- ISBN13: 9780634037351
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This book digs into the authentic gospel stylings associated with great artists such as Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. The first part of the book deals with the 3/4 or Slow Gospel style (used in the song “Amazing Grace,” for example), showing the harmonic techniques needed to create the real gospel sound on the piano. The second part focuses on the 4/4 or Fast Gospel style, where gospel harmonies are combined with up-tempo rhythms and syncopations to create exciti… More >>
Gospel Keyboard Styles: A Complete Guide to Harmony, Rhythm and Melody in Authentic Gospel Style
This book addresses a need for giving me understanding of a piano style that I wish to develop, and it looks like it will be a big help, but I find that the Kindle version does not make it easy to apply it to the keyboard like a hard copy would, so I am ordering the hard copy. It would have been nice to be able to print out practice pages through my PCKindle, but didn’t see how that could be done. I love my Kindle and have several books on it, but this is one type of book that needs to be a hold-in-your-hand paper version. Ditto for cookbooks, I find.
Rating: 3 / 5
As a child, I took 6 years of piano lessons, so I can read music; but this book got into a lot of music theory that was way over my head, so I returned it. Might be a good choice for those who are into chord theory.
Rating: 2 / 5
I received my products in a timely fashion and in excellent condition…I would certainly recommend this seller to others…Thank you and may God bless and prosper you.
Rating: 5 / 5
Though I have played piano for years, I don’t know much about theory. This book is written for someone who knows a lot about theory, and is really too advanced for me, an “average” piano player. I got SOME help from this book, but have since ordered a book called “Gospel for Beginners”.
Rating: 3 / 5
I play quite a bit, so my standards for what a book might be able to teach me are pretty high. I was pleased with this book because it doesn’t keep everything so simple that even a seasoned player can’t get something out of it. At the same time, it stays basic enough that someone who plays moderately well could play the examples and understand the theory with a little effort.
One feature I liked was that Mr. Harrison would provide a very basic example with a chord structure and then proceed to “realize” it a couple of different ways so that you could read the notes that he might recommend you play. Because he gives you a few options of how he might play it, you really have the ability to pick up riffs and patterns that you might not otherwise.
This is a well written and concieved book.
Rating: 4 / 5