National Historic Trails (Rizzoli, 2020), Great Hiking Trails of the World (Rizzoli, 2017), and America's Great Hiking Trails, which won a gold Lowell Thomas Award for best travel book, and was a New York Times bestseller in the travel category. She writes about travel, the environment, hiking and backpacking, scuba diving, health, and music.
Karen has written 15 books on hiking and backpacking, including accounts of walking the entire 3,000-mile Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada ("Where the Waters Divide") and the entire 2,700-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada ("Along the Pacific Crest Trail"). Her hiking books also include instructional guides for those new to the sport and for those seeking to further develop their skills.
Karen is also the author of "Scuba Diving: A Trailside Guide," an instructional book developed with the assistance of Tec Clark, the former director of the Y.M.C.A.'s instructional scuba program.
A trained classical pianist, Karen also writes about music and is the author of three books on learning and teaching music for the "Complete Idiot's Guide" series.
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End of story, he said.
Soon after, I began browsing the music sections of bookstores, and found this little pocket gem. All my life (or at least my piano-playing life) I had wanted to be able to play the piano to accompany tunes at sing alongs but never knew how to do it. I (mistakenly) thought you had to be able to "play by ear", a gift I (mistakenly) thought was restricted to a few.
This little book takes the mystery out of how to accompany thousands of songs by knowing a few simple things about chords and how to pick and mix them. With not much practice and a good fake book, and following the advice in this little book, you will soon be able to switch back and forth from classical to pop. If you learned classical piano and want to be able to play along at family sing togethers, run don't walk and buy this little gem.