THE COMPLETE PIANO PLAYER er eed Designed to help you become a complete, all-round pianist. Teaches you seventeen PCR eISSN heres eeyCa ert eren ete ke cca ee Based on famous hit songs, popular cape sand tuneful, light classics. ne | 4 i bh \Y rT TT itiTHE COMPLETE PIANO PLAYER STYLE BOOK ‘By the end of this book you will be putting all your piano-playing skills to work in a number of fascinating new styles. You will be playing 22 popular songs, including: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Ballade Pour Adeline, Money, Money, Money, and The James Bond Theme? Canton Kenneth Baker Wise Publications London/New York/Sydney/CologneExclusive Distributors: “Music Sales Limited 78 Newman Street, London WIP 3LA, England Music Sales Pty. Limited 27 Clarendon Street, Artarmon, Sydney, NSW 2064, Australia ‘This book © Copyright 1984 by. 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Printed in England by Halstan & Co, Limited, Amersham, Bucks.CONTENTS About this book, 5 LESSONS New notes: Low F, G, A, and B for left hane Four in a bar and eight in a bar pop style, 6 Brubeck style, 10 Off beat style, 12 Boogie woogie style, 14 The tremolo again, 16 Rock ’n’ roll style, 18 Minuet style, 20 Modem blues style, 22 Moving semitone chord style, 24 Percussive style, 26 Richard Clayderman style, 28 Country style, 30 Block chord style, 32 Unison octave style, 36 Fast Latin style, 38 Novelty piano style, 40 Contemporary folk style, 42 Rock boogie style, 44 Last word, 46 SONGS Ballade Pour Adeline, 28 Blue Suede Shoes, 18 Bridge Over ‘Troubled Water, 42 Cecilia, 7 Don’t Blame Me, 32 Get Back, 15 It’s All In The Game, 30 James Bond Theme (The), 26 Lady Madonna, 44 Like Young, 22 Lullaby Of Birdland, 34 Maria Elena, 36 Minuet (from String Quartet), Boccherini, 21 Minuet In G, Beethoven, 20 Money, Money, Money, 8 Mrs Robinson, 38 Night Train, 16 Nola, 40 One Note Samba, 24 Stardust, 12 Take Five, 10 . Wedding Day At Troldhaugen, 46ABOUT THIS BOOK This is the last book in ‘The Complete Piano Player’ series. help you become a complete, all- round player, it has been arranged as a series of piano styles. You will learn Boogie Style, Block Chord Style, Country Style, Modern Blues Style, Unison Octave Style, and so on. As usual, you will be working with popular standards and famous hit songs, interspersed with a few tuneful classics. You need not play every piece in the exact order given. For example, although the three Boogie Woogie pieces are placed together for convenience, you could insert a slower number, such as ‘Stardust’, or one of the two Minuets in between, as light relief. Don't lose touch with Books One to Five of the series. Most of your basic information is there, and will need revising from time to time. ‘To build your repertoire further, look at “The Complete Piano Player Songbooks’. ‘These are available at various levels of difficulty. Good luck with your piano playing.NEW NOTES: FOUR IN A BAR AND EIGHT IN A BAR POP STYLE In this simple but effective style your left hand plays a chord, or octave, on every beat of the bar: CECILIA (p.7) With eneray ds ae BhonF) FE Bb(on F) OF Bar3 igs ze a POSE eae You're} break-ing my heart, You're} shak-ing my con - fi-dence (etc) } _ | _ | | SSS For variation your left hand can play twice as many chords-one chord on each quaver of the bar: ter? MONEY, MONEY, MONEY (p.8) Am 7 Ber 8 $ SS Work all night, 1 work all day to pay the bills I have to pay. (ete) EREP EEE pie gsi Although the left hand seems simple with all syncopated pieces, keep your left enough, this style usually involves a good hand rock-steady throughout. deal of syncopation in the right hand. AsCECILIA Words & Music: Paul Simon vay J =126 Bb(on F) — Bb(on F) Fars ————— Pee lbreak-ing my heart You're|shak-ing my con ~ fi-dence | | | | | | | -— = —- —s ~ — — oa ee ae = = Bb Fion A) Gm7 F c aie ~ a a ba fe : down on my — knees rm ca beg-ging you please to come home to bed. some-one’s | tak-en my place. © opyrigh 1969, 1970 Pau simon, Al igh reserved neato! copyright securedMONEY, MONEY, MONEY Words & Music: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus ‘Strong 8 to the bar rhythm ¢ = 120 Am. FZ Dm —E7 Am = Fine) eee ena Work all night, I work all day to a pay the bills I have to pay. Ain't it Leese = stillthere nev>er seems to be 1 | have @ plan,a Dm 87 eee a fould-n’t have to work at all I'd | fool a-roundand have a ball jo 5s erase Lo ° ° P P — Fe al-wayssun-ny nee-prese > > EL9 list ~ ened, hhavelearned my less - on, my sweet| Bb7 De. al Coda ba - by was b ® cova Bb7 z ae : — ; 2 blues she left justwon’t Sore 1958 by Ramee Music Co, Asigne 1988 to il Range Sons In, now Chappel & Co foe, New York, USA aria Music Corporation, 14 New Burdagron Street, London WIX 2ER fr the United Kingdom, Bash Commons exchding Canada and Australas ‘ie Repu of rand and Isat Allnghts reserved. Toravonal copyright secured 7ROCK ’N’ ROLL STYLE Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley ‘This arrangement uses the most active of in 1956, is one of the most famous our three Boogie Woogie bass patterns. rock ’n’ roll songs. When practising it, stress the left hand fifth finger notes. BLUE SUEDE SHOES Words & Music: Carl Lee Perkins lively ¢ = 132 ge E 7 rs 5 a : as Wellit’s the mo - ney, for the show, three toget_ read - y now my * > 7 * 5 li step on my Blue z F cy : ; do any -thing, but lay 5 Blue Suede Shoes, Well you can ny = E F : F = oe # {aco (pay in the normal place) * Play one octave (eight notes) lower than written, 8= : Slan-der my name all | 0 ~ ver the place re an - y thing that you uh—— uh, = ho - ney, lay off of my shoes. step on my Blue— —— do an=y= thing but lay va basso. Suede Shoes. nf © Copyright 1956 by Hi-Lo Mase al gh ange to Ml Range Songs Icadministered by Unichapell Music og, New York, USA Eure Cpt it Nor Buln SE London SLR She eras Uae Rl of ee Sree re land ie, ‘irae andthe Bish Dotson Colon, Overseas Testor & Dependence (ening Canada Asta & New Zea) es acu Souls A. ‘Alga esered: neraonal Song sured 1”MINUET STYLE The Minuet, a graceful dance of French Here are two famous Minuets, one origin, was popular in the 17th and 18th _ written specially for the piano by Centuries. It is in Time. Beethoven, the other taken from a string quartet by Boccherini. MINUET IN G ZB) Ludwig Van Beethoven x 7 Allegretto J = 92 (90 peda s Fs = Be ay | op Ss =z Diy 7% 2 + e © Copytigh 1984, Dorey Brsher Music Ld Landon WI. Al ight reseed, Intemational copyright secured 20MINUET (From «stRING QUARTET”) By Luigi Boccherini rca Agr GH compo di inuetto J =92 4, “Trill, or shake. An ormament consisting of the rapid alternation of the written . note and the note directly above it. For the first trill (above) use F# andG 4, for the second trill (above) use B and C#. (© Copyright 1984, Dore Brothers Musi Li, London WI Al ight reserve, Imernaiona copyright securedMODERN BLUES STYLE Many of the original Blues songs and The next piece, Like Young, by André instrumental solos were based on a Previn, is a blues written in a Modern simple 12-bar harmonic sequence. You _Jazz style. In addition to the usual twelve have already played two pieces of this__bars based on blues harmonies, there are type: Seoingin’ Shepherd Blues (Book Five, _ eight extra bars inserted into the middle page 14), and Night Train (Book Six, page for contrast. These ‘middle 8” bars 16). modulate skilfully through the keys of G, A flat, and A, before returning to the original key of B flat for a repeat of the LIKE YOUNG main theme. By: André Previn Medium Blues Tempo 4 = 96 b —s ae (0 peds}) Bb E47 87 27 oc acon @ cova 5D. e—__ ES, coi 159 eis Mic Co USA. Adin by Big Music Le 1/41 Marie Sex, ann W fre UK ie Sagat een co 23.MOVING SEMITONE CHORD STYLE A semitone, or half step, is the distance between any piano key and the next nearest key (black or white): examples of semitones In the next piece: One Note Samba,you example), but is occasionally upwards play a fall chord style in which the Bars 19, 20, 23). chords move almost continuously in semitones. This semitone movement is usually downwards (Bars 1-15, for Study each hand separately and note carefully where the semitone movements occur. ONE NOTE SAMBA = Father En In, Planetary Nom (Lorn Ld, 7 Scho Squtre, London W! fo the Bri Cmmmonal (Cetin Canad, Austalnia nd Beth Alvan rerore) and Eire Reproduced by Permsion ll igs secre Ineravonaleopyrgi searedUNISON OCTAVE STYLE This is a brilliant and impressive solo style for piano, but it does involve a lot of jumping about. The melody is played by both hands in ‘unison, two octaves apart. In between playing melody notes both hands travel down the keyboard to add accompanying chords. As with Gymnopédie No 1, in Book Five (page 22), you must get used to finding your place in the music after looking down at the keyboard. MARIA ELENA Music: Lorenzo Barcelata. English lyric: SK. Russell With emphasis ¢ = 88 oe Mf Maite - na | you're (Ma =a 88 ote = na Jy 1s #4 — == —— your “S is BFF : 36you're near my can't speak. Qs < = ; bee Bm7-5 E7 Am7 Ab7 tP a “il ig A e-nough for es pee é ie Fae = — P P P P - Cmaj7 Am7 bs _ G13 - Abmaj7Dbmaj7 Smal = \ SSE ay = St 4anE fi ask of | you. & {© Copyright 1988 & 1941 er Inermasonal Corporation Latin-American Music Fublhing Co Lid # Denmask tet, London WC2. Rilegatesewed Intemational copragh sesares 37FAST LATIN STYLE but with variations: Bart Bar 12 = MRS ROBINSON ‘Words & Musie: Paul Simon Bright J = 96 S$ Bb Je - sus loves you Hea — ven holds a wo, wo, wo hey, hey, hey. F : a In Mrs Robinson your left hand plays the basic Bossa Nova rhythm pattem given in Book Four, page 44: jook Four, page ld doe | MRS ROBINSON Bar 15 Bar 16 (etc) (etc) R ~ cou @ 5 ah r hey, hey, ne¥4 an Bar 12to help you learn to_help your -| self _ . ~ sym - pa - the-tic eyes te the grounds un ~ F DS. 91 Coda @ coon (Ss a @ ym tt on tect mo 7 bee a : te Sp © Copyrih 1968 Pu! Son lights reservation copight cred 39NOVELTY PIANO STYLE Novelty piano solos were popular in the ‘bass note, chord, bass note, chord’, and "20s, and beyond. They were usually so on. based on ‘swing’ piano styles, the basic accompaniments of which consisted off One of the best of these novelty pieces is Ne NOLA By: Felix Arndt Moderato J = 120 an = - 40D.C. al Fine, then jump to INTERLUDE ce He Gm6 ams. om = Gio ae B° INTERLUDE 07 (© Copyright 198, Done Srother Music Lid London W. Allright eerved Inventions copyright secur atCONTEMPORARY FOLK STYLE (such as new rhythms, the use of amplified instruments, etc), are applied to traditional style songs. == In Bridge Over Troubled Water, a huge success for Simon and Garfunkel in 1970, a Bossa Nova bass line has been added to the song in order to give it a modem style rhythm. | 8 In this style modern musical techniques BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Words & Music: Paul Simon Peacetully J = 80 EL Abon Eb) Eb —_ es 1 - When you're| wes —— 7 = = $ GER: y And aoe as oe v7 friends just —P e Eb(on Bb) = 2 7 trou - bled wa - ter Ab ae cm P ° Eb(on Bb) = Cm 2 t trou - bled wa - ter moto ral. cm - Eb7 will lay me P P Eb(on Bb) Bb7. *Molto Rallentando: much slowing down z £ , © Copyrgh 1969 Paul Simon, Alsighs reserved. nasal copyright secured BI9 ROCK BOOGIE STYLE This is a mixture of a modem rock style tune with a boogie woogie bass line. In Lady Madonna, one of The Beatles’ later , there is a fine, varied 8 to the bar bass line, which combines boogie recordit LADY MADONNA ‘Words & Music: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Medium Rock 4 = 108 A where the patterns with a walking bass. The climax of the piece comes in Bars 15 and 16, bass movement stops, temporarily. The theme and boogie bass then pick up again and we go out comparatively quietly. Won-der how you manage to make La dy Ma don = na your fee ny = = : ate te? 2 BS ee tno paar a F GosaA D 5 4+ = £4 + = 7 oe. EF ais re 4 ends meet__ SS | Ce ! esas Who finds the mon-ey when you pay the rent, Did you think that mon-ey was hea - ven seat of Zeer pp we thee tee fae ee = eer aS Fri~day night ar-rives with-out_a —_—-_— 4Monday's child haslearnedto tie his Ba- by at your breast, La- dy Ma-don-na % 3 $ ‘Won-der how you man-agedto feed! % 2 ihe lying on the bed lis-ten to the mu-sic play - ing 45LAST WORD This is the end of The Complete Piano. Player Style Book, the last book in The Complete Piano Player series. You can now consider yourself a good, all-round pianist. But you do need to enlarge your repertoire. For this,use The Complete Piano Player Songbooks. They contain fabulous new pieces at all levels, written in the style of The Complete Piano Player books. We end this book on piano styles with a classical piece by one of the greatest stylists in music: Edvard Grieg. WEDDING DAY AT TROLDHAUGEN By: Edvard Grieg Tempo di marcia un poco vivace" ¢ = 108 *March tempo, but a little more lively 46au Dsus4 D A ey (Both hands foco) a7STYLE BOOK This style book is designed to help you become a complete, all-round pianist. It can be used by anyone who has followed The Complete Piano Player or a course of similar standard. Based on famous hit songs, popular standards and light classics, it teaches you seventeen styles which are played today, from Boogie Woogie to Richard Clayderman style. Developing your sense of rhythm, Kelord len nlp palace and learn the notes the piano with no trouble atall. Plus 24 popular tunes to play, including Strangers In The Night. . Annie's Song . .. She Loves You. . Book 2 New notes for right and left hands, (Chonlsyrbols. ANN Wrist staccato. gat acre ‘Two tunes with one hand. WSUS Plus 22 popular tunes, including Hard Day's Night... Take Me Home Country Road. . Bright Eyes. Book 3 Chord pyramids, Accompaniment patterns, More lefi hand melody playing. Plus 22 popular tunes including Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head . Somewhere My Love .. . Fascination. Book 1 Book 4 How to sit comecily ‘The pedals. The piano keyboard Syncopation. Musical timing and the beat, Broken chord style, Teft hand fils i FM le oxy Loven More piano techniques. Plus 22 popular songs including Don't Cry For Me Argentina My Wa Book 5 Dynamics in music. Tremolo. Phrasing again ‘New lef: hand chythm pattern. : Plus 20 more popular tunes including The Entertainer... House Of The Rising Sun . Pink Panther Theme. Kenneth Baker, who wrote this fascinating course, is one of the country’s leading authorities on keyboard playing. His many books are standard works and have sold millions of copies world wide, in English and other languages, They ate used in both schools and colleges. The Complete Piano Player aims at making you an accomplished pianist in the shortest possible time. Nothing has been overlooked in making this course easy, enjoyable and rewarding. Its aim is to teach you to make interesting music on the piano in the shortest possible | time, Based throughout on today’s popular songs and on famous light classics, it assumes no knowledge of either the piano or of music, Yet from the beginning you will be playing songs such as Annie's Song . . . Can't Buy Me Love . . . Singin’ In The Rain. Among the modern songwriters whose music you will find yourself playing with case are: The Beatles. ., Elton John... . and many more: while classical composets are represented by such great names as Becthoven and Mozatt. Step by easy step, the programme lays a solid musical foundation, You acquire sound technique and learn to play in any style with confidence, By the end of the course yo} will have a wonderful gift the ability to play the kind of music you like best. Wondsbeans Cedar Nos AMS3536 SEN T119.0461.0 HOR | Heh |,