Total Keyboard Wizardry

[romanticshred]

I have added to my list of things i want to get is diffinetly JRs total keyboard Wizardry.

I want to improve my playing on the keyboard such as rhythem, scales, arpeggios and soloing. I have quite a bit of trouble with those.

My playing is very poor with poor finger dexterity. When i play scales they always sounds poor and sloppy. My Arpeggios sound out of place and my soloing technique is extremely poor. I know if i would have had lessons i probably would have been a good player by now at age of 21 but thats destiny for me.

Would Totaly Keyboard Wizardry help me help me on my poor playing? I want to be able to play nice chords, know scales and atleast be able to improvise. JR is a angel for people like me who wants to improve keyboard playing.

I can't read music either even though i have collected classical music literature as a hobby.

[Staccato]

Yes, It would be. Another option is the online consevatory. They both include exercises for finger strength and technique. And if your playing is sloppy you probably play to fast, take it down in speed until you feel comfortable, and then increase speed again when you feel that you have the control you want.

[maJ estY]

I have the book and I am also a member of the OC. If you become a member of the OC, you get everything from the book plus much more. Furthermore, the OC experiences updates from time to time. If you have money, you should consider joining the OC. The book has the advantage that you don't have to print the notes or read them from the screen.

[sean]

i would definitely recommend the book. it has a lot of useful information and exercises, and who better to learn from than jordan himself.

[acidremz]

i would recommend the book too. My playing is so much improved than before without the book. And with the OC you get even more exercises :biggrin:

[JackCrawford]

hi : )

i have got a question according the "Improv Bass with Three Notes Exercise" of the book "total keyboard wizardry" from jordan:

i am not sure which fingering i should use... firstly i practised it with the index finger over the G and the thumb over the A, but when i did the next exercise (with four notes) i noticed that it feels quite uncomfortable...
that's why i tried to change the fingering. now i play both, the G and the A, with the thumb (i jump from key to key).

which version is the right or the better one?

thanks a lot

[Mantarkus]

No book in the world will replace having a real piano teacher, believe me you are not too old to start formal piano lessons. I think that that is a common misconception widespread by classical piano teachers who where either child prodigies themselves or asume thet everyone wants to be concert pianists.

A friend of mine started piano lessons at age 22 like me. But unlike me :biggrin: he worked his ass off practicing for 6 hours everyday, had one of the best teachers and has a very outgoing personality. Four years later he played a Beethoven concerto for piano and orchestra.

All things being equal, If you are a very dedicated person and you find a good piano teacher I assure you you will play in a year or two as good as someone who started lessons five years earlyer than you.


David C.

[mlunapiena01]

Romanticshred, there is absolutely no reason you can't start piano now or become very good... it's just a matter of how much work you put into it ... I started the cello less than 4 years ago (I'm 20)... I'm a year away from completing my BA in music ... there's others who've accomplished much more amazing things than that ...

If anything, you're more equipped as an adult to learn an instrument well than you were as a kid.

I haven't gotten JR's books yet, but his OC is beyond amazing... and keep in mind the mebership lasts a lifetime (meaning that even though I didn't use it for a good half a year or so, it was still there for me...)

Good luck to you.

[gylfih]

Romanticshred, there is absolutely no reason you can't start piano now or become very good... it's just a matter of how much work you put into it ... I started the cello less than 4 years ago (I'm 20)... I'm a year away from completing my BA in music ... there's others who've accomplished much more amazing things than that ...

If anything, you're more equipped as an adult to learn an instrument well than you were as a kid.

One of my music teachers started piano at 20 something and got his grade 8 4years later... its never too late to start... You could get grade 8 standard we quickly as that if you just work at it :biggrin:

[Sparky93]

Absolutly yes...I've already own that book, but I haven't try it yet...
But for beginner like me and you, i think it's very useful...:wink: