Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series

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Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series

  • 80 Pages
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  • Softcover with CD

This extensive book/CD container provides we with a collection we need to fool around in a accumulation of accurate gospel styles, by a investigate of rhythmic devices, grooves, symphonic as good as harmonic techniques, as good as grave design. The concomitant CD facilities over 90 tracks, together with piano examples as good as a full gospel rope to assistance constraint a loyal season of a style.

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5 Responses to “Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series”

  1. Jan Freier says:
    July 10, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Review by Jan Freier for Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series
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    I was spurred to write this review in response to another review that indciated disappointment with this book. I have found it to be an outstanding presentation of typical gospel sound, much more direct and ‘authentic’ than other books I have tried.

    I was disappointed with other books of being either too heavy on theory without really creating a gospel sound, or not presenting enough theory/practice that I could expand on my own. I think this book really achieves a nearly ideal balance on this account. And as someone who has worked through a lot of Hal Leonard Style Series, I think this is one of the very best books in that series in its presentation of a keyboard style.

    Gospel keyboard as a whole has wandered into neo-soul and borrows from r’n'b and funk esp. in the open worship backup. This book doesn’t cover the open worship pad work. The songs, examples and exercises are based on modern choir work that are cited throughout and as such the right hand work is based primarily on the vocal 3 part harmony. Just so there’s some clarification of what is presented here.

  2. ilukens says:
    July 10, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Review by ilukens for Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series
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    I’ve bought many piano instruction books over the years (mostly blues and jazz) and this is the best I’ve ever found. What I like best is that the musical tracks and lessons really sound like music (and gospel or worship music!), not lifeless drills. The author clearly writes from inside the genre — he’s not somebody with no feel for the music teaching a few simple elements to beginners. Most of the blues books, for example, will teach you elements of the style but never really sound like very good blues. Here, the musical tracks are really lovely. They efficiently illustrate a single musical idea but also are beautiful and expressive — prayerful,joyful,rollicking, triumphant, meditative, sad, moving etc.

    The book moves swiftly but comprehensively through a series of simple musical ideas — many of which I haven’t seen expressed anywhere else. The lessons are not belabored and they are well organized. Each isolated idea is relatively simple and bite-size but usually very fruitful. If this were the whole book it would still be worth the prize. But the real bonus is the quality of the written musical examples with their audio tracks which illustrate each idea. They provide a vocabulary of nice rhythmic motifs, bass parts, melodic themes, grooves and styles which are very musical. The way the tracks are performed provides additional great instruction in gospel phrasing, dynamics, feel & timing etc.

    I’m an intermediate player and although the book is only 80 pages, there’s a lot of material here. I’ve had the book about three weeks and I’m still exploring and working through the ideas in the first ten pages after the first chapter of recap explanatory material.

    I hope the author keeps going writing additional books.

  3. Matthew Edlund says:
    July 10, 2010 at 9:51 am

    Review by Matthew Edlund for Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series
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    Fantastic book! Great tool to get that authentic Gospel sound. I really enjoyed the wealth of harmonic and rhythmic devices presented, as well as the full tunes at the end that incorporated those devices into a variety of styles and grooves. Simple and easy to understand theory leads to tangible results and improvement at every level. Very accessible and at the same time authentic, with a high level of musical integrity, this book is a must for any musician interested in Gospel music! *****!

  4. Pete the bean says:
    July 10, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Review by Pete the bean for Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series
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    Gospel Piano is the best piano style book I have come across. Easy to read, clearly presented and great examples. The best in the Whole Hal Leonard Style Series.

  5. Sharlene G. Williams says:
    July 10, 2010 at 10:47 am

    Review by Sharlene G. Williams for Gospel Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series
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    What a good book, it helped me with things that I thought I’ve already learn. Easy format and layout so that anyone could understand.

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